birchy

Oh Snap!

At this point in my life.. I honestly don't think I'll ever buy a Sage. Kind of relates back to my childhood years riding dirt bikes back home in Cape Breton. A good number of people that rode dirt bikes called them "Honda's". It didn't matter if it was a Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, KTM.. whatever.. it was "a honda". I had a 1991 KX 80 for sale one time and got a phone call from a kid.. "yeah, i'm calling about the Honda you have for sale". I'm like "I don't have a Honda for sale, I have a Kawasaki KX 80 for sale." He says "yeah same thing.. so how much do you want for the Honda?" I hung up. Drove me insane.. and because of that.. I never even entertained the thought of buying a Honda. Similar thing.. I PERSONALLY dislike Sage because so many people think they're the "be all and end all" of fly rods. I don't like the idea of paying $700 for a $300 rod. $300 for the rod, and $400 to pay for their marketing. (probably a bit of an exaggeration there.. but a good portion of that cost is for marketing) But that's just me. For those of you who have Sage rods and love them.. all the power to ya. But me.. I'm a TFO guy. And if I ever decide to get a high end, overpriced rod, it will most likely be an Orvis. Call me crazy. Tako.. "waaaaay" too long? Why do you say that? I personally like the length for when I'm high sticking.. but is their a 'technical' reason why I should go shorter? Not challenging you.. I'm just curious why you say that. I really don't know.. The 3 weight Finesse does come in a 7'9".

I currently have two Ti Series TFO rods.. an 8', 3 weight, 2 piece, and a 8'6", 6 weight, 2 piece. I want to replace them with 4 pieces.. Thinking of replacing the 3 weight with a Finesse 8'9".. or the 6 weight with a 9' Axiom. OR.. (I just thought of this while I was typing) I suppose I could get an 8 or 9 weight if I ever decide to go for pike or steelhead or something bigger.. salmon maybe. What would you do?

I just thought of something that happened to me last year in BC that I've never seen or heard of in Alberta. I was rigging up to go fishing on the Slocan River when a neighbor that was in his front yard approached me. He made conversation for a bit, stated that he wasn't a fisherman himself, but then asked me "are you sure you're ALLOWED to fish here?" I reassured him by showing him the regulations.. Didn't really think too much of it until afterwards. The guy wasn't even a fisherman and yet felt it appropriate to make sure I knew that I was allowed there! Pretty cool if you ask me. I'd say if more people did that it would help the poaching situation at least a little bit. That being said.. have you guys ever had that happen? That was a first for me..

Cooked some up a few years back on a camping trip with just the regular ol' butter and lemon juice.. they were pretty tasty actually! I would imagine that garlic butter would be even tastier.

One night, the Potato family sat down to dinner--Mother Potato and her three daughters. Midway through the meal, the eldest daughter spoke up. "Mother Potato?" she said. "I have an announcement to make." "And what might that be?" said Mother, seeing the obvious excitement in her eldest daughter's eyes. "Well," replied the daughter, with a proud but sheepish grin, "I'm getting married!" The other daughters squealed with surprise as Mother Potato exclaimed, "Married! That's wonderful! And who are you marrying, Eldest daughter?" "I'm marrying a Russet!" "A Russet!" replied Mother Potato with pride. "Oh, a Russet is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!" As the family shared in the eldest daughter's joy, the middle daughter spoke up. "Mother? I, too, have an announcement." "And what might that be?" encouraged Mother Potato. Not knowing quite how to begin, the middle daughter paused, then said with conviction, "I, too, am getting married!" "You, too!" Mother Potato said with joy. "That's wonderful! Twice the good news in one evening! And who are you marrying, Middle Daughter?" "I'm marrying an Idaho!" beamed the middle daughter. "An Idaho!" said Mother Potato with joy. "Oh, an Idaho is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!" Once again, the room came alive with laughter and excited plan for the future, when the youngest Potato daughter interrupted. "Mother? Mother Potato? Um, I, too, have an announcement to make." "Yes?" said Mother Potato with great anticipation. "Well," began t he youngest Potato daughter with the same sheepish grin as her eldest sister before her, "I hope this doesn't come as a shock to you, but I am getting married, as well!" "Really?" said Mother Potato with sincere excitement. "All of my lovely daughters married! What wonderful news! And who, pray tell, are you marrying, Youngest Daughter?" "I'm marrying Dan Rather!" "DAN RATHER?!" Mother Potato scowled suddenly. "But he's just a common tater!" Ba dum bum pisssh!

Congratulations man!! Lots of fun ahead!

Awesome Rick!! Glad the bro was able to hook into a few on his first go around!

Awesome day TACO!! Yeehaw!! I like taking a nap before bed time.. and I'm only 27!

Sweet job Clive!!

As expected.. admission of guilt finally: http://www.searchingforbigfoot.com/

Looks like a type of garden "orb-weaving" spider. Used to have a big sucker in my grandparents porch that I fed "daddy long legs" to all summer long..

I'll be buying myself an "equalizer" shortly I think...

*sigh*

Tom Biscardi is a known "hoaxer".. everybody in the know feels there's no reason to view this one any differently.

Absolutely classic!! LOL

What do gay horses eat? ... ... ... Haaaaaaaaayyyy!

Absolutely gorgeous pics dude!

Got snagged on a branch.. managed to get unsnagged and the back cast and forward cast felt a little heavier than normal.. realized this little guy had taken the hare's ear sometime during the process! No lie!

Bingo. It's actually pretty rare that ALL the data is COMPLETELY unrecoverable. It usually ends up being a matter of when does the cost of getting it back outweigh the sentimental value/value of the lost work.

Got lots of replies from posting the same question last year.. kind of amusing looking back and just seeing how much I've learned in the past year.. I didn't even know where Cataract Creek was in this post: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?...l=hunt+brookies

I'm assuming it's a laptop? If so, headscan's reply is a definite possibility. Send me an email and I'll try and help you out (assuming you still have access to a computer based on this post). birch.ryan@gmail.com

Supposed to be going out with CDock tonight.. but he might not be able to join me now. If not.. I'll probably stop by.

Welcome to the club dude! Had my '99 4Runner stolen back in January.. and then Din had his GMC Jimmy (I think?) stolen a couple months later.

Anyone tried these yet: http://oakley.ca/pd/5717/19857