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I'm sorry to hear it, best wishes for a speedy recovery! I'm sorry if this is a highjack, but does anyone know of a sunscreen that doesn't burn when it gets in your eyes? I wear a wide brimmed hat, long sleeves and sunscreen, but once I start to sweat it gets in my eyes and I'm effectively blinded for 20-30 minutes. Last season it happened when I was wading across a fairly swift stretch above a logjam and it sucked being stuck mid-flow until it cleared.

I might be late to the party on this one, but if you like blues/blue grass check out these Calgary boys...Hx7W3W1WO1E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7W3W1WO1E

No offense Roggi, but I'm immediately suspicious of person who's first post on a public forum is a polarizing political statement. Puts me in mind of an article I read about people being paid by various lobbying groups to help sway public opinion by doing that very thing. If you really are a fellow angler and you are contributing in good faith then welcome. If not, well, may you catch three doses of the clap and may you recover from all but the first. That said, I tend to agree with Roggi, and ironically for the reasons outlined by Connor - destruction of habitat, over harvesting and a lack of funding for proper management mean that there are bigger fish to fry (pardon the pun) and this issue is not likely going to receive much, if any, serious study. The average size of these carp are 4"-14", and with our short season they'll likely be on smaller side, meaning they likely won't be a valuable as a sport fish or a food fish. Unless they have a definite and obvious upside they can only compete with native or naturalized species and harm what we already have. Whack-em and stack-em!

Classic, this one is pretty good too... Favorite line - you smell like nachos and you look stoned

If you asked the artist they'd probably say something like "the blue represents the prairie sky, and the ring represents the close knit community feeling of the city". To me, it looks like Paul Bunyan's c*%k ring with a tickler on top. So much for art.

I'd like to shake this guide's hand and buy him a beer. Society works when we hold each other accountable for our actions. By all accounts a few people gave Mr. Lincoln the chance to act like a reasonable, rational human being and instead of showing some humility and admitting his mistake he decided to be a douche and he got called on it. Simple as that.

x2 - Simms riversheds for me, added a set of the hardbite studs and they are best boot I've ever worn.

I have a two and a half year old and a 10 month old and there is no way around it, the fishing takes a hit. My advice is to roll up the sleeves and offer to change Jr more often than not (it doesn't get really nasty until they start eating solids), if she suppliments with a bottle or straight bottle feeds do a couple of late night feedings. If you do that during the week, you're more likely to get her blessing to head out to the river all day on the weekend. Plus, even though it's not glamorous, you are bonding with the little gaffer, and thats worth it on its own. BTW, this is all probably really cliche, but here are some simple things that I either didn't hear or didn't fully appreciate before we had our first - You might be in that time period where she's past the morning sickness and she's pretty happy about this whole thing. If so, you get a few months of this, enjoy it! I can't stress this enough - sleep as much as you can, while you can - just going to bed and waking up on your own terms becomes somehow magical. No judgement, but if you are developing a "birth plan" be forewarned that unless you are in the vast minority very little is going to go the way you expect it to, all you can do is go with it. Have some formula and bottles on hand, even if the plan is to nurse 100% - it takes time for the supply to keep up with the demand and a couple of strategic bottles of formula here and there can buy you a few key hours of sleep. A few days after you get home she is likely going to have a hormone crash, and it could be ugly. What ever makes her happy when she is upset, pick up some and keep it tucked away (e.g. my wife likes ice cream). One more - put the new diaper under them before you take the old one off. Congratulations, and best wishes to you and your family!

Thanks for feedback!

I’ve never used one, but I may have reason to in the future and it seems to boil down to two basic choices – the classic wicker type creel or the plastic cooler bag style. My inclination would be to go with the willow/wicker style because my experience with cooler bags is that they only hold ice for a few hours and once that is gone they tend to get warm and gross inside, but I don’t know if that really applies in this case. Thoughts?

That sucks, but a company that treats it's people like that doesn't have a very promising future ahead of it IMHO. Best of luck with your new venture!

Hi Dave, How do you find the Delica for passing on the highway and heading up hills? I'm not expecting a sports car, I just don't want to be chugging up the hills at 70km/h when we head to BC to visit family. Thanks!

Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element!

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Honestly, I think the only way you can stop it is to get a new number. A few years ago my wife and I went to a cell provider and did away with our land line, partially because of the number of telemarketers that were calling. Our latest phone numbers are consecutive, and while it's not as bad as it was, she continues to get unsolicted calls and I don't. The only thing we do differently is when ever I'm asked for a phone number at a store, online, etc I give them the number for the disconnected land line. I do give my actual number out when I have to, like when I deal with my bank, the government, etc but that is it.

A while back I had the chimney for my wood fireplace cleaned and after the job was done the sweep advised me that there is a hole in the liner (not sure if this is the right terminology). At the time he quoted $2500 to replace it, but I didn't get a good feeling from the guy. Just wondering if anyone works in this business, or if maybe someone else has had this job done recently and roughly what it should cost. Just looking for a ball park... Some particulars if it helps - I'm in a one story with a basement, the home is close to 40 years old, low slope roof, the fireplace is on the main floor and is not an insert. The chimney is on an outside wall and has a masonry exterior. Thanks for your time!

Don't know if you've seen this already, but some pretty good info here... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/video-h...01/14379036001/

I wonder if not fishing in these years of poor returns will have unintended negative consequences down the road. What I mean is I'm sure the powers that be track how many classified waters licenses are sold for the Big T, and if they see less licenses sold that might be percieved to mean there is a decline in interest. I'm sure there are competing special interest groups that could use decreasing numbers of anglers on the river as justification to have earlier and/or longer openings of the commercial fishing seasons on the lower Fraser, resulting in more bycatch. I'm not saying I think that IS the case, just speculating...

I tie a pattern that sounds pretty close to what you describle, but I use a pearl oval bead. -I put a large needle in my vice, and then I slide the oval bead on, the diameter of the needle should be large enough that the bead won't turn. I take a dremel with a cutting disk on it and I cut a grove about 4/5ths of the length of the bead. - Slide a red round bead on to a hook (I like the 1xl 2xh wetfly style hooks) for the eyes - Tie in a set of rubber legs about 2/3 of the way down the shank so that the legs stick out at right angles (leave them a bit long) - slide the pearl bead on to the hook and position the grove in the bead so it faces up. Pull the legs out of the grove. - I use a brown mottled synthetic wing material for the shell, start the thread behind the bead and tie in the shell but trim it to make the tie in point as small as possible. Whip finish and cut the thread - Start the thread again between the beads, but before folding the shell back over I fill the grove in the oval bead with flexcement. - Fold the shell back over, and tie off. If you want, use a small amount of dubbing between the two beads to hide the tie off point. Turn the fly upside down and let dry. Ideally the oval bead slides back and covers the tie in point at the back, the flexcement binds the shell to bead and protects the legs so the fly is pretty much bullet proof.

I had something like that happen on an Oldman trib this year. I hooked and landed a 16" rainbow on a dry at the tail out of a pool, and after reviving it I watched it swim away and it ended up taking a position in the pool where I could see it clearly. I changed my position and started running a prince nymph through the pool and I watched the same fish swim over and smack the nymph on the first drift.

Look at the shoulders on that thing! Nice fish...

I've had good experiences with Knibbe Automotive up in the NW.

I am in the insurance industry, but I haven`t worked in that end of the business in a few years. Robert pretty well said it. There are a couple of reasons they ask for the information on all the drivers in the house hold, but it mostly has to do with the rating. As you gathered, if there are two people in a house hold driving a vehicle they generally want both drivers listed on the policy, and if one`s record is worse than the other they will generally want the one with the worst record listed as the principle operator. By asking for her DL and Insurance information they are looking for confirmination of her driving record and to confirm that she is being rated as the PO of a vehicle with another carrier. If they can confirm that, then generally they show her as an additional operator and nothing else happens. For what it is worth, what the insurer can ask, how they can use it and even what they can charge you all goes through the Government Rate Board for approval, and it is all subject to the Privacy Act on top of that.

If she is really never, and I mean NEVER, going to drive your jeep ask about adding an SEF 28a to your policy to exclude her as a driver. If you do go this route make sure your agent or broker goes over the endorsement and you know what you`re getting in to before you sign it.

Are they triploid sled dogs?