jonny5

Those are some excellent trips you took! Nice brookies too. Jon

Yeah, your right, sorry to put that up here. All the best with the new shop.

I don't think I will be going there with Mike being forced out.

Maybe I just like looking at maps but this looks like a pretty neat new spinoff from google maps. Enjoy wikimapia

Sounds like we have the same variety of friends... Not so fond of southern comfort any more but still have the friends.

Well, my wife hates a drink called the michelada served in mexico. She says it tastes like seawater and beer. I say it tastes like heaven... Try it and see if you like it or hate it. Cubed ice 1 lime, juiced 1 1can or bottle lager beer 1/2 tsp. hot sauce of choice 1/2 tsp of each Worcestershire, Maggi or soy sauce (or more if you like seawater)

Little story and picture of a squamish poacher Cute little fly. Works well for moving coho as well. Harps, thanks for the info, I didn't realize that they were known to be introduced. If I see any in a clean river, I will be sure to eat them.

Either I don't read the paper enough or these things are going in at a break neck pace! Kind of bugs me that these things are being build for export electricity. Update on the Bute river system run of river power projects.

I did 22km one day in norway, and was lucky enough to get 1 hour of fishing in and one nice brown trout. If i was better at map reading, I would have noticed that although we were almost at our goal, the last few km were by far the hardest. I prefer more fishing to walking or at least a fair mix of the two, but that trip was aimed at hiking, but I couldn't resist rising trout even with a storm coming up behind me. IMHO, its worth the extra time, as unbothered fish are so nice to catch.

Ok, according to a quick search of the net, people are reporting them in many different rivers and lakes around alberta including. Newell, SSR, Echo Dale, blindman, Beaver, Amisk, NSR, and battle rivers. Sooooo folks start tyin' up some mud bug patters Thats pretty cool actually, I used to catch them lots as a kid and always found them to be the neatest looking things.

From my source, they are not in the bow. As for them being in only one watershed, I would then ask, how did they get there? Its not wet enough for them to cross land here, so I would bet that small populations exist in places where people have not looked. Anyways, it sounded like the point of this persons study was to identify and characterize the populations that do exist, and keep track of their movement/identify if they are moving naturally or are being moved. Just near the nose creek there is a large obsticle that would prevent populations from moving upstream, so it may just be that they used to live in sections of the bow and are now gone due to increased predation (introduced trout), lack of migratory potential (weir), change in habitat (weirs and dikes)... If I hear any more about this I will let you know.

A pattern I have like for salmon is called the squamish poacher. Pretty standard shrimp/crayfish patter. Look it up. Its made with flagging tape as a shell. Hijack time: As for crayfish in the bow, I was talking to a biologist who studies them in alberta, and she told me there are none in the bow (at least in the city section), likely owing to lack of habitat. There are some in the nose creek however.

Definately in poor taste... but coming from a bunch of twits that sound like pop radio DJs, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. I don't think we should raze their whitehouse again.

The VIN search is done by canadian tire and is to make sure that people are not selling stolen vehicles and trailers in canada. It should be pretty painless when dealing with a reputable company as I doubt they would sell a stolen trailer.

Lets all have a contest to see who can get the most warnings until april 1st. Winner gets a free day of fishing the upper oldman with me using hot-dogs on pickeral rigs. But seriously, that sounds super annoying. :zip it:

My felts lasted over a year, and got quite a bit of use before they came apart. I think the problem is when you go and replace them you have to make sure that little velcro like thing in the middle is there otherwise its only held in by the edges and it probably comes apart faster. I noticed that those things are probably the weakest part of the system. I will probably buy corkers again when these ones are toast. I like being able to switch into rubber soles or studded felt when its needed.

That cuttie is spectacular! Nice work!

Bamfield or port renfrew or port hardy vancouver island. Go check it out, and you'll see why!

Yeah those photos are amazing! The one with the tent almost looks like its going to pop out. So, now for the serious business... I will be going canoeing there this next summer... what flies and setup to bring? Or should I jsut bring a spongebob squarepants rod and some velveta cheese?

I have one of these that is definately older than me, and makes deliciuos coffee every morning. Handle fell off around its 20th year of use... a new one was added, and I would guestimate that this thing has been trouble free for about 15 years. My parents wanted it back after their espresso maker proved to be a waste of time and money (and space), but I told them I can't find it. Ohh, and I'll add that this thing gets really popular when at the end of a skiing day, I pop it out and make a fresh coffee in the middle of the mountains. How many of those plug in ones can you do that with?

And here is a link that you can use to send an email out to your MP and other MPs voting on this issue... Let them know if you don't approve of removing the requirement for an environmental assessment of a river before putting up a "micro" hydro dam... http://www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca/action/index.php

Yeah, just read about this in the FFWD newspaper. Absolutely ridiculous piece of politicking if I have ever seen it... Expect to see run of the river hydro showing up on all your favorite headwaters. Apparently already a few hundred applications to tap "unnavigable" waters in BC. Read more about some kayakers proving that these waterways are indeed navigable. http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-vie...-navigate-3328/

Not sure if these could be undisputed, as some of your photos are amazing. But... A fish Waiting out a storm at you know where.

Yep, I think fishing fees are crazy low in this province considering how good the fishing is..... but I don't like the idea of paying to access land... What about river usage fees? That could be the next "logical" step on this slippery slope. So if you object, you should send a letter to your MP, even if its not an election year. I certainly will.