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    When You Need A Helping Hand

    in Photo Posts

    Posted

    Now your confusing me. If it wasn't for the 'Rockstar' glasses I would have never asked since the Timmy's cup. Yet being Irish and a pretty mellow guy it didn't seem impossible.

     

    Plus, you don't see it?

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    I don't think Bono comes to Calgary that much... But you're right.. definitely see the resemblance!

    Should Fishing Guides Be Licensed?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    I've question for anyone--everyone:

     

    Why do I have to pay to fish the Crow and a guide does not have to pay one cent?

     

    And he makes money of the resource I pay to maintain!? And if the guide is from another province he would pay zero taxes here at all.

     

    Absolutely NUTS!

     

    Democratic societies are ALL about user fees these days.

     

    Apparently not when it comes to guiding.

     

    Supplementary question: Why do we pay for fishing and hunting licenses and bird watchers, hikers and random campers don't? Yet it's our license money that goes to the ACA to protect "dickie birds" ... as Don once called them. ;)

     

    Cheers!

     

    Clive

     

    Seriously? Guides fish for free?

     

    (Forgive me for being naive)

    Pflueger President 2056 - Price?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    hey birchy how big of a rod u lookin too jam that thing on..i may know of a few reels in ur range or cheaper, they aint pfleuger but...no ebay..no retail stores either...cheap cheap...and no i havnt kicked teh *hit outta them...i had a tioga for a while too demo with my spey and didnt like it at all..too much plastic inside and out...look easy too bend and bang up too...didnt give it the drop test tho..she wasnt mine...was a magnum i believe...i could see that plastic drag nob gettin smashed easy tho...

     

    My "Bow River rod".. 6 weight.

    The Necessities

    in Fly Tying Bench

    Posted

    Hawgstoppah either created a thread or added to a thread awhile back listing the top dries, nymphs, and streamers we should all have for southern alberta waters. For the life of me.. I can't find it now. I'll keep looking!

    Residential Telephone Service Best Plan

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    My wife and I are using Primus TalkBroadband Voice over IP. Basically takes advantage of your existing high speed internet connection..

     

    So far we love it. Very cheap.. in the past we've had both Telus and Shaw cable telephone.

     

    You can do some pretty funky stuff with it too with their online "portal".. basically a website you login to and administer your phone.

     

    - You can see all incoming and outgoing calls, so if a telemarketer calls you can select their # and add a "call treatment" to block that number, so if they ever call back they get a recorded message "this person is not currently accepting phone calls".

     

    - You can set it up so if a person has a private name/number, they'll get a message "this caller does not accept unidentified calls. Please press 1 now to record your name to identify yourself, or press 2 to enter an access code." If you have a close friend who calls you all the time but their number is blocked, you can give them this access code you set up and they can enter it to bypass this step. Once they identify themselves.. THEN your phone rings and it displays "privacy guard call".. when you answer it, it says "you have a privacy guard call from *insert recorded name here*, press 1 to speak to them, press 2 to announce yourself busy, and press 3 to put them through to voicemail. VERY COOL.

     

    - You can also set up call forwarding online so it will automatically route incoming calls to your home # to a cell phone or other.

     

    - You can add a "secondary #" for an extra $4 a month which gives you a different area code. So if you have family in Vancouver you can add a secondary # to your account with the 604 area code and your family from Vancouver calls you just as they would call a local #.

     

    - There's also a "find me/follow me" feature that I haven't used yet. But basically you can take your VoIP box when you travel.. plug it in, and your phone acts just as if you were home. No long distance charges if people call you from home.

     

     

    Those are just a few of the things you can do. So far I love it. Will never go back.

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