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Foamy, I feel for you, take care of your family. The rest can wait. About two years ago I developed blood clots that progressed to my lungs. I had never felt pain like that before. This is serious, just take care of your son.

Jason, I also vote for simplicity, the wire leaders that Peter mentioned work fine. Pike are not leader shy, just hungry. As for the $5.00 fly, just get your son to tie up a couple, if I remember, he does a good job.

Talk about a feel good story. I'm sorry to hear about your personal troubles, life can be cruel. I have met Dave and his wife when they were coming to the FF expo years ago. I thought they were both CLASS acts then and this story says they still are. By the looks of the pictures, it was a trip to remember and in beautiful country. Glad to hear you are able to resume an activity you love. Murray

Steve. You have some very nice shots there. Hard to pick out a favorite.

Retired Husband After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Walmart. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunately, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse and leaves me with endless time to fill. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Wal- m art: Dear Mrs. Harris: Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behaviour and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, "Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away." This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a "Code 3." 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway. 6. August 14: Moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area. 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the Camping Department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the Bedding Department, to which twenty children obliged. 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him, he began crying and screamed, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?" EMT's were called. 9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose. 10. September 10: While handling guns in the Hunting Department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were. 11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the Mission Impossible theme song. 12. October 6: In the Auto Department, he practiced his "Madonna Look" using different sizes of funnels. 13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through yelled "PICK ME! PICK ME!" 14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed "OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!" 15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked, "Where is the fitting room?" And last, but not least: 16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while, and then yelled very loudly, "Hey! There's no toilet paper in here." One of the clerks passed out.

I'll let TIKAM tell the story. Suffice to say no one got hurt and boat is back.

The boat has been salvaged with minimal damage and everyone safe.

She's at work and I figured out how to untie the knot

I'm also available for manpower. I also have several hundred feet of very strong rope.

If you can get ahold of a bilge pump, I have a small 1 kW gen set that would run it. My phone number is 403 281 7537. I also have a zodiac but no way to get back upstream.

I know that it won't stop the actual theft of your boat, but SPOT makes a device that attaches to any car,truck,boat etc. that will track the said item by satellite. The unit is cheap but the yearly activation will cost a bit. Don't know how much.

A suicide bomber died and went to Paradise, as foretold. When he arrived there he said to Allah that he was ready to claim his 72 virgins, as promised. Out of curiosity he asked Allah why there were so many virgins in heaven. Allah regarded him for a moment, then replied, "Actually, the 72 virgins are here in heaven because people like you murdered them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you're here to service them. Since they're virgins, they're quite sexually ravenous and, frankly, you'll be on constant, exhausting duty. I shall banish you from Paradise should you fail!" The bomber responded, "Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?" Allah replied, "Who told you they were women?

That is a truly nice picture. There is so much more to fishing than just fishing.

You've seen all the commercials. But what really happens when you ask for help with an erection lasting more than 4 hours? I walked into a drug store and asked to talk to a male pharmacist. The woman I was speaking with said she was the only pharmacist and since she and her sister owned the store, there were no male employees. She asked if she could help me. I said that I really would have preferred to speak with a male pharmacist. She assured me that she was completely professional and whatever it was that I needed to discuss, I could be confident that she would treat me with a high level of professionalism. I reluctantly agreed and began by saying, "As a shy man, this is tough for me to discuss, but here goes. I get erections every day that last more than four hours. This condition causes me a lot of problems and severe embarrassment. I was wondering what you could give me for it?" The pharmacist said, "Just a minute, I'll talk to my sister." When she returned, she said, "We discussed it at length and this is the absolute best we can do: * 1/3 ownership in the store, * a company pickup truck, * a king size bed and, * $3,000 a month in living expenses." ;-)

Those are great shots Neil. The pelican one is very nice but I've always liked owls more. Murray

Rick, first off, glad you made it out the other side, it really could have been a horrible story otherwise. But boy, what a fishing story for your future Grand kids.

This darn job keeps getting in the way, thankfully it pays for the days I can go though. . Muffin,I used to think that too, until I retired. This darn retirement is getting in the way of fishing. When I was working, I would get out lots more than I do now. Too many people know I have some extra time. Murray

Muffin, I have to admit, I don't have any experience with the Hardy reel or the Nautilus NV-G so I can't comment on them. The favorite reel in my collection is the Lamson Litespeed. I have two of them and greatly prefer them over my other reels which include a couple of Orvis, as age and an Islander. The Lamson reel is very lightweight, a very good and easy to adjust drag system and has sealed bearings should you decide to use it in salt water. Murray

Thanks for the post Steve. Good info to have. I'm finding that the Clear Cure Goo is a bit tacky now with the batteries on my light getting weaker. Sunlight cures it to a hard Finnish though. A word of caution though. If you are using you UV resin outside on a sunny day, you might find that it starts to set up in the dispenser tube. Murray

They would be quite concerned if your tieing supplies included Polar Bear.

Jason, are you sure your son didn't catch that one? Just kidding , nice trout by the way.

I couldn't open your pictures but I had a similar thing happen to my Snowbee waders last year. It's frustrating that a $400.00 pair of chest waders are now hip waders. Anything above waist deep and the water just pours in. All I can say is never again!

Although I agree that the PC's did not deserve to be re elected, I am quite concerned about some of the promises Rachel Notely has made. I still think back to that time when Ed Stelmack suggested he was going to review and adjust the royalty rates the oil companies paid. There was an immediate move of jobs and companies away from Alberta and into Saskatchewan. It took a long time to catch up. My view also is that if she raises the minimum wages by 50%, corporations are not going to simply absorb these additional costs but will pass them on to the consumer. As was mentioned earlier, you cannot run at a deficit forever, it costs a lot of money to build roads, schools and hospitals and the income has to come from somewhere, maybe increased taxes. Now, having said all that, I accept that greater minds than mine are working on this but I too am concerned that Yoga instructor and musicians will come out ahead in arguments with high priced corporate lawyers. This is a situation we are committed to for the next four years so I only hope that Rachel and her merry band will not follow in the footsteps of the Ontario NDPers and put us so far into dept that we cannot dig ourselves out.

Pinocchio, Snow White and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day. As they walk, they come across a sign: "Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world." "I am entering," said Snow White. After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, "Well, how did you do?" " First Place ," said Snow White. They continue walking and they see a sign: "Contest for the strongest man in the world." "I'm entering," says Superman. After half an hour he returns and they ask him, "How did you make out?" " First Place ," answers Superman. "Did you ever doubt?" They continue walking when they see a sign: "Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world?" Pinocchio says "this is mine." Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes. "What happened?" they asked. "Who the hell is Mike Duffy?" asked Pinocchio.

Marijuana and Marriage: For those who haven't heard, Washington State recently passed two laws. They legalized gay marriage and Legalized marijuana. The fact that gay marriage and marijuana were legalized on the same day makes perfect Biblical sense. Leviticus 20:13 says: "If a man lies with another man they should be stoned" Apparently we just hadn't interpreted it correctly before!