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Trout Bum 3 - Mongolia will be here around march 15th. Checked with Country Pleasures and they will have copies by then.

If you are really serious about prolonging the life of your fly line you should stop messing around and use self adhesive moleskin on the ends of all 8 fingers as well as your thumbs. Keep in mind that the installation of moleskin is optional on the thumb that is on the rod handle as there is no line contact with this thumb. However, to be completely safe why not just make the added expense of a little more moleskin and do it up right. If you are really seriuos about this you will remove all of your fingernails. Also during summer months when wading wet you should remove toenails as loose line around feet will cause premature line coating wear. Furthermore, the wax used for ferrules on rods is very effective at protecting your line when used on knuckles, knees, elbows, etc. You should also consider removing all exposed body hair as the short and curlies really beat the tar out of lines, especially floating lines. Another item to consider is if fingernails lead to this kind of fly line wear we should really think about some sort of felt sleeve or something similar for guides, line guards on reels, etc. Just a few thoughts for those extreme anglers out there who want to get the most out of their gear.

Hey fellow Calgarian, our Race City Speedway is getting shafted by City Hall ( silly hall). The City is refusing to extend the tracks lease past Oct 20 2009, in order to free up space for a landfill site. Lets keep the racers on track and off the streets and streams. Check out http://www.racecity.com and sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/racecity/petition.html

Why are the original tiers not being asked to do these patterns?

The Livingstone River has only had 6mm of rain all month! Check out Livingstone Airfield precip report

Last night i noticed white foam at the sewer catch basin in front of the house, i followed it half way up the block to a house where a painter was cleaning out a 5 gallon paint bucket. Looks like he just put the pail under the tap and just let it ran. I had my camera so i took a bunch of pictures and shut the water off, and of course i gave the painter sh!t. Today i phoned the city ( 3-1-1 ) they said its actually a 9-1-1 call and will investigate the case.

to bring in the fish faster try tilting the axis of the rod either to the left or right. the rod should be closer to a 45* angle from the ground rather than 90. try it on your friend, have them hold the tippet and pull, then tilt the rod and pull again trying to keep your pull the same as the first time. ask your friend which one pulled harder...if done correctly the angle will increase pull this way you can also work the fish up and down stream and slow down a rambunkshish fish faster but make sure not to over work him adn revive him well before releasing