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Fish Tales has a grass boulevard beside the street, too. j

Above all, remember that fly fishing is recreation, if the rod you are casting feels like work, put it back on the rack. Pick out rods in your budget range, ignore the "brand", line them up and cast them all. Pick the one that "fits" you. j

"but you missed the rod day booking system for NRA's" Would that not be duplicated on CWs ? Resident, non-resident and alien angler numbers are all tracked, along with CW tags. I suppose the only thing they don't track is the area/watershed, although that info is recorded through the steelhead questionaire. I'm just wondering what other tracking info would be valuable? j

".however they had there opportunity to change there ability to track user groups however could not pull the trigger on it. " Other than CW tags/questionaires and guiding rod-day totals, how would you propose to change their ability to track user groups? I'm interested to know the logistics of your methodology. Also curious as to how many, without comprehending what the regs actually meant, proceeded to set their hair on fire and sent snot-a-grams to the Minister of Environment ? j

And the classic explanation by Alastair: "It's a competitive thing. If you can't beat the fish, you at least want to catch more than the guy next to you. It's kind of like hockey, your team might not win the Stanley Cup every year, but as long as you beat the Leafs you're usually happy." :rotflmao: j

BINGO !! Thanks guys. j

When I was at the FF Expo in January There was a booth in the centre near the rear of the casting are that had the most attractive darkesh blue fly rods and I believe, building blanks. Does anyone remember what the company's name was? I believe they were from the Calgary area. I'm looking for that specific blue blank to build a special rod. The FF Events website doesn't have the exhibitor list up anymore. j

Put the hackle in a ziploc bag, pour in a 1/3 cup of isopropyl alcohol. Seal it, allow a couple of days to kill off anything, remove and allow to dry. j

Four new SA spey lines are being introduced tomorrow at the M&Y Spey Clave in Chilliwack, BC. Skagit Extreme and Scandi heads along with some new short head lines. Should be interesting, as I have always found that SA lines are substantially more durable/longer lasting than some others. I'll post some thoughts after I play with them. j

This will sound nuts, but, I initially inflated mine with my shopvac, reversed to "blow", after I had run it for a few minutes to clear any residual dust. It blows warm air, taking all of the wrinkles out of the deflated and packaged PVC 'toons. Simply set the valves closed and place the hose fitting over the valve. The force of the reversed vac will open the valve. Filled with the vac is sufficient for travel(about 2/3 full). Top it up with a double action pump upon arrival. If you are going to pack in, inflate it to full(so that the 'toon "points" have some decent resistance when squeezing them with one hand a couple of inches back of the tip), packing an under inflated 'toon is a pain. Elevation has a minor effect on inflation, the increase in air temperature during the mornings is what really expands the air in the 'toons. j

12 lbs is about all you want to haul up on a rope, over a pulley, while sitting in a pontoon. That is sufficient to hold a 10' pontoon in a good flow, if you use lots of anchor line. As for the pipe with welded crosses type of anchor, it should work well in mud/sand bottom, but rocky bottoms may be a severe trial for it. Lots of fingers or flanges to get caught up and severely snagged between rocks. Even pyramids get snagged up sometimes, but there is a reason they are almost universally used on drifting boats and 'toons. I also have a personal aversion to cornered flanges like that being around my pontoon. j

My point, is that provinces are entitled to set their own regulations for their resources. The people of each province own those resources and should have input as to how they are to be managed. Non-residents do not and should not have any input or whining privileges, nor should they feel entitled to special treatment and it really doesn't matter what privileges they have in their home province. Maybe disabled Canadians should have universal low cost fishing licenses, nation-wide. I would encourage some nation-wide organization to pick that ball up. I'm currently asking the BC Minister of the Environment to allow special licensing for PHWFFC vets under rehab, for destinations in BC, under the auspices of PHWFFC. But, I'm doing that as a resident of BC. Know what I mean? j

BC flunked too. Do you think people in BC and Alberta finally clued in to how fake "symbolism" is? j

Jon: Here's "your guy" http://projecthealingwaters.ca/2009/12/07/...orell-director/ http://projecthealingwaters.ca/phwffc-staff/ j

