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are you serious? That sucks big time sorry to hear about that.....Man I think those SUV's must be the hottest target for thieves..... Did you lose all your fishing gear?

Just be careful what ice you walk on and bring a little net so you don't have to get right to the edge of the ice to land a fish as the ice ledges can and do break sometimes...... just a heads up

http://cgi.ebay.ca/G-Loomis-Stream-Dance-M...1QQcmdZViewItem I know its a bit outta your range but its a nice rod but I would say in some ways one of the better value rods..... however its been discontinued by g loomis as they came out with some new lines this year..... if it were me i would try to find out what the warranty replacement rod would be if you did break it. But if your looking for a rod in that range you could check out TFO I don't fish them much but I have cast a whole bunch of em..... problem is I don't remember which were which but they all cast nice and they were cheap...... some of the other guys fish tfo a lot so I will let them make suggestions as they would know better.

I would accept a YFZ450 just in case any of you ladies on here are stuck for something to get me. Pythagorus Its Johnny Cash The Last Gunfighter Ballad lyrics The old gunfighter stood on the porch and stared into sun And relived all the old days back when he was livin' by the gun When deadly games of pride were played and livin' was mistakes not made And he thought of the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke The thought of the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke And it's always keep your back to the sun And he can almost feel the weight of that gun And it's faster than snakes or a blink of the eye And it's a time for all slow men to die His eyes get squinty and he's straight as log and he empties his gun at the dirty dog And he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Hit by the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Now the burn of a bullet is only a scar And he's back in his chair in front of a bar And the streets're empty and the blood's all dried The dead 're dust and and the whiskey's inside So buy him a drink and lend him an ear He's nobody's fool and he's the only one here Who remembers the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Remember the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Said I stood in that street before it was paved I learned the shoot or be shot before I could shave And I did it all for the money and the fame Noble was nothing but feelin' no shame And nothing was sacred but stayin' alive And all that I learned from a Colt 45 Was to cuss the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Cuss the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke Now he's just an old man that nobody believes Says he's a gunfighter the last of this breed And there's ghosts in the street seekin' revenge Callin' him out to the lunatic fringe He's out in the traffic down checking the sun And he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun So much for the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke So much for the smell of the black powder smoke And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Unless they put Don A on the ballot were doomed any ya look at it.......

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BAH HUMBUG A pox on all you happy Valentiners

Colin the sad thing is you are likely right about the FBI thing bet someone watched me and my place from space most of the day yesterday..... But anyways hold on the EMP I would have to walk to far from my car to safely use that anyways..... I was gonna call you tonight anyways as I checked your link and have a request and a question or 2. Thanks Cool Courtney thats good to hear a company with a good warranty will always get my business before one with a crappy warranty....... My problem is I want to many rods...... But one for sure is gonna be a snowbee. I think I know which one as well. I Just wish I had casted it up at the expo....... But then we would have needed a bigger pool as it wasn't a short cast rod.......

Cool thanks for all the info guys I am going to look more at the custom Dancraft FT Rod 10ft 3 wt Sounds like a perfect fit..... Luckily we have a builder on the site that by the sounds of it can make me one with a couple little design features I want by the way CDone how are you making out with that rocket propelled fish seeking missile cork attachment I was asking about? Can I have a thermonuclear option? Or do I have to live South of the border for that?

Bhurt thank you for the suggestions but I suppose I should maybe have been a little more complete. I have a 13' 4" trout spey 5/6 and its a great rod and yes casting it is usually quite nice..... But its not usually the casting that gives my shoulder a problem. Its the fully extended arm holding the rod parallel with the water like when you czech nymph. I have a broken collar bone so rather then lack of strength or pain when casting I just get fatigued in that position a little faster when I am holding it..... I should actually learn to nymph with my left now that I think about it...... But anyways I also have a nice streamdance 10 foot 6 wt GLoomis and I love that rod but it is definately a powerful rod and it lands fish really really fast too fast in fact. Also I think its at the upper end of the stiffness and line weight reccomedation for this type of fishing which is why I wanted to drop down to the bottom ie 3 or maybe 4 wt. The Loop that Max and TM have suggested looks great and I have looked into it a bit now....... But I only have 1 concern and yes its a dumb one....... It seems like to much rod....... By all accounts its a freak of nature casts a 3 wt line but will land salmon....... I want one........ Big Time...... But I mean part of the reason I am shopping in a low wt is because it will be more sporting..... That Loop seems kinda like buying a cannon hiding it in a water pistol and using it on a squirrel...... A little bit overkill.....But that said I want one cause it sounds like a monster. The top of my list at the moment if I decide to buy from a manufacturer are likely the greys or the snowbee or the sage..... both come in cheaper and seem to be designed more for this specific task. However the greys would be the top of the list as it comes in at the lightest weight and seems to me to be the best option but a readover of their extensive warranty info has me worried as it says that I would need to send the rod to the nearest Hardy & Greys Limited approved Agent..... however they have only one dealer listed on their site for Canada...... But as long as he could process the warranty concerns that would be fine..... Basically the same with the snowbee and I am just curious if Courtney (Islandguy) can tell me how warrantee's work in canada as the snowbee site doesn't say much in that regards. LOL was just about to post and it didn't work so I got to read DDF's post. Is it generally accepted that fast and powerful is key? Cause I have read conflicting things about that...... but myself I would tend to think fast and powerful would be best..... however some CN sites say that sofer is better so you don't get to many breakoffs on the hookset...... is this worth worrying about Again thanks for all the help everyone

Max and JohnBransfield, great reccomendations, Thank you. But do either of those companies have a North American warranty repair location? I can't seem to find anything.... that I feel is a concern. A Canada location would be preferable but a N A acceptable..... Do you know if I would have to send those rods overseas for repairs? I checked em both out and they look like killer rods tho. Specially that loop...... They also have the Greys in a 3wt 10" model on the website..... that would be killer...... Cheeler- as far as the switch rod I am just not a switch rod kinda guy..... It seems to be a good option for a rod that you want some extra distance out of...... but I feel all that extra cork gets in my way and adds weight. With the czech nymphing positioning and my bad right shoulder I think the lightest weight will be best.

