trailhead

Hey Don you are right on that Edmonton can do it and Calgary can't. There's just too much money in Cowtown, so they have two fundraising dinners for TU, and it costs big time. I know I can't afford it.

Once in like 1976 on Hasse Lake by Edmonton, about 5 years ago and 3 years ago on the Bow, and then two years ago on the Carbondale. Trailhead

You have a lot of excellent points Mike, and what most of it comes down to is that a few bad apples ruin it for the rest. Unfortunately when someone abides by the rules and doesn't create any problems, no one notices. But when you get a bunch of drunken offroaders burning cars and "tearin it up" everyone notices. It's the same for any other groups be it , flyfishers, hunters, logging companies, oil companies etc. The only real solution is extra policing, and then the freedom activists start in with the "big brother" scenarios and with the extra costs the comes proposed user fees, which the tax activists see as a extra tax. So what do you do? Shut the whole area down and not allow anything? Limit the amount of users? That would just push people into other areas, ie the Castle and the Ram. This is a real tough issue and I don't have the answer. You can try to educate people, but will they listen.

Three stream thermometers, two cell phones, my favorite fishing hat, a full box of flies, a 5wt Sage rod with reel, line and fly. My old canoe and almost my life.

That sucks, I had someone break into my truck over the holidays, they busted the back window. Only minor things got stolen so that was on the bright side, but it definitely makes you more suspicious and conscious of things around you. I can suppose that because they wrote off your vehicle you will be getting a new one. But the insurance companies can be a bitch too, what with deductible and amount of coverage etc. I hope it all works out for you, and as they say; locks only keep honest people out.

Try posting in the trading section on this forum. I picked up a reasonable one for $70. Plus I have seen them at "sale" prices at some of the larger sporting goods places in Calgary, ie Russells and Wholesale. If you are going the mail order route, Cabela has the basic round tube for $65 plus $18 for shipping.

Thought I'd put this in, it takes me back to a peaceful time. I even caught a few fish.

Yeah and those greedy gold companies driving the price up like that. Man I better go and gas up my Hummer so I can burn down to Fernie at 150 Km/H, dam greedy oil companies/

Ms Strange, you are on, I will keep you posted as to tentative departures. And Birchy, you gotta wet wade, keeps everything cool.

I have only one resolution, I want to go flyfishing less by my lonesome. I had too many hair raising experiences while out tramping around.

I think that it was at the confluence of the Castle and the Crowsnest.

I agree with everyone, but will say I can just sit by a body of water and watch things. Sometimes I don't even need a rod to go down to the river. I like to take binoculars and watch the wildlife, if I see some rising fish I put it in the file for future reference. Also I can watch the people I'm with as they fish, it can be very instructional and entertaining. The objective is the fish, but it isn't the result. Happy Christmas to all and may the coming year find you healthy and able to live your dreams.

Well Dave she does exist, though the problem is that she has a list of her own.

Great now even more people are going to want to move here. Good thing they didn't mention the quality of the fly fishing or even more people would want to move here. Pretty soon even some Americans are going to want to move here.

Small companies that have oil production close to India or China, ie Niko or Pan Orient.

And a good part of the water from Crowsnest Lake comes from a cave on the Northwest shore of the lake. Rumour has it the source of the karst spring is Phillips Lake, which lies to the north in Phillips Pass behind Crowsnest Ridge.

The typing fickle finger of fate got me again...should be divided IN half.

I heard last week some new rules for dating, you take your age and divide it by half and then add 7. That is the youngest age of someone you can date and not be accused of robbing the cradle.

I could have sworn it was in the winter, but then it was a long time ago and I was way younger back then and wilder too.

The biggest reason the US is up in arms against Cuba is that Dupont and Dole, among others, lost some rather expensive assets when Castro took power. Castro wasn't backed by the US, but the American government was getting embarassed by the human rights violations being carried out by Batista. Because remember that Havana was essentially Las Vegas East at the time and it was receiving a fair amount of media scrutiny from the New York broadcasters. So they turned a blind eye to Castro and let him go. When he nationalized everything he pissed on some rich shoes. The end result was the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, carried out by the privileged sons of the wealthy Cubans who had fled to Miami, the missile crisis, and Guantanamo Bay. The real conspiracy theorists even roll the Kennedy Assasination, the Mafia, CIA and FBI into the fray, but who knows for sure. Anyway the Carter adminstration did look at normalizing relations, but the powerful Anti-Castro lobby in Miami was against it. The official American position was that if the Cubans wanted to open trade with the US, the assets that were lost in the Cuban Revolution had to be returned. I wonder if the assets the British lost in the American Revolution should be returned in the same manner? But I digress, Americans are more than welcome in Cuba, the problem is if they do travel to Cuba and the US government becomes aware of it, they can be fined up to $125000. This has not stopped millions of Americans from doing so, notably Ry Cooder and Johnny Depp to name but two. So when Castro kicks the bucket the theory is that the border will open with the US, so if you are planning a trip go soon. Otherwise it will turn into another land of Starbucks and the Golden Arches.

I don't know if I'd go, I saw these guys in 1970 and they got booed off the stage in Edmonton at the Kinsmen Fieldhouse. Of course everyone was there to see the headliners Vanilla Fudge. Plus it was in February and minus 20 something and Plant made some stupid comment about the weather and they were all over.

Last night I dreamed I was a Cutthroat Trout, So am I a Cutthroat Trout dreaming I'm a man?

Actually mine look pretty much the same as Birchy's. It is a lake fly fished under a chronie or as they say on the oher side of the pond, a buzzer.

Well I tied my first fly in about 1976 or so. Got the starter kit and tied up a 52 Buick which never caught any fish. Then I did up some black wooly buggers and caught some pothole rainbows at Black Nugget Reservoir, I mastered the scud next and caught more pothole trout. Then I moved to Calgary and spent twelve years working in the field and stopped tying. So about ten years ago I took the City of Calgary course and have been serious about it ever since. So a rather convoluted response and so I say thirteen years tying.

I have previously mentioned the Hook and Hackle Club, a good inexpensive way to learn how to tie flies, and interact with fellow flyfishers. But I understand that you are a new father and that does cut into the time available to be away on fish type activities. So you can always try out the show on channel 14 (PBS) at 7:30 AM on Saturday called "Flytying, the Anglers Art." The tyers have some great patterns, both established and new ones, and some really good tips on tying. Plus just by watching an accomplished tyer you really do learn a lot. Oh and that is a really great first tie on the BHGRHE.