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What kind of cement? It does make a difference as to what kind it is. It's H&H solvent based cement.

Hey, I have a jar of head cement that is a bit too thick and viscous for my liking. I thought there was thinner that you can buy, but have been having a tough time trying to find any. So anyone know where I can pick some up or what I could use as a substitute? Thanks

Try "Flytying the Anglers Art" it's a TV show that's on early on Saturday mornings on PBS. Set the VCR if you want to sleep in, the two old guys usually do three flies and it's very easy to pick up what they are doing.

I always like receiving that mag, a bit left wing at times but well put together nonetheless. Just wondering how many feathers Dave Jensen will ruffle with his NW of Calgary article, where he didn't mention the sportsmen-eating bears.

The only visiting team to ever win a Stanley Cup in the Forum in Montreal........ (hint: it wasn't the Oilers)

[ On the Livingston/Oldman question: Where would everyone go then? The Crow? One of the Castles? Racehorse? Elk? etc, etc. I'm not sure what the answer is, but restricted access/rod days? Do you really think that would work? Do we have the enforcement necessary? I'm not altogether against it, but I don't know if it is feasible. And I do fear the pressure on other bodies of water. This is what I'm trying to get going, some debate, the issue will have to be addressed at some time. There are more and more fishermen and the quality of the experience will deteriorate, they limit angler numbers on many rivers in Europe and eastern North America. I think that the Livingstone, particularly in some of the more accessible portions needs some type of protection. Like I said if you charge a fee then you can pay for the enforcement from the fees. As far as pressure on other rivers, why not spread it out. Right now there are anglers who only fish the Livingstone when they go to the foothills. There are plenty of other waters and I fish some bigger rivers where I have rarely seen other people. They say the majority of anglers rarely get more than a mile from their vehicle.

Well lets say that there are about 120 days a year that the river is open to fishing. So you get about 70 good days without runoff and cold weather. I'm being pessimistic here. As we all know cutts are pretty susceptible to the fly. So if each fish gets only hooked twice a day, which I think is realistic as I have read here of people going back to a pool/run and catching the fish that broke them off earlier and retrieving their fly. That means the fish are getting caught over a hundred times a year easily. Poke a barbless hook into the same place on your hand a hundred times over a 3 month period and see what happens. Anyone know the population density on the Liv/Oldman? Fish per Km? I bet it's not that high. If there were a draw system where extra revenue was generated it could be used for more enforcement too.

Alrighty then I'm going to stir things up, because it's getting warm and some folks here have been fishing all week, and I haven't wet a line in almost two months. I think that the Livingstone/Oldman should be subject to some type of angler limiting system. There are way too many people fishing that river. The last time I was out every fish had broken off hooks in them, one had two hooks one in its mouth and it was foul hooked near the tail. And one fish was so scarred I quit fishing, its jaws were black and rotten looking with no cartilage left anywhere on its mouth. I think it should be designated as a draw river where you pay extra to fish a "beat". Only a certain amount of anglers would be allowed to fish the beat in a year. Alberta anglers could pay a annual surcharge and enter into draws for all the beats they want. Out of country anglers would pay extra and BC anglers would be subject to an even higher daily fee.

We just bought a used car and went through a number of cars before we found one that was okay mechanically. On all of them we had an inspection done, in most cases the owner just let us take the car, one wanted a deposit which we got back when the car failed. What we found was that we had to pay for our own inspection, the guy who wanted the deposit had an inspection done, some how it turned out different than our inspection. If you buy at a lot there is usually some type of warranty, but you pay GST. For us it was a long process, but we were being very particular, but it ended up okay. So be careful and you should be okay.

It's tough love growing up on the farm.... A young boy comes down for breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he has done his chores. 'Not yet,' said the little boy. His mother tells him no breakfast until he does his chores. Well, he's a little ticked off so when he feeds the chickens, he kicks a chicken. When he feeds the cows, he kicks a cow, and when he feeds the pigs, he kicks a pig. He goes back in for breakfast and his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal. 'How come I don't get any eggs and bacon, and why don't I have any milk in my cereal?' he as ks. 'Well,' his mother say's, 'I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs for a week. I saw you kick the pig, so you don't get any bacon for a week either. I saw you kick the cow so for a week you aren't getting any milk.' Just then, his father comes down for breakfast and kicks the cat halfway across the kitchen. The little boy looks up at his mother with a smile, and says, 'You gonna tell him or should I?'

