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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

signed - I will be in NZ in 2 years for my birthday and part of my present to myself will be fishing for about 3 days - will need to take this river in, any other suggestions?

my faith in capitalist geniuses is restored! 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

Great advice especially the going for lunch part. i was at a fly shop the day after trying for some help and he told me some of the same things you mentioned - especailly the small fly part. I laughed when he showed me some of the flies he recommended 'cause I would spend most of the day trying to get the line through the eye - you would think there must be an easier way to tie small flies onto your line especially as the numbers of fly fisher folk age and our eyesight gets a tad poorer - where are the genuises that find a solution to things like this? how about selling pretied flies for some of us?

yup that was me down there - i found a lfy that worked for one fish but none other. changed up several times befoer i found anohter fly for one fish pretty much how the day went - it was interesting to see all the fish and crazy that there were a bunch hanging around my feet and totally ignoring me, even when i Moved they stayed with me. they were most likly having a good laugh at my expense

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?

i was down south last few days on the crow and in one spot i was in teh middle of several dozen rainbows that through oput the afternoon were eating (slurping) on something. I tried nearly everything I had for dry flies and got a few really nice fish. But i suspect it was more luck than the fish targeting what i was offering. i had flies go over top of numerous fish and they ignored the flies (most of the time) I even had 7 swiming around my feet - but they were not talking to me. I tried midges and other flies so small I had a bugger of a time getting the line threw the eye. I caught some hoppers - threw them onto the water - watched them drift over half a dozen fish and nothing. A moth fell on the water struggled, driffted over a buc of fish and not one evne rose to look at it. so what should I be tossing out besides a giant net or a stick of dynamite? any ideas? on another note - isthe Livingstone still worth fishingthis time of year? thanks

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!

ok if no one really knows does anyone have nay idea where I can find someone who might have an idea?

Here is a question that i need help understanding I have fished the N Ram for a nubmer of years - usually mid to late July and always caught 20 - 30 + nice sized Cutts every time. Always on dry flies I as out there today and the water was lower and slower than I had seen before, my friend managed only to land 2 and had a couple of more sniffs at his nymph. i had 1 hit and 5 sniffs at my fly all day. in the flows and pools and other usual spots you expoect to see fish we saw none - other than what we stirred up with the flies and a grand total of 4 others we saw move in the water. I am wondering that if the water levels get low and temps warmer - would this combination cause the fish to start to migrate? and if so where would fish (such as on the N Ram) they go? I noticed something similar to this on another larger creek a couple of years ago - similar idea alwasy caought lots of fish and the one time the water was fairly low and slower and very few fish to be found. if someone or a fwe of you can shed some light on what happens in this type of case with fish behaviour that would be appreciated