darrinhurst

That's nuts! I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

Nice fish man! One of these days I am going to have to hit the Liv........

Nicley Done! That's a big f'n fish!

Well, the answer would significantly be determined by what kind of fly you are using. Are you talking about nymphing? Then the answer would be two. If you are talking about dry flying, then the answer would be one. Although I am sure that there are some true innovators out there who have tried or are planning on trying two dry flies. To each thier own. If I am nymphing, I typically have been using two. Dry, only one, of course.

Ouch! Not cool. lol

I'd be interested if two things happen. 1) and most importantly, my wife lets me go. 2) I learn how to actually CATCH fish, so that someone may actually want me on thier team. Maybe I could join a stacked team an be thier "handicap" Seriously, sounds like a blast.

Honda Pilot. Seats 8.

Sure was!

Sweet avatar snakeman!

Welcome aboard dude!

No kiddin'. A real inspiration to be sure!

Holy Crap! That's the dude who taught me how to fly fish out of Country Pleasures! I love how he said, "Now, I'm going to catch a fish" and BAM, he catches one....

that's a retarded fish dude!

Check out the "Instant Bookmarks" link. It does the same thing. http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html#

3 or 5

Well, since my "year" is a whole two months long, as is my "career", I would have to say that it's a tie on my first catch on a fly rod as seen here: vs. my first on the dry, pictured here: I also caught a nice little cuttie yesterday on a dry on the Oldman with Teck, Wish2Fish, tintin and Pablo. But nobody took my picture with it. lol Anyway, I look forward to a solid September and hopefully a ton more pics of the many fish yet to come!

Wise choice Grasshopper. FishTales is a great shop.

Looks like you had one hell of an August!

I think he's saying that it's just a matter of time before someone does, and then it will be a Darwin Award Winner for sure.

You are right. Out of all of them, Wholesale has more reason to be concerned, there is no doubt. Same clientelle, same market. However, they are owned and operated locally. And they have a MUCH better location and an extremely long history in Calgary. They still have the upper hand in a lot of respects.

As funny as that is......what a couple of real maroons.

Pfft. Let them come. The "big bad Americans" have come in before and everyone was scared. I remember a few years back when Krispy Kreme was coming to town. Everyone was panicking that it would be the end of Tim Horton's. Where are they now? Closed thier doors not too long ago. Even putting thier wares in all the WalMarts and Petro Canadas couldn't save them. Tims grew exponentially and is stronger than ever. Moved into the US if I am not mistaken and doing well. Several years ago, an Eagle Hardware (if I remember correctly) came in promising lower prices and better service. Opened up a HUGE store in Edmonton on Calgary Trail and Whitemud Drive. Prime location, lots of drive by traffic, etc. Lasted less than a year if memory serves. Turned into a high end furniture store and then into IKEA. My point is, these "big box" stores will either succeed, or they won't. Home Depot stuck around, but now Rona is doing better than they ever have as direct competition. Number one rule in retail is to not be afraid of your competition. Just do what you do best that got you where you are today. The folks at Fish Tales, Hansons, Wholesale, Bowriver Troutfitters, likely aren't shaking in thier boots at the arrival of BPS, they probably welcome it, because they know in thier hearts that they will OWN them when it comes to two things, in my mind 1. Customer service, and 2. Knowledge. I'll bet that not ONE of the folks at BPS could hold a candle to the dudes at Fish Tales, Westwinds, Hansons, Bowriver, or even Wholesale when it comes to fishing the Bow or some of the other rivers around here. That's where the mom and pop shops of the city will have thier advantage and that's why they will survive. As for me. I won't go to BPS. I live in the SW. It would take me an hour to drive up there. I might visit it on my way to my buddies place in Airdrie, but that would be the only time. I'm not worried and I am sure that they aren't either.

lol Thanks. nice to know I'm not the only one living in the middle of enemy territory.

lol No, I don't know Birchy, but I saw his pic with his kid and thought that I would change mine. My son is just over two years old, so not quite a new born and I am sure my wife will do everything in her power to make sure that he, nor my daughter, are Oiler fans. lol

Groaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.