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i am expecting tires will run between $900 - $1100 almost as much as a new rod

well seems i better get some better tires - oh well its only money - now to see what shops are open on a Sunday - refuse to shop Crappy tire, those clowns never seem to get anything right. thanks guys (gals)

just got back from the back country (and yes i slow down on gravel roads for other cars), seems i ran over a sharp rock and gave my tire a nice 1 inch gash. Luckily i found a tire shop in Pincher Creek - the guy was supposed to close at 6 but was doing paper work when i got there with my flat. anyway he recommended i get Light Truck Tires at least 6 ply or higher if i do those roads regularly. Not being much of a tire expert, i was wondering if anyone had recommendations as to is it really needed or are a replacement 'P' rated tire ok do the tires on gravel roads make that much difference? thanks

if i expand my mind anymore my sunglasses wont fit ok i will take the bait - ease me into your world of music and recommend 1 or 2 from your list for me to expand my mind if it sits well I will send you a couple from my list that you can try

well that is even better!

thanks funny i just sent the post and guesswhat I saw - the banner ad for "Icky" coincedence?

sounds like a waste of vodka to me - but I did see that on Myth busters and it proved to be about the best way to get smell out and they confirmed it to be true

anyone ever buy flies on line? I have seen a couple of sights where you can buy flies an the price looks preety good as opposed to buying retail. those who have (I dont tie flies though I may have to at the rate I lose them) what srot of experience have you had? Is the quality good, are the suppliers reliable? any recommmneded sites to buy flies from? If you buy larger volumes (say a few on line forum members Hook up to share an order) would anyone be interested? thanks

ok but we are in a capitalist economy - we can vote with our dollars is it not possible to exert some $$$ muscle by asking more and more for Barbless? just food for thought - cause my wife asked me the question and it got me thinking - why not

wow i must be in a different age group cause i dont recongise any of those surpised you even know what a CD player is arent you like 12 - a GOD of a fisherman - but what do you know about music?

so do you know which retailers sell the barbless hooks - i think we should support the effort. i also dont see a whole lot of extra cost in not having a barb - hell after a few thousand hooks it is probably cheaper in (what ever metal they use) so who sell local made hooks?

according to the older timers there used to be a pretty good fishery in the Nose Creek waters. this spring my wife found a 9 inch trout on the bank near Beddington walkway where we sometimes stroll. so there are still fish there, though i have never seen one in the water. is Trout unlimited ever considered restocking this water way to try and reestablish the fish populations? not really considering fishing it - but it would be nice to walk by this creek and see fish in it as it does seem to have plenty of holding water through out the year and no reason that i know of why it couldnt hold a trout population any ideas?

i understand the logic behind barbless hooks and why it is important to fish mortality rates what i dont understand is if it is important - then why odnt they sell hooks with the barbs already off? would that not be a huge step forward?

no i didnt tell her she would be real unhappy to hear this one I am off to the Highwood in the morning - hope i live! damn fish better be good

what timing I met my Grizzly buddy that I see every year on the Castle just yesterday. Just as I found a nice run too he crossed the river about 200 yards in front of me. so ended my day on the Castle - figured he was ther first so i let him keep the run

Never mind i put it into my net for safe keeping while i was walking to my truck and there it stayed! I am becoming the people I used to talk about and snicker at when i was younger sigh

just getting my gear ready for a trip tomorrow and noticed my Tioga reel with my floating line (just bought it a month ago) is missing Must of dropped it while packing my truck up on the Castle river about 2 weeks ago i know it is a long shot but anyone found it? thanks Bernie

thanks all of you for the info it is great i dropped a line to the fishing guide adn will book as day trip!

i just spent 2 1/2 hours this afternoon on the bow north of Calgary and had about 22 good hits (I need help from MAXX on turing more hits into hooks) landed 3 the biggest was maybe 14 inches smallest 10 Most of the hits were from small fish (kind of fun to watch these guys try and try to get the fly but either keep missing or (and) I am too slow. But they are small and it was more fun watching them frantically leaping into the air for the fly than if I had caught them - wouold have felt bad for them I used a Geen Drake emerger (Head sort of sticks up and hook is submerged) (mid sized - i dont know he number), worked well chnaged to a salmon fly - not bad (smallish) last used a caddis (small) great All dry flies use plenty of the floaty gunk saw a number rising (tended to be rather small fish) but I have no idea what they rose to Caught a nice Rainbow a couple of days ago - close to 40cm (sorry i use my arm for guessing adn am at the awkward age where they tried to teach us metric and imperial at the same time. Ended up not knowing either that well and not real good at converstions) That was on a larger fly with wings - not sure what it was but it floated had a little purple tuft of hair on top and the body was yellow (I say was cause I lost it shortly afterwards) Hope that helps

great thank you appreciate the advice and info

thanks we will take a look

My family and I are going to Hawii for Christmas and wanted to head out to Maui Looking into hotels or rental property that will leave enough money left over so we can actually do something. Hotels i checked out look really good but airfare and accomodations are really expensive. Last time i was there 2 years ago we staying in great hotels - had nearly daily excursions (you know touristy stuff to get to know the place bit better). when i look into airfare and hotel (and for nearly 5 days shorter) it was the same cost as our entire holiday last time. So i was wondering if anyoneknew of any deals or had apartments to rent 4 people (parents and teenage daughters) Appreciate and ideas thanks

the water was fine and wadeable - some areas for me were a bit tough but I lived. clarity - perfect! (almost) early morning lots of Skeeters - which didnt bother the other 2 cause I am the preferential food of choice, and until all the quality blood is gone they left them alone. by mid to late afternoon they pretty much ignored me and went after the other 2 dudes (is that the correct useage Max?)

Just wanted to drop a quick note on the Central alberta outing and how it went. Those of you who never hire guides but want to learn more - I highly recommend it. Not only can they help you with tecnique, fly selection, get you often to waters you might never find yourself (unless you have tons of free time or are starting off fishing younger(wish I did). They also carry food and drink for you which is pretty good too. the guide we had was young but did a great job and taught me a few new things as well got me onto waters I came close to in the past but probably would not have found on my own. Fishing on a couple of Creeks was slow on the Wednesday but still nice to be out and today we went onto the Blackstone - the fish are coming up for the dries nicely. Got 1 white, 4 bulls and and whole bunch of Cutts all on dries. walked for miles (the young guide walked my butt off (but I told him I liked to explore so not his fault) and I have to admit I had a great time and saw lots of beautiful country) I am sure a guy like Max would have something interesting to say - but I dont understand what he says most of the time except that I think it is good) Anyway if you want to accelerate your learning curve - hire a guide Thanks Byron you did agreat job Bernie

you know people are right to say i dont read. I misread your post and thought you were going the Sunday past Duh oh well I still dont know a great deal of the Highwood, but found a few spots i have plotted on my GPS that are decent - just need a better fisherman to catch the fish. eventually i will figure it out. Off to Eurpoe for a week next week to do some wine tasting but will be back ready to hit the waters mid July Keep safe and save some fish for me i prefer stupid fish - smart fish make me look bad