For anyone who didn't see my query in the trading post I am looking for info on czech nymphing rods..... Any good suggestions or comments will be appreciated as I am looking for a rod whos primary function will be for this type of fishing. I am most interested however in the action one might want from such a rod..... Stiff and fast, soft and slow, sensitive whatever you think might be relevant...... I am also looking primarily for a 10 foot 3 or 4 wt in particular..... obviously this narrows down the options a lot. I have read articles that seem to contradict each other in regards to the best actions and stuff so I figured that the local perspective I might get on here might be the most useful..... Thank in advance

LS the fishin's good I am not a masochist

deadly little fly GGP I just wished I had a couple more of those the other day on the water. My smallest flies were 18s and they were about 4 x the size of the midges coming off. That was the only fly I had that seemed to be catching Do you ever put a coat of Sally Hansens on the quill body for added durabilty?

Awesome flys guys Badger that spey is really cool how did you find that bronze mallard was to work with? I think thats the single most frustrating material I have ever used.....

Weedy I have never kicked along so fast in that tube....... actually still had my line in the water and I was seriously hoping that a fish wouldn't come up on the caddis I was skimmin over the surface.......... I kept try to veer outta his path and it didn't seem to be workin so started shouting at him and he veered off and continued to the other side...... he was probably not more the 35 feet when he was the closest...... Until then I had always sorta assumed the walk in was the dangerous part and that once I was in the water I was relatively safe but after I started carrying my bear spray and bangers right in the tube with me. All I had that day was a knockoff swiss army knife.... you know the type that fall apart if you look at em to hard? One of those. I considering sinking myself to the bottom with it for a couple seconds as I figured that might be the better way to go..... but there seemed to be no guarantee that he wouldn't have come down after me.......

now I don't wanna be the one person who goes against sage so I won't but I would really really suggest going and casting these rods. Sage, zaxis, zxl, and SLT as well as the G loomis eastfork and streamdance GLX, whisper creek, and max glx. I would be at all surprised if you found the slightly lower cost high end rods like the SLT, and Eastfork are ideal for the majority of the fishing on creeks like that. I find big money on rods seems to be better spent on big water rods. With typical small stream rigs like single dry, hopper dropper, single or even a small team of nymphs and ultra light indi I can't say I usually notice a huge difference between a pricey rod and a really expensive rod........ If you were asking for a good Bow river nymphing rod or streamer rod I would be more inclined to go immediately to the top end......Also slower rods do have their place especially as a learning tool as I found it was easier to learn things like air mends and presentation casts on a slower rod with a slightly longer stroke and slower line speed these thing are argueably more important, But I would just go test em thats the biggest thing and i would test em with flies or rigs (maybe bring your own) that you would usually find yourself using.... Sooner or later a rod is going to say to your hand "don't putta me down I'ma you new Rod, Kapish? Forgetaboutit"

scariest while fishing- having a black bear jump in the lake and swim after me in my float tube. Had a bull moose do basically the same thing in the same lake but he came crashing down the bankside into the lake behind me scared the living crap outta me. The bear I atleast saw coming. Was bluffed much like the video in the other thread twice while making my way into this lake but the bear only made one pass the first time when there was a group of us. The second time when I was alone the bear made 2. Closest was the first time though when it came to about 10 feet from the group of us.....happened to be helping some american couple carry a canoe in the girl was almost in tears afterwards. Funniest- ironically the same lake was floating around in my tube and was outta site of the little dock area but when I returned (you move quietly in a tube) I surprised a couple...... coupling by the dock....... she was on top....... I turned around and paddled back a bit and coughed loudly. They were looking pretty sheepish so I let them reorganize their clothing and head down the trail before hitting the dock. Also been attacked(sorta) by loons at this same lake can't really say it was traumatic experience though. I'm sure some odd or weird things have happened but none that I can think of at the moment.......

Brent is this stuff used like hackle...... Never tied with it and just wondering how its applied.

yeah smoked white fish is really nice but just about any fish is really good smoked imho......

well definately check both those out..... was reading about the documentary movie online earlier and the book is on my list for my next trip to chapters......

http://dallairemovie.com/ http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/ Just finished this movie For any who have not seen this film yet it is definately worth renting. Based on the book written by Canadian Romeo Dallaire, Its the story of the Genocide in Rwanda and is more worth watching then most of the current drivel coming out hollywood. No gonna retell the whole story here but it makes you wonder. Even has Hooked' Mark Krupa in the cast though he is most definately not his usual bubbly self in this role (see even has a slight FF connecton). wiki has some good info on this sory as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_Dallaire

Nice tie tango! Don't forget to crimp your barb LOL. I always find the hardest thing about tying on hook sizes that are real small is getting the vise jaws to hold it proper, But I think 22 is about the smallest have tied...... Can't even get smaller then 18 in canmore. Let us see some of your creations when your done. Maybe try a small clouser

Happy birthday Rickr did yeh git a big plate a grits for dinner? Take her easy man!

don't live in the city unfortunately but feel free to post or PM questions if you have any...... but honestly try slowly taking apart a couple flies once in a while to give you the idea of how many wraps things need, what order parts are applied ect...... its very easy to get started and after that like anything its just a matter of practice...... also there are some good vids and articles on the web that will walk you through various techniques and flies.......