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    Fishing For Gold

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    I pan sometimes when I fish... usually two seperate trips.

    there is okay flour gold in alberta, mostly up north.

    $20 worth of alberta gold would be hard to believe out of the Bow - very very very little gold there. I suspect he was stretch the truth by about $19.99.

     

     

    Cheap Sunglasses

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Maui Jim's suck. Shortly after I purchased my first pair I started to dig Jimmy Buffet and tacky Hawaiian shirts. They also caused partial blindness in my one eye; it was all downhill after that.

     

    Pretty sure Jimmy Buffet is 10 degrees of awesome... or 92 degrees in the shade awesome (depending on the company he is keeping at the time)...

     

     

    Line Choice

    in Ask the Pros

    Posted

    Hey all,

    I'm looking for 2 new lines and was curious about your suggestions.

    1st line - 6 or 7 wt full or sink tip for the bow and small lakes

    2nd line - 4 wt for small rivers and creeks. DT or WF?

    Any suggestions would be appreciated

    Thanks all

     

    Not a pro - but I use the Corland 444 Classic DT in peach on my 3wt and have been very pleased with it. My 3wt is a bit on the slow/medium side.

     

     

    Tying Flies

    in Fly Tying Bench

    Posted

    Yes a quality bobbin is a must. I use more 8/0 that any other thread. I even use it for my steelhead flies. After you get used to the breaking point it is a great size to tie with. I does not "bulk" up on the body or head, at least this is what I have found.

     

    couldn't agree more - started with 6/0 for some of the larger stuff, but the bulk adds up pretty quickly, so I have almost completely switched to 8/0 for most of my tying...

     

    great new season by the way, didn't catch them all as I have crazy young kids that sometimes are up way to much in the night to allow me to be up that early!

     

    Cheers,

     

    *Edit*

     

    meant to include a link to FTAA

    http://kwsu.org/Offers/FlyTying.aspx

     

    Great information here for beginners to "expert" (if there really is such a thing)

    Tying With A Purpose

    in Fly Tying Bench

    Posted

    it depends on what you are tying for.

     

    Do you need flies to feed yourself come summer (ie guiding)? then follow Max's advice.

    Do you oly use your flies for your fishing? Then tie what you are into in that particular moment - take your time and enjoy every thread wrap (said crown royal help with the enjoyment!)

     

    I am somewhere in between - would only tie for myself, but my "friends" (read friends as "people that show up just before the season opens with empty boxes and a dumb looking grin") always seem to enjoy my flies - so for me it boils down to drunk 'production' typing.... friends get the ones I ties towards the end of the night...

     

     

    Support Your Local Fly Shop

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    I went all over the Facebook page and just couldn't find where they explain that. But I would think that if the designs are free, then it's up to the Fly Shops in Calgary (most of which frequent this site) to decide if they want to participate. I'd get a shirt and a sticker, at least.

     

    yeah the facebook page doesn't explain it very well - I only know as I was copied on an email that discussed that they would like to see some profit going to the TU branches.

     

    The designs are free - the fly shop just has to send an email to the facebook page organizer and they will receive all the relevent designs in a format which can be used for sticker/t-shirt creation. I think it would look great with the fly shop logo added on the shirt aswell. I would also get a sticker and shirt.

     

    Lets see where it heads.

     

     

    Support Your Local Fly Shop

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Interesting facebook page. Found the information on The Drake.

     

    They have designed some pretty great illustrations for stickers/shirts etc that can be used free of charge by local fly shops. The only catch is that they request the fly shop to donate 25% of the profit from the sales to the local TU branch or other fishing charity.

     

    Thoughts?

     

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172117173390

     

     

     

     

    100 Fish Day

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Now comes the Bullet!

    :derby racer:

    Most of these are C&R waters.

    I know we all take the utmost care in reviving and releasing and that they all swim away.

    Studies show on average we KILL between 3 to 5%, are we then any better than someone taking 3 to 5 fish out of that same water?

    Shouldn't we be more responsible and limit the amount we try to catch?

    :fish_jump:

     

    With all due respect – this is ridiculous.

     

    Posting a request for people to discuss their fishing achievements on a fishing board and then slamming them for one of the markers in our sport…. Shouldn’t you be posting on PETA? - you might get more friends there.

     

    I suspect that by posting here you are barking up the wrong tree with your nobility. We all know about the mortality rates of hooked fish - it is part of our sport - much better live catch and release percentage than deer hunting...

     

    I am not ashamed to admit that I have had, if not 100+ fish days, then damned close, but your elitist dry fly single hook only rhetoric doesn’t hold much water with me.

     

    As a side note you are getting up in the posts that people are added to this thread. Congrats on that if it was your goal. ;mornCoffee:

     

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