newflyer

to me always impressionistic - buggy and dull is the ticket for me, streamers aside...

What length of furled leaders does everyone use? I assume that smaller streams have shorter leaders...

sounds like a waste of vodka to me... I would recommend drinking said vodka - the smell might not bother ya as much after a few shots..

try moving the tag of the hackle with the thread as your secure it down... this seems to allow the thread to 'slip' between the individual bards and reduces the 'antennae' affect. not sure if that makes any sense...

I have spent a fair amount of time in the bush and seen my fair share of bears aswell - so far so good knock on wood. I think that we are losing the point of this post - some poor guy got attacked by a bear. It doesn't matter if he did everything 'correctly' or not - he got attacked by a bear. We should be worried about him. That could have been anyone of us regardless of our percieved 'skills' in bear encounters. Every situation and every bear is different and they will react different to every situation. I find it kinda sad that we use this situation to talk about how great we are in the woods... Heres hoping that it is never someone on this board in a story like what was presented at the begining of these posts. my two cents.

Perfect - Thanks!

so far so good in my mind - doesnt seem to be a way to add the google toolbar though... thats where I store all my bookmarks.

I think that the project by TU was in Airdrie and was to clean up the water way going through the park. TU's stance was that any cleaning of tribs to the bow was positive. I don't think that it was presay to improve fish habit in nose creek... I could be way off base with this though..

The creek is nose creek... Fish = very very doubtful.

As everyone is saying - there is a lot of water on the bow... but for how long, the popularity of the sport is certainly increasing, as is the population base in Alberta, and with these increases will come increased opportunities for commercial ventures and recreational angling. I think that licensing guides, as is done in many areas (BC for example) will help to ensure that there is "lots of water" for all uses, including commericial ventures, as the city and sport continues to grows. Having said that, when I get to a pool and there is someone 'parked' for the day I exchange a few polite words wish them 'tight lines' and move on. Lets all takes this energy get a bit mad about a bass pro shop north of the city... time to enforce the "support your local fly shop" creed.

its probably better to have called and been wrong than not called at all...?

If you are very new to the sport it might be a good idea to try somewhere like a trib to the sheep or highwood... take a look at barry mitchell's book and grab a backroads map and start exploring... good luck.

adams 14 - best fly ever... have fun with the little guys - they can be a blast!

Jim - Great proposal. I have sent an email indicating my support. Brian.

these guys pretty much taught me to tie.. certainly worth the watch.