Well, you got the ironic part right, anyway. I just find it mystifying AND "ironic" that some people should somehow feel "entitled" to a "deal" in a province where they don't reside, don't you? Don't you think that a senior, who gets a $5.00 license in his home province and is looking for the same consideration in another province, is pretty damned similar to someone from another province feeling entitled to "a break" from some other province's regulations? j

Sooo, the damn BCer can stay at home and fish for $5 a year !! Yeah, that's it! It's like Albertans coming to guide and fish the Elk and feeling "entitled" to a "break" cuz they are from a neighbouring province, right? The reality being, nobody is "entitled" to anything. Or shouldn't be. j

Grace & I stayed here a couple of years ago, Don: http://www.anglersridge.com/location.htm j

Just did an analysis of the website and forum, before getting too paranoid about the background of Q & A #1 and #2, read Q&As 3 and 4: http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/saf...albertaflyfish/ j

Neutered cats will mark their places, too. It ain't no guarantee. The only cats that will not "mark" are spayed females. j

The very first lines that came out a couple of years ago were pretty raspy, alright. Although, even in ice cold still water, when the lake surface was freezing over, I never experienced the alleged "finger-cutting". This new line has much less pronounced dimples on it, but then so does my "old line" that I still use for stillwaters. I'll be stripping streamers on the Columbia at Easter so that should produce some similar conditions. I was never convinced about the rationale behind "premium-priced" fly lines, but, after having the opportunity to use many types and brands of lines over the past five years, I am sort of "semi-convinced" that these ungodly-priced lines do last and do provide much better ongoing performance than some of the other lines that are "out there". Every spring, a friend and I swap "test lines" that we have received from manufacturers at the fishing shows over the winter, so we compare notes on different stuff. As much as he dislikes the Sharkskin "zip,zip" noise, (he's into the quiet, stillwater meditation thing), he does admit they last a helluva lot longer than anything else and during open water season he is out most days, as well as hitting a local open river on most warm winter days. j(dedicating himself to "research". )

First thing I looked at was the pricing on the website. Same. I am thinking that at some point the price should ease a bit, with the Canuckbuck and Yanquidollar being close to par. j

Got a new WF7F Steelhead Taper SA Sharkskin line to try as a general purpose line for my WW 1134 Trout Spey. Just got it spooled and took it out to lawn cast and feel it out. I want to use it on bigger water(Like the Columbia River at Castlegar) for long leader (20-25') weighted nymphs and buggers, as well as dries in July, using two-hand and single-hand spey casting methods. Now, I have always like the concept of Sharkskin, but at first, had to ignore the "ziiiiip, ziiip" of my single-hand 5wt floater line, sort of lived with the low profile on the water, loved the "flexed like a string" even in almost freezing water. BUT this new one is a pure rocket, quiet, flexing like a string in freezing air temps and two-hand speys with 25' of leader and a weighted fly like it just isn't there. Water test on the Columbia at Easter. Will advise. j

"It would be funny to see" Uhh, no. Learned how to tie a proper nailknot after a 14" rainbow turned into a 24" loon on the end of my line. Brand spanking new 444 peach WF5F line. j

"so I have lined up to try the following rods, all in 9 ft, 4 -piece, 5 wt. - Sage Z-axis, Sage VT2, St. Croix Legend ultra, and TFO TiCr. I am looking forward to the shoot-off." Curious as to why you'd limit your choices/options for a truly comprehensive comparison and why you wouldn't at the very least look at one of this website's advertiser's/supporters ? http://www.amundson.ca/flyfishing/windwarr...ndwarrior1.html j

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Public+in...8103/story.html "EDMONTON — A public funeral will be held Saturday in Edmonton for the latest soldier to die from wounds suffered in Afghanistan. Cpl. Darren James Fitzpatrick died during the weekend at the University of Alberta Hospital from injuries he received in an explosion in Afghanistan on March 6. The 21-year-old, who had been on tour since October, was on a foot patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers when an improvised explosive device detonated. Although Fitzpatrick and his family are from Prince George B.C., his funeral will be held at St. Joseph's Basilica, one of Edmonton's largest churches. Through the military, his family invited members of the public to attend. " Thank You for your service and your commitment to this nation and it's people, Darren. j