MattyTaylor

At the risk of looking like an idiot, which of these are steelhead (if any...the last 3)? I've coaxed a couple out of the Bow that look steelhead-y but nothing compared to what I hear others have caught this season. That's an awesome year monger - slow clap...

On second glance, it's listed as the 2015 workshop schedule. Anyone know if that's a typo or is it from last year? Thanks!

Awesome, thanks for posting Roast - I've sent this to my wife to get at least the Saturday booked off and approved by management. Anyone have experience with the paid classes/lecturers? I'd imagine it's money well spend and am eyeing Jim's class and Tom's classes on the 16th but would look at picking up other classes if they come highly recommended by any of you in the know.

I agree Jordan, and it can even be taken further by asking whether it's fair for China and India to be "punished" just because they are industrializing later than the West did. My big hope is that at the end of the day, everyone pulls their fair share. The skeptic in me worries we're too focused on what others think of us as a nation and that a lot of major emitting nations have bigger worries than climate conferences and carbon goals. I think Neil Young and Al Gore (and all the others) focus on us because we're a friendly, democratic energy producing country that's safe to protest against. I welcome them to try that in Russia, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia etc. The irony is that a lot of citizens get behind this "anti" sentiment because it's easy and hip to complain about oil and gas while driving an SUV to a 3,000 square foot house with four laptops and three other cars in the garage. There's a certain irony in the fact that when everyone has it so good, they forget about the conditions that enabled that prosperity. If we nail our energy industries too hard, money will go elsewhere as it always does. Hunger pains won't feel any better if we're righteously unemployed.

I get the "increased social license" hope but at the end of the day, will this move the dial significantly for external stakeholders given their other concerns or just the plain fact that they don't want our energy produced no matter what we do? Will BC now be in favour of Gateway? Will Obama now reverse his KXL decision? My hunch is no. These opposed groups will just amplify other grievances or find new ones. On the flip side of this, oil is a commodity for foreign consumers of energy. I don't think China or refineries in India will care either way. It's the price as the bottom line and that's it - if we can get it in ships, they'll take it regardless of what we do. My main concern with the global climate change policies is ensuring action is taken across the board. We're a small contributor at the end of the day and if all the other producers/nations keep the status quo while we're trying to appease an international audience (with no certainty of outcome) with domestic cuts, we're ultimately managing to harm ourselves (and kids) in the short-term while still having global mid and long term challenges ahead as well.

Wow, thanks for sharing Jordan - glad you guys did so well. All the best to your pops.

Thanks for organizing and representing Jordan. I was really hoping they'd use this as a cautionary example of what happens if you get caught poaching (and more specifically to this magnitude and disregard). What a toothless "punishment" for such an impactful crime. Let's all remain vigilant and protect our waters. It took a while but thanks to many of your suggestions, I now have report a poacher in my phone and have used it twice. Between education for an ignorant few not "knowingly" breaking the rules and hopefully a C.O. stick for all the rest, we can make an impact.

Is that the slightest cutbow markings in the last pic? Looks like a blast BigFoamy!

Sounds like a good mini winter project. Thanks Don!

Dumb question, but where would one procure closed cell foam? Home Depot?

Thanks for the replies all and good to know, Taco. For some reason I assumed the wiggling would cause more movement in the nut thus causing it to start to unthread. In any event, I'm glad it's nothing too insurmountable given I leave Boxing Day. I'll be sure to post a report when I get back!

Thanks for the input gents. Taco, I'd say a quarter of an inch or a smidge more. Definitely enough action to be consistantly noticeable.

Hi guys, Just got a new 8 wt rod for a trip coming up. When I put the reel on the rod and tightened things up, I noticed that the reel still has some side to side wiggle - It seems the slot at the top of the handle is a bit wider than the reel connecting metal. Any solutions or familiarity with such an issue? Not exactly sure how to proceed so any advice would be much appreciated. I tried re-insering several times so I'm thinking this is a mismatch rather than a break in type issue? The reel is a Lamson Konic II 4 and the rod is a Greys GS. The Greys is definitely on the starter end of the spectrum but I've had no problems with my other Greys so hope that's not the issue. Also of note, there is only one locking nut with the rod. That kind of surprised me but is likely beside the point as to why I have the wiggling going on. Kind of annoying though, not sure why that's where Greys decided to save a bit of money. Thanks in advance for any advice. Matt

Absolute pitbulls of the icy water (in a good way). Cool story and unreal experience Adam, must have been awesome.

Seeya buddy!

Had a blast today catching these guys. Haven't quite figured out how to load pics off my Mac. Beautiful fish despite whether they should be here or not.

Good job bud! Unreal fish.

Couldn't agree more with the small stream advice. Catching fish makes things more encouraging and fun. Fish every part of the stream and you'll get a sense of fish hideouts - at least for that particular season/weather, at the start, they aren't aways obvious either. The bow can very very challenging right from the get go. Once you get the hang of the smaller stream, you can then apply much of what you've learned to the Bow by breaking it down and looking for similarities to where you were catching before. It's a great point about fish handling too - learn how to do it properly from the get go in order to ensure the fish have as best a chance as possible at surviving. Respect the river and its creatures and it'll give back to you tenfold.