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Repost, but funny none the less. Andrew

I have always been under the impression that the clich was stronger than the palomar, I have never tied the trilene. I have heck of a time tieing tha palomar for some reason. I prefer to use the regular clinch with 7 turns (I dont know what 7, that is just what I do) over the improved as I have been tying it forever and never lost a fish to it. Personally I give most of my knots a little lick just to make them tie smother. I'll have to look at the trilene. For me it boils down to what works and what I can tie the fastest. Andrew

Yes. If I were coming back from a place where I suspected I may pick up bed bugs I would try to leave my luggage out either on a cold winter day or put it in the freezer. There are also some companies that are using compressed CO2 gas, much like a giant fire extinguisher to kill them. It may not be effective though as they will hide in every nook and cranny. They will even hide in electric plugs. Thanks for the link to the bed bug registry. I will use it when I am not booking my hotels with Hotwire. Andrew

Resistance is one part. The other is that in the past they were using organphospahte based incestisides which have a long residual effect and would kill succesive generations of bed bugs. Strangely people dont want to share their beds with toxic chemicals. I am sure that we will be hearing more about bed bugs in the coming years partially due to lazy journalists repeating stories and more people knowing about them. Bed bugs are pretty major problem in the hotel industry. The Nike Town in Manahttan was shut down due to bed bugs as was a Victoria's Secret in NYC. You should see them mate, it is call traumatic insemination where the male punctures the females body with his external genitalia. As for the dogs, they are not too bad at detecting low levels of infestation, but the level of success depends on the experience of the dog and the handler. Andrew

Had to stop and get some bullets. A

Agreed. I would like to see a boat launch added on the south side of the Ivor Strong bridge by the Enmax station. Andrew

We have them in Calgary. Primarily in hotels & boarding houses. Globally bed bugs are making a resurgence due to a couple of things, namely more people travelling, resistance to insecticides, prohibition of certain pesticides with long residual effects previously used, and used furniture. I have worked with the CHR on a few cases of bed bugs. Andrew

... and they are having thier demo day this weekend so you can go try some out. Andrew

2 weeks ago when I was in Lethbridge I was going to go out to fish the Crow but when my wife's uncle caught wind that I was going wishing he asked me to go walleye fishing at Chin lake, and I went. I appreciated the gesture very much, but dragging a minnow around a lake behind a boat was more boring than watching grass grow. I feel better for getting that off my chest. Andrew

It does look like a good one and I am anxious to see it. I looked into where I could get it and apparently there is some interesting things going on with the film. They dont have any distribution outside of the film festival circut so it is hard to come by. I wonder if we there is a way to set up a screening in conjunction with the symposium or the spring show. Andrew

I have been using the Dia Riki Dynamic Tippet and like it quite alot. With the dynamic there is a little bit of strech that I think helps with protecting from break off with big ones. I also find it holds knots really well. I use pretty much 3x and have never had a break off that I could blame on the tippet. Andrew

I happen to know one of the people that coordinate this so I will see what's involved. It may be short notice, but I'll see what I can do. Andrew

I wonder what the interest would be to get together a group for that area as part of the Canadian Shoreline Clena up. By exposing the problems in the area it may bring some action. I personally would be willing to participate in something like that. Taking a quick look, there is a group that is participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up on the Crowsnest on Sept 25. Would there be any interest in putting together a group for the liv for the event? http://shorelinecleanup.ca/en Andrew

Here is the winner for the Drake Magazine Film of the Year http://www.patagonia.com/us/fb/index.jsp?i...=vty_eca004#/11 Looks interesting. Andrew

Check out this great short film about steelhead conservation in southern California. PreOccupations Andrew

The dirt bag is on the inside of a hoover. Andrew

Oh man. Watching those tarpon explode out of the water. That is the endless moment right there. Here are some links to some other winners at the Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards for this year Heart of the Marsh Supernatural Andrew

I have been looking into buying a drift boat and was talking to a friend of mine who guides and he mentioned that he has been seeing the occasional Fishrite drift boat lately. I am just wondering if anyone owns one, or has looked at or fished one. What are general impressions? Strengths & Weaknesses. There are many Hydes & Clackas around and I know one cant go wrong with either of those, but I just wanted to look at all my options. Andrew

Nice Fishes. Growing up on the highwood holds many special memories for me. Andrew

You were just waiting to pull that one out weren't you. Andrew

Tell them not to worry, they have the same crack in thier genes... or jeans depending on which way you look at it. Andrew

Calgary has a community standards bylaw, but it is not as hard core as that one. That tree could use a trim perhaps, but really, what is there to get ones panties in a knot about? It's a tree. A

+1 for Simms. I have the G3 guide pants and they are awesome. Very well built. Andrew

I have been looking forward to this as well, but from what I can tell they dont really have distribution for the film and they have only been screening at flim festivals and dont really have a release date. IMDB.com had the release date listed as 2009 a while back & know it is listed as 2010. Andrew

Thanks for the link. I am not much of a rum guy, this will hopefully help me with find some certain gins I am looking for. Andrew