jasonvilly

Thanks for the reminder about licenses. Didn't know you could do it online at home, I was able to renew my WIN card and buy this years license while watching New Flyfisher and Flymax re-runs on Saturday. Now I am primed and ready for the upcoming season. Cheers

9 weight Ticr

Hey So I am headed to Oahu at the end of March and thought I would do a day of guided fly fishing and possibly some beach casting. Seeing as I have never used a guide before or fished in the ocean (I have only been fly fishing for a year on the bow) I am a little worried about the experience. I bought a new rod and reel (9ft ticr and reddington delta reel) and have been out practicing casting. I am hoping that I can put a fly in the right spot to get a chance at some bones or other fish. Anyhow I have some questions 1) How good at casting should I be before I go. I think that I am okay on the bow, but being on the ocean with the wind and distances has me nervous now. 2) I did not purchase flies or tippet because I thought that he will be the expert in this area so I would wait to see. Will they provide this or should