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Excellant videos Jay Am with bhurt I found the window behind you made it a bit hard to see clearly , but other than that awesome stuff.

I carry about 8 boxes of flies. Some for me and some for my wife and a few that i keep in the boat. I dont buy flies but am pretty sure ive spent enough on tying materials to buy enough flies to last me and my wife a few life times lol .

If you want to beat Calgary alls you have to do is give them the early lead. After been a flames fan forever, there so predictable I dont even know why i watch them any more. At about 40 seconds left in the second I said to my wife watch Calgary will let them take the lead and sure as *hit not 15 seconds later

Awesome looking pattern. Thanks for sharing that Terry. Definitly be tying up some of those to try out.

Nice bull flytyer, Gratz. Sucks when you catch a beautiful fish like that and its been injured by someone using a barb.

How dare you make fun of Eata big meal you should be ashamed.

Simon already has a record deal with her,according to the news this morning. I think her chances of success are pretty good. The style of music she will be doing dosen't require her to dress like a slut and use a voice enhancing machine.

Excellant video Jay, looks like you had a geat day.

Some really nice shots there Max , looks like you had a great winter.

Nice shots guys. Man wish i could make it to calgary more often. Looks like alot of fun.

Excellant shots ,Thanks for sharing and welcome to the site brownsbask.

Why dont they just raise the cost of angling licences. I dont know if that would be enough to help get more enforcement out there or not. But I think the price of a licence right now is a hell of a deal for a years worth of fishing

Ya ive been tying mine like that for years , half hackle and only 6 to 8 barbs around the fly. My favourite soft hackle is without a doubt the march brown spider. Dont reccomend fishing downstream in stauffer but at times swinging a soft hackle fly and stripping it back in little inch long strips is absolutly deadly.

Ive had stellar days using small sparsly tied soft hackle flies on stauffer creek.

Thanks for posting the awesome pictures guys. Am with beedhead, love seeing other people's trips and catches.

After I checked out the Bass Pro shop, kinda made me realize how much I enjoy going to the local fly shops. Me and the wife have always tried to give our business to the smaller local shops. There is a certain charm about going to the local fly shop and chatting with the guys. The Bass Pro shop is a unique store, but as far as fly fishing is concerned, I will continue to support the local guys.

Yes it does

I picked up a 2000 Toyota 4Runner. The price was right and fairly low Km's compared to some others. Looking forward to not having a disasterous near miss like last year at McKinnon's Flats. Last October we drifted from Policeman's to McKinnons, only saw 1 other boat all day. My brother was late picking me up from McKinnon's to take me back to get my truck and trailer. So by the time I got back to McKinnons it was getting dark. This was the 1st time we had floated to McKinnons launch, I whipped down to the river, got off the track and got my truck stuck in the loose gravel. The only other fisherman that we saw on the river all day had just finished loading his boat and was starting to pull away. Luckily he noticed I was stuck and stopped and offered to pull my truck out. Considering I had no cell phone reception we would have been stuck there all night and part of the next day until someone showed up. My Chevy shortbox 2-wheel drive just doesn't cut it as a fishing vehicle.

I use to work night shifts at a saw mill outside of Rocky Mt House years ago. I worked alone and only had a few hours of actual labour that I had to do, the rest of the night I tied flies and watched the hockey games. Just there to make sure nothing burnt down in the middle of the night. So I was in the habit of watching the night sky and I've seen all kinds of stuff from satellites to whatever, nothing you couldn't tell what it was. One night I was looking up and these 2 lights appeared where I was looking. It looked like a couple of satellites that were moving across the sky side by side. Then all of a sudden these lights started moving independent of each other, moving in erratic bursts of speed and then slowing down. They both stayed with each other and then they moved West of Rocky they stopped and for about 5 minutes they were zipping around at incredible speeds and I don't even know how to describe it, nothing I know of can move around like that. About 2 months later I was watching a show about Area 51 and they were showing videos of lights flying around that people had taken around that base. The 4th video they showed made my jaw drop because it was a single object that was moving the exact way the 2 lights that I saw moved. I call them lights because they looked about the same as stars but they weren't the same color. They were really high up and when I 1st looked up they weren't there and then they were, almost like they entered the earth's atmosphere just as I looked up. After seeing that show I wonder if it may have been some kind of top secret military aircraft that they built from the Roswell crash. I felt pretty privileged to have seen that. Strangest thing I have ever seen!

The store is unreal. Only had about 40 minutes to look around, just wasn't enough time to look at everything. Next time I'll make sure I have a few hours free. As far as the fly fishing section goes, I thought they had just as good of selection, if not better, of fly tying stuff as the stores in Calgary. The employee said they didn't have all of their stock up yet. I was in Calgary Wednesday looking at a truck and went through a few of the fly shops, bought some FT matierials and I thought the prices where competitive and some items were less and some items were more and trust me my wife is right on top of that stuff. I didn't compare the prices of the reels, rods, and gear because I've never felt the need to own the most expensive stuff to go out and catch trout. They had a set of waders that was over $800! yeah they were nice, but I haven't spent half that much on all my waders over the years. Definitely worth the trip, but make sure you have lots of time to enjoy the uniqueness of the decor.

Hi, Thanks for your info everyone. Heading to Calgary to check out a couple of older 4Runners. My pontoon is 16 feet long so I won't be throwing it in the back of any truck.

Looking to change vehicles for transporting pontoon boat on flat deck trailer and for west country fishing (no real 4x4ing). Have been researching mid size V6 SUV's and V6 4 door med size trucks (was checking out the newer Tacomas 2005+ a bit more than I want to spend). Looking at 2000 to 2004 models. Does anyone have any pros or cons in regards to AWD vs 4WD? Any opionions as to what vehicle has worked great for you or what to stay away from. Boat and trailer weigh approx. 1000 lbs. If anyone has a suitable vehicle for sale or knows someone that has one for sale please p.m. me. Thanks in advance.

The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles (Ted Leeson & Jim Schollmeyer). Just got a copy of this book and I would say it's the best book I've ever bought about fly tying. No matter what your skill level is, this book will make you a better tyer. Probably most of you already own it, but if you don't, pick a copy up it's well worth the money.

Hello Leroy, Welcome to the board. I've been watching your show for many years and just wanted to say Thanks. I learned lots of little tricks and techniques from you when I first started tying. I've been wanting to get some Snowshoe hares feet myself, but the shops in my city just dont carry any. Guess I'll have to get some off the internet. I was asking the wife if her or the kids had any lucky rabbit feet and she promptly picked up our Bichon Frise and walked out of my tying room, not sure what that was all about lol. From everything I've read i think you will find that the guards hairs from the bottom of the foot makes excellent winging material for all kinds of dry flies.

Why did you do that , why did you do that Jay. Too funny