Flytying the Anglers Art

Mine are kind of like the rest of you. Get out to some smaller creeks more. Drift the Bow which I didn't get to last year. Hit some water to the north of Cowtown. Use my float tube. And just enjoy it all.

My year in review is that this was not a stellar year due to renovating the rec room during the summer. But I did have a few highlights, the best of which was a day on the Highwood with Castasterraticus. Also got out with Bernie and Keith from the board for a couple of beautiful days. There's always next year. Happy 2009 everyone!

I was checked three times this year, twice on the Bow at FC one of whom was a very pleasant young lady, the other was a polite young man who only asked me if I had seen any suspicious activity. I got a warning on the Crow for allegedly not having a barbless hook. It was a size 18 emerger and I tied it myself and always pinch the barbs. But the CO used some type of chart to claim it wasn't barbless, he let me off with the warning after he checked out my flybox with larger barbless hooks, and after he tried to pinch the barb and it didn't make any difference. Now he might have been watching me when I hooked a tiddler, and when I set the hook the little guy flew out of the water and ended in the bushes behind me. I don't know if that classifies as suspicious activity or not.

Yeah I meant to read the regs, because from what I gather those rivers have complex closures, some parts are permanently closed, some open for certain periods, some open for certain species, some are fly only, and size limits too. And being a dumbass Albertan who doesn't know which one is the bridge to Tokamkary, you don't get cut any slack by the BC fish cops.

I saw an episode of the fishing show with the two dudes from down around there, I think it was four seasons on the Columbia. Anyway they were fishing streamers on the edge of riffles where they dropped into deep holes, using black wooly buggers if I'm not mistaken. As far as the other two rivers I think they have some unique regs and closures so read up. Don't want to get busted in BC, as an Albertan they'll max out the fine.

That is just awesome, thanks for sharing.

Should be a real bonanza in classified water fees. Around $6000 by my calculations.

My Dad almost drowned there a few years ago, the rip pulled him way out tumbled him a bit too, then dumped him back on shore. Coughing and spitting up salt water.

Bob; I was in that area a couple of years ago, brought my four piece too. There are fish there and I saw some rising, but I tried streamers, dries nymphs etc all to no avail. There were boats trolling along the shore and they were picking up mackerel and the like. I'm not sure what you would use to get them. As far as licenses go, I asked at the resort and they told me not to worry about it. I think if you go out with a guide you'd have to buy a "license". I saw the piece that those guys did on roosterfish in Mexico, but that was on the Baja, mind you that was what I was hoping for. Good luck, it was fun to stand in the surf and cast anyway. Make sure to rinse off your equipment with lots of fresh water.

I'm going fishing

Been by a couple of times already, it's just so handy. Nice shop too.

There are secret spots and then there are secret spots. The Bow has no secret spots, you can make book that your secret spot there has regular visits from any number of anglers. Now the spot that GrnDrake mentioned is a secret spot and in hindsight he should have kept it to himself. I have a secret spot that is a creek big enough to jump across in most places. It has an amazingly large population of large cutts. I don't take anyone there. I know other people fish it because I have seen tracks and the odd cigarette butt. I don't smoke so I know it isn't mine. This kind of like the wild pot plantation in BC that an old acquantance of mine used to visit in the seventies. He'd go there and smoke a few leaves take a few back with him and usually just mellow out. One day he shows up just as three other guys do to. They all started to rip the plants out yelling "their mine" and that was that.

It's quite interesting to see that they were principally fishing a downstream presentation, spooky fish I assume.

Having spoken with Rachel, she is interested in all user groups responding to the survey. It is after all a user survey, and perhaps gearheads are greater users than flyfishers, who are probably greater than say hikers. I know that the survey was circulated in the communities of southern Alberta, Pincher Creek, Crowsnest, Cardston etc. Prior to being sent out in Calgary. So the final outcome will be very interesting, as they say.