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They let you fish IN the zoo?!?!? Jeepers.. most people go there to look at the animals man!!

What size rod Glenbow?

Nothing wrong with that for a "first ever fish"! Man oh man... that should keep her coming back for more!!

That actually sounds like alot of fun! Especially for those of us who enjoy all forms of angling.

Maybe you could do a biggest fish contest. Being in my first year.. I know there's no way in heck that I'll catch a bigger brownie than the vets on this site, so to make it fair, maybe break us up into "divisions" based on years of experience or something like that.

LOL! I think you started something here man, I went to connect and... http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q165/ryan_birch/Error.jpg

Interesting. I'll have to give this a try next time out. I've lost ALOT of nymphs the last few times on the Bow.

Makes complete sense!! I'm definitely trying this method next time out too!

Take The Bait It was a cold winter day, when an old man walked out onto a frozen lake, cut a hole in the ice, dropped in his fishing line and began waiting for a fish to bite. He was there for almost an hour without even a nibble when a young boy walked out onto the ice, cut a hole in the ice not too far from the old man and dropped in his fishing line. It only took about a minute and WHAM! a Largemouth Bass hit his hook and the boy pulled in the fish. The old man couldn't believe it but figured it was just luck. But, the boy dropped in his line and again within just a few minutes pulled in another one. This went on and on until finally the old man couldn't take it any more since he hadn't caught a thing all this time. He went to the boy and said, "Son, I've been here for over an hour without even a nibble. You have been here only a few minutes and have caught about half a dozen fish! How do you do it?" The boy responded, "Roo raf roo reep ra rums rrarm." "What was that?" the old man asked. Again the boy responded, "Roo raf roo reep ra rums rarrm." "Look," said the old man, "I can't understand a word you are saying." So, the boy spit into his hand and said, "You have to keep the worms warm!" ahhhhHAHAHAHA!!!

I don't know about the brand but I'm always a bit leery about things when they say "it's comparable to something more expensive".. if it was truly comparable.. then wouldn't IT be $300 as well? My opinion anyways...

I've been to that spot... sorry, but it's not that secret!

I'm in the hunt for big brookies this year. I think I'll have to hit that Nicholas Sheran Park Pond a time or two!

Done.

Gorgeous!! I'm resolved to find some brookies like that somewhere.. before this season is over.

I'll be a happy man the day I catch a rainbow like that one!

I'm assuming the answer is no since YOU do it.. but wouldn't the fish have a greater chanced of seeing the weight - and not biting - with this method?

Great advice guys!! I've learned a few things from this as well. The last big rainbow I lost (the biggest rainbow I've ever had on my line 20"+), I was fighting fine until he went downstream and I didn't follow him down. Lesson learned.

I don't know Karate.. but I know Ka razy!! Beautiful flies flyangler!

I catch all my big whitefish on the San Juanabe. But for trout, San Juan Worm, Prince Nymph, Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear have all worked for me this year..

Craziness... imagine fighting that thing on a fly rod?!!

My understanding is that the $25 is for shipping. The rod repair itself is free and covered under warranty. I would imagine they still charge the $25 when people come in directly to avoid causing a stampede.

It's on the back of your Alberta fishing license.

Amazing pics man! Birds of Prey are so beautiful.

So far the conference has been amazing... it's probably about 100 times bigger than I ever imagined! (Microsoft Tech-Ed.. yeh, i'm one of those "computer nerds") Orlando is really cool. I've been pretty busy so far but did managed to get to Sea World and the Universal City Walk so far. Thursday night they have the Islands of Adventure attraction at Univeral completely booked for us attendees! Crazy. I've been taking pics like a japanese tourist so far!

Hey boys.. i'm in the airport in Vegas on the way to Orlando.. thought I'd say hey!