birchy

That's a great story rickr! Holy crap that'd be scary though!! The closest I've ever been to a submarine is watching the Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide.. oh, and Das Boot. I can't imagine. I bet alot of people discover they have claustrophobia when they least expect it eh?

Maybe try telling them that. See if they'll match the price. Say you'd rather give them your money..

Well... so much for that idea. I feel like crap today. Just woke up.

I'm feeling prett good. Doc said just to "take it easy". So as long as I don't have to go running up shore to keep up with a 30" brownie a bunch of times in a row I should be good! I'll call it quits if I get tired. I can only play so much NHL 07 on the PC.

I can't stand sitting around home hearing how good the Bow is right now! I'm going out tomorrow.. leaky nose and all!

Nice cheeler! Wish I had've thought of that.. The only hopper I've tried so far is the Letort - as per Hawgstoppah's list of recommended flies.

He could do a "If you break it, you buy it" policy.

Man.. for a company that makes such great fly line.. I think they have the ugliest website I've ever seen! Their web designer should be shot. http://www.cortlandline.com/

And there wasn't even any girls around for him to be "showing off" for. Geez.. if you're going to hurt yourself.. at least have the girls around to kiss it better.

I do.. I'd just rather use space on someone else's server.

I find it easier to just upload to a site like photobucket (free registration) and it automatically resizes for you. You just have to copy and paste the links.

Too complicated. I was just looking for a generalization and my motto is K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid

Awwww how I love jan.. I mean, Justice!

Alright.. this is crazy so far guys! We have.. Birchy - 1 BigBadBrent - 11 Maxwell - 7 AdamJ - 13 Dank - 2 Toolman - 5 quito - 28 Pythagoras - 30 DutchDryFly - 24 MrBotangles - 8 BlueNorther - 35 pacreseltoro - 6 MMAX - 20 fishhead - 37 126barnes - 3 DonAnderson - 51 CDone - 37 LK2 - 3 Lundvike - 6 dryfly - 37 rickr - 1 PeteZahut - 4 fishfreak - 11 Angler - 32 Pipestoneflyguy - 13 Bobr - 4 flyangler - 12 Pikebreath - 30 Kungfool - 15 chidders - 1 Crogg - 5 mikefromsundre - 20 Castuserraticus - 35 clarki - 16 flyslinger - 31 crookednose - 1 ThymallusArcticus - 25 bigbowtrout - 15 Stillwaterguy - 33 monger - 35 bigbadbrown - 9 Hawgstoppah - 20 cheeler - 2 Carlodabroads - 20 Weedy1 - answered about every question but .. haha FISHING for 40 - but I was being picky and waned ff'ing only. ham - 1 SanJuanWorm - 9 Taco - IBFIICR Kale - 1 SilverDoctor - 48 Lynnf - 9 Brownstone - 20 osprey - 40 tieflyer - 58 troutlover - 7 Trailhead - 33 retread - 15 birdman - 16 teck - 1 grannyknot - 3 fisher26 - 8 wongrs - 3 MissinTheBow - 33 Saltamontes - 7 Taiter - 10 yodatrout - 6 plecoptera - 27 LlamaLeach - 37 EQUALS.. (are you ready for this?!?) - 1136 years of fly fishing experience!! Holy cow! What's even crazier is the average years of experience - way higher than I thought at - 17 years each!! (toolman - I was thinking like you - maybe 3 - 5 years on average) That's nuts guys!! If The Canadian Fly Fisher gets in touch with me about the Readers Showcase - I'll be definitely adding this info to my short story!!

sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is about: There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey," died last week at 93. It was especially difficult for the family to keep him in the casket. They put his left leg in . . . and that's when the trouble started!

The last book I read talked about the 80+ year old fly fisherman still learning . . . I have lots of time to go!

Thanks for the kind words everybody! Heh heh.. "Bow therapy" . . . I like it.

Saw this on the news when I was getting ready to leave the hospital.. http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticle.../calgary.ctv.ca They said he was found north of the zoo.. so it isn't the body of the one guy they never found that drowned when they went over the weir.

The remainder of the tumor can potentially grow bigger again but from what I understand, I won't be having any more surgeries. From here on in they'll deal with it with drugs and possibly radiation as an absolute last resort.

That's pretty much all the positive feedback I needed! haha. "Reassurance". I'm REALLY liking the price Clive.. seeing as if you look on Orvis' website they retail for $389 US + tax: http://www.orvis.com/store/product_directo...ubcat%5Fid=7313

I heard a good golfing one like that too.. Two olders gents - Fred and Bill - were standing on the 13th tee when a funeral procession drove by the highway parallel to the hole. Immediately Fred took off his hat and held it to his chest until the procession was past. Bill paused for a minute and then said "wow, I didn't realize you had so much respect Fred?!" To which Fred replied "well, it's the least I could do.. I was married to her for 45 years!"

Hey guys i'm baaaack! Just got home 5 minutes ago. Doctor let me out today. Everything went really well. The doctor says she got the majority of the tumor out. Had to leave a bit of it behind to avoid hurting the pituitary and surrounding area. I feel pretty much normal other than a runny nose. But I have to take it easy for a week or two.

I've been keeping an eye on these Orvis waders on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ORVIS-TAILWATERS-XT-BOO...1QQcmdZViewItem But all they have typically is the bootfoots, and not the stocking foots. At first I kind of decided in my head that I didn't want bootfoots because on cold days when I decided to wear my neoprenes - I wouldn't be able to switch the boots back and forth. Now I'm thinking, maybe that's okay. I'll be wearing my breathables the majority of the time.. so when I wear my neoprenes I can just use the old hiking boots with the tongues ripped out. Do you guys have any opinions on bootfoots? Are their any shops in town that carry these particular waders so I can go in and try a pair on?

Just thought of a cool idea.. I want everyone to post how many years they've been fly fishing.. and then at the end I'll go through all the posts and do the math and see how many years of fly fishing experience we have combined on this forum! Let's say we'll round to the closest year.. unless you're in your first year, then just say one year. I'm sure it'll be some crazy huge number! So 1 year for me.

I got one tonight and it was everything I thought it would be..