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?

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.

Don't know if its true, but don't like the idea. Paid access to hunt, fish? Written by Ric Swihart Lethbridge Herald Monday, 09 February 2009 A three-year pilot project in southwestern Alberta for paid hunting and fishing access should be implemented in the spring. Jim Csabay of Readymade, chairman of the board of the St. Mary River Irrigation District, caught Alberta Irrigation Projects Association delegates off guard Monday when he asked if Alberta Sustainable Resource Development was considering compensating private landowners for providing hunting and fishing opportunities for sportsmen. Livingstone-Macleod MLA Evan Berger of Nanton, parliamentary secretary for SRD, deferred Csabay’s question about landowners who may not want to participate in the pilot scheduled in the Alberta Wildlife Management Unit 108, which runs from near the County of Lethbridge airport in a triangle to the American border, running along Highways 4 and 5, and unit 300, which is anchored by Cardston on the northeast, running along the southern boundary of the Blood Reserve and angling southeast along the northern boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park. Berger said that while he has been deeply involved in much of Alberta’s proposed land development policy, he has not been involved in the paid hunting and fishing issue. But an official with Alberta Fish and Wildlife in Lethbridge said the pilot is part of the Open Spaces concept that has been under study for more than a year and has gone through different phases as part of a recreation access management plan. The pilot will only apply to private landowners. Qualifying landowners will enter into a contract leading to paid compensation for allowing hunting on land or access to streams and rivers across private land. He said habitat development is another potential benefit. Landowners can tailor access to their local land conditions. Budget constraints will limit the number of landowners who can participate. Compensation will involve several factors, including size of land base, habitat available for wildlife, riparian areas and coulees. Compensation will be a maximum of $20 a day per hunter or fisherman allowed access to private land. It may range from $2,000 a year to $10,000, he said. Citizens and sportsmen’s groups can expect a public information meeting in late March or into April. The goals of the program include identifying and acknowledging the stewardship role private landowners play; gain increased access to private land, partly to keep deer populations in check and maintain a balance of habitat and wildlife on the land. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wow, a photo is worth a thousand words... I heard that tylenol is one of the biggest causes of liver failure... OD on tylenol is super toxic to your liver folks, so don't down a whole bottle when you have a headache. My injuries are pretty minor compared to all of yours, but I do have a funny one to lighten things up. Once while unloading my camper at SIDs, it was about -20 and in the snow, so when I got the stupid thing jacked up, my truck no longer had traction to get out... So being the clever guy that i am, I started to get stuff out of the bushes to put under the tires. I saw this awsome flat rock that was gauranteed to work, so I bent over to grab it, got a sharp stick in the eye, and ripped the ass of my pants all in one graceful move. Ended up having to dig my self out with one eye bleeding and a ripped ass. Then had to drive my self to foothills to get my eye fixed up. I let my wife drive me home from there cause they gave me some shot of something that made it hard to even walk. Not bad given that I still have 2 beautiful peepers, but sure did hurt my eye and my ego.