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I witnessed something very similar with my own eyes 2 summers ago. It was during Stampede and I was going to pick up my wife and her cousin from the grounds when I saw a guy laying unconscious on the sidewalk with his bicycle beside him. I figured he had crashed, or gotten hit. There was a gentleman walking down the sidewalk towards the unconscious person, so I stopped and turned around to watch and see if he would help.. if he didn't, then I would go back and help. What I saw absolutely blew my mind. The unconscious man was laying across the sidewalk, so the guy walking by literally STEPPED OVER TOP OF HIM, and kept right on walking. I couldn't believe it! So I did a u-turn and went back to help. Checked for breathing and a pulse right away, and he was still alive. Tried waking him up by talking to him and smacking his cheeks. No response. Called 9-1-1. Waited for the ambulance to show up and explained the situation to the paramedics. They were able to revive him while I was still there by doing the same thing I did, except rougher. Once they had enough information to figure out that I hadn't actually hit the guy myself, they let me go and thanked me for calling it in. Turns out the guy was just very drunk and had "fallen and couldn't get up". I believe the paramedic called it a "stampede special" or something along those lines. haha To this day, I still cannot get over the fact that the other guy just stepped over top of this man and kept walking! So as appalling as it is, the above article didn't surprise me at all.

This is what should happen every single time they catch someone poaching. Forget the "warnings" crap. If a person had to pay 3 grand out of their pocket every time, I highly doubt there would be very many repeat offenders!

Looks like $349/person and $2 per pound of gear. http://www.icefieldheli.com/fishing/index.htm

Disgusting. Some people are pigs.

cdock doesn't even know it yet, but him and I are doing this trip next year or the year after!

.. and the aliens from reading your mind ..

Looks like an amazing time! And in hindsight, being dropped off at the wrong lake will make for a good campfire story!

Signed.

Just reading that made me angry. I understand they have a job to do, but flies? Really?! A fella could really do alot of damage with those! Second time I've seen this situation posted here..

I met a fairy today who said she would grant me one wish. " I want to live forever", I said. "Sorry", said the fairy, "I can't grant wishes like that." I said, "Okay I want to die when the Calgary Flames win the Stanley cup. "Crafty bastard aren't you ?," she replied

I find it interesting that the poll results don't really form a Bell Curve. It's fairly close, but not quite.

Any ideas about good places to go that are out of the city lights, but not too far of a drive? I suppose anywhere north of the city towards balzac/airdrie would be decent since it's mostly flat.

I wonder if it was tweedledum and tweedledummer from a couple years back?! Idiots.. sorry, Ignorant IMO. That's like wanting to go for a peaceful camping trip and setting up in the middle of McLean Creek or Waiparous and then complaining about the dirtbikes. As far as what to do about it.. I would've called him on it. "Look around you. Look at where you are. I'M a fly angler too. There's KILOMETERS of blue ribbon fishery here buddy, go somewhere else."

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Well done! Amazing up there isn't it?!

I don't believe there are any Golden Trout in BC.. I'd say it's just a dark strain of rainbow trout. Perhaps a Redband Trout? *edit* This looks like the one. http://www.fisheries.org/units/AFSmontana/...n%20status2.htm The article mentions portions of British Columbia.

Exactly what I was going to say. Haven't been there myself yet, but everyone I talk to says they're tricky to catch! Very picky eaters.

Here's the pic from the AO forums:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I hooked two that big a couple weeks back.. First one broke me off, second one spit the hook. Not cool. Very cool for you though!

I don't care where you're from, that's dedication right there!

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~29 pounds!?

Good. I hope their decision stands up. 17 years is just ridiculous!

SEVENTEEN years at $102 million! http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=327880 27 year old signs a 17 year contract?!!? What the heck is going on in the NHL these days?!? Unbelievable..

Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo's FTW! www.tirerack.com is an awesome site for researching this stuff..