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I wouldn't think that you need a fighting butt on a 5 wt, but that is my opinion. I have noticed that on some rods the butt is removable, don't know if that is the case with the one you are looking at.

I filled out the survey from the government on this last fall. Now there are people that said they werenn't aware of the plan. Must have been too busy drinking beer and riding on their quads. I am afraid with the current cutback climate on the government side that a lot of the proposed changes and recommendations will be put in the "do later file". A lot more voters on the anti-change side.

I always carry bear spray, and drive those I hike with crazy with my bear bells. One guy said to me, " I don't know why you have those things, you never see any bears."

I had the same happen to me twice, both times at the tip. Gave the rod away.

There is a campground called Nature's Hideaway. It is at the confluence of the Bow and Highwood Rivers, so gives you the option of driving to the Sheep and/or Highwood. I have heard rumours that some people rent out the permanent camper/trailers they have set up there. Maybe look on Kijiji or call the campground.

For both underwater shots I released the fish and they swam a few feet and were resting so I slowly approached lowered my camera into the water and snapped a few shots and the fish then bolted for deeper water. Some of the pics were blurry, but those two turned out the best.

With the snow and the end of the 2012-2013 license year I thought I'd post some of my shots from last year. A nice memory A big bad bow brown Cuttie The last dry fly fish of the year for me. End of September A Crowsnest fish on the nymph A beautiful fall day Mr Cutt What the hell is this thing? Yours truly and a friend July in the Highwood, that hurt! The last shot in the evening

I'm sure that someone has posted this before, but I can't seem to find it. So how exactly does one post photos? Thanks

I have some Caddis waders very affordable and they came with a tube of patch repair glue, which I needed after the first day, old barb wire lying in the brush. Haven't leaked and they are 3 years old.

Drunk Russian figure skating judges looking for the Palliser Hotel in Sunnyside. Drunk German lugers bringing their own beer to COP. Drunk French hockey players demanding to be drug tested at the Saddledome. Ah yes it was a fun time, and a once in a lifetime experience.

The one shot looks like you were off Oregano

I signed up for TU`s brook trout suppression program. Had some nice fishing and grilled some tasty char. I just got an email from Jim Stelfox and it sounds like the program is coming along nicely and has had some favorable results. There were over 2000 brook trout eliminated from the streams involved with some guy named Hansma bonking 10% of them himself. The guy sounds like a beast.

Yeah the reserves on the BC side are absolutely huge, the Grassy Mtn Alberta side not so much.

Grassy mountain was an existing stripmine that closed in 1957 there are pits and lots of old mining remnants from when they just up & left last time. Kind of a cool hike up that way. It remains to be seen if a mine goes ahead, as the reserves in place are not big by comparison. In the old days they hauled the coal by truck down to Blairmore to the old tipple just east of the golf course. Maybe they would take the land that the River Run development was supposed to be built on for the transfer to trains, though the coal dust would be an issue there and nowadays that is a concern, not like in the 50's and earlier.

www.facebook.com/flyfishingnationals Here you go.

There is a contingent from the Hook and Hackle spearheading this. There was an effort made to not release too much information because a lot of the details have yet to be decided. The stillwater venue is Chain because there are complicated transportation logistics and cost factors involved. Some other water bodies were considered but they did not meet the necessary criteria.

Hope you all have a happy holiday season and I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2013 with many joyful piscatorial adventures.

It took three attempts but I got it into the SRD office on Bearspaw Road. I just hope it gets to the office in Edmonton, where I also tried to drop it, but it was closed and no one had any idea what I was talking about. I have a feeling.....

I worked on the whole a bit at a time. So printed it off and did the analog thing. I guess I'm just old school.

My wife keeps hinting for a 2013 Infiniti convertible.

Nothing yet. I will probably have to pay the ten bucks or so to mail it.

I have filled out the workbook, lots of stuff in there. I then tried to drop it off at the Mcdougall Government Office. They wouldn't take it because they had no idea what it was, where it was supposed to go or how it could get there. Doesn't appear to have as much interest as getting your mother and daughter to the London Olympics.

I don't know if it is the same bird but it seems they habitually go through Calgary on their way south. I saw one when I was fishing last Sunday. And the Calgary Ornithogical Society reported some a couple of years ago that were hanging around the river even near the downtown core.

Congratulations, nice fish and it's interesting the assumptions people make. Could it be that fish was caught in a lake? Oh and why can't my fishing partners look like that, all I seem to get are grizzled old farts. But then birds of a feather....

Very cool, New Zealand I presume.