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AHHHH HAHAHAHA!! Awesome.. I love them both.

Thanks for all the awesome comments guys!! I appreciate it. flyangler - I'm having the transsphenoidal surgery, so it's not technically brain surgery but they still have to be really careful because the optic nerves and carotid arteries are so close to the pituitary and the tumor. Oh.. and i'm in the Foothills Hospital.. so I won't be able to track down Brian or Steve.

Not enough precipitation yet. We probably need a good few days - a week even of rain before it would make a significant difference.

Oh yeah. I'm not giving up! Have to try one before tomorrow!

Wendy's now has VANILLA Frosty's!! But do you think I could get one?!? Been to 3 Wendy's since last night and still haven't gotten one!

Welcome!! I'm not sure that the water in the picture is clear enough..

Dang! I already sent it in. I totally should've added the "experience and knowledge of the forum members on flyfishcalgary.com has truly been invaluable". Oh well.. I can email them again to add that part. You can never have too many fishing buddies rick. As soon as i'm healed up from my surgery we'll have to plan a trip. Yes.. it was supposed to be hole. I noticed that after the fact. But thought the same as you.. hold works as well. haha

Alright dudes and dudettes.. I'm having my surgery tomorrow as the first step to treating this acromegaly.. doctor sounds really positive. So I'll be in the hospital for 3-2 days and then recovering for 2-6 weeks. So you won't be hearing from my for a bit.. I'll see if I can get CDock to post a bad joke in my absence. If i'm not back in a couple weeks... just wait longer.

We were there from around 12:30pm to about 4pm I think..

39 views and only one reply? Everybody else must be tired like I am today too!

Hello, I've been a casual angler since I was a kid but this is my first year fly fishing and I'm definitely "hooked". I often hear of new fly fisherman going a season or two without catching anything because of trying to teach themselves, and I have to admit that I'm very spoiled because my best friend and fishing partner - Corey - has been fly fishing for 9 years now and is very knowledgable. Corey has been showing me the different techniques and although I've only been fly fishing since April I've had a very productive season so far. My very first trip out was on the Crowsnest River down by Bellevue, Alberta back in April and I managed 4 10-12" rainbows to hand. My personal bests so far for each species are a 22" Brown trout from the Bow here in Calgary, a 22" Rainbow (first ever dry fly fish) from the Columbia River in Castlegar, BC. Still haven't hooked into a big Cutthroat yet, but the season is still young! I'm told these are very respectable for a rookie! haha But so far I have to say I'm proudest of my very first Bull Trout - this 24" beauty from the Sheep River in southern Alberta: He was caught by stripping "Lefty's Deceiver" through a deep pool with a 4 weight TFO TiCr. Man, I sure felt the power of these beautiful fish! Corey and I pulled 4 of these beauty's out of one hold in a span of 15 minutes.. the smallest being 24"! I am a subscriber to your magazine and would love to be considered for the next Readers' Showcase. Tight Lines!

LOL.. I was wondering how long it would be before BobLoblaw chimed in! I was going to say "while swerving back and forth wildly BobLoblaw said".. but figured I'd be nice and generalize.. hahaha.

If he keeps low enough he might be okay..

I'm preferring the evenings more. Plus .. i'm not a morning person!

No no.. you misunderstood. My friends Trey and Andie are both Canadian. They are now living in Haiti but were back here visiting friends in Calgary. While HERE, Andie said Hi to a fellow Calgarian on the street and that's the response she got.

Fishing for sure.. althought I haven't called in "sick" to go fishing yet.

Some aquaintances of mine moved down to Haiti. They were back for a visit last summer and were telling us this story.. The wife - Andie - was out for a walk one evening while here and passed this woman on the street. Andie says "Hi" and the woman stops and says "Excuse me? Do I know you?" Andie says "No, I was just saying hi to be nice." to which the woman replies "Yeh.. well DON'T" with this disgusted look on her face and walks away. Unbelievable how rude people are getting!

Gorgeous. I want to try out the Elk sometime this year as well!

So a newfie is driving down the 401 in Toronto listening to the radio when suddenly a warning announcment comes on.. "Attention ladies and gentleman - please be advised that some crazed lunatic is driving down the 401 on the wrong side of the road - this is a very dangerous situation!" The newfie - swerving wildly back and forth to avoid oncoming traffic - says "GEEZ B'Y.. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE OF EM!!!"

I also came across a large dead trout today at Policeman's in the shallow water. He was starting to decay pretty good but I think it was a brownie.

I'm pretty sure when you kill wasps they emit pheromones that attract other wasps in their colony.

Seriously Brian.. I've been telling everyone that story since you told us!! People start talking about bears and I'm like "there's this guy I know from the fly fishing website..."

Do Wardells have a good warranty?

The Orvis Tailwaters XT look pretty nice as well: http://www.orvis.com/store/product_directo...ubcat%5Fid=7313

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