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Congrats on the good day, some nice fish there.

Haha, but boy would the video be great of it smashing you in the back of the head.

Hey everyone, I saw this today and thought some people may find it interesting: http://uncrate.com/stuff/strike-cam-underwater-fishing-camera/?utm_source=Uncrate&utm_campaign=2751184959-UNCRAT_RSS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e896b3ec40-2751184959-405600417 Looks pretty big to attach while fly fishing but still a pretty cool idea.

Your office has Guiness I need a new job.

That is pretty cool.

Sometimes I like to use my fly rod like a fencing sword and see how many points I can get on the bear. The problem I have found is that the bear apparently doesn't keep a points system, more of a plays for keeps.

Good tip on the light George and funny for the rest of it.

Thanks Hawg that is great to know.

That is a pretty creepy/scary story. Thanks for the heads up/sharing.

Hello everyone I am on the Bow River Troutfitters email list and I got this email today regarding fish handling techniques. I know this can be a very sensitive subject and not looking to start a firestorm here or anything but I felt most of the tips are pretty valid and reasonable. At a minimum worth a read and something to think about. http://www.bowrivertroutfitters.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=56&cntnt01returnid=21 Cheers, Russell

Fish I would recommend trying to get some fish on board, or at least to the net.

I don't know I do extreme fishing so not sure mountain biking or skiing would rival it. You should see my front slip casting technique, very unique.

Great discussion everyone. This is something I have been toying around with lately too. I just recently came into a 4wt rod and also have a 6wt rod. I was sort of leaning towards the 8 for now. As time grows the desire to pick up a 5 and 7 may arise, but for now I am leaning towards an 8wt. I do currently have a 6wt 9'6" fast action SageXP so I find it is adequate to throw most things I use on the bow. Double streamer rigs are a little ugly and I have to duck occasionally.

Another new camera to the group: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1042475-REG/olympus_v104140bu000_stylus_tough_tg_3_digital.html

Haha I need to buy one.

I just bought a 4wt rod and I am planning to put a Galvan Brook trout reel on it.

Red I think in a lot of situations you could go a bit bigger as long as you have the clearance in your wheel well. I would imagine with the amount of 4runners on the road there are a lot of people who might have experience with that. That being said when you start altering tire sizes I would imagine if could have some changes on handling and smoothness of ride.

I personally run a set of Toyo Open Country AT and love them. Good traction in the back country and a pretty smooth ride on the highway. Currently on a 2006 Nissan Xterra off-road and have 50,000 kms on them with a good amount of tread left. I did go with a 10 ply tire so a thicker rubber.

Great looking fish Hawg. I can only imagine seeing those tanks going after a mouse pattern that would be one heck of an experience.

I live pretty far south in New Brighton just North of Highway 22x/Stoney Trail. The commute to downtown can be a bugger sometimes. For fishing though it is great I am on Deerfoot and out very quickly roughly 1.5 - 2 hours to the Crow, Oldman, livingstone etc. Also can hit up the bow very easily.

Haha and come up with a clever name for it?

I would imagine that catches some fish. I really like the looks of that. Let me know how it turns out.

I need more buddies like that aaa.

Congrats on getting out of debt. I would look at spending some on a trip, single and some money always good to do a trip. I just visited Australia for a month recently and even though I went a little over budget, it was worth it. In your situation, though might I recommend a trip roughly ~$2500-3000 then spend the rest on toys here. New Tv, fly rod etc. I think you can do Southeast Asia for not a crazy sum of money. Australia is expensive both to get to and to travel. If you choose Australia I would be glad to give you a few ideas or things I learned.

Wow that is a hell of a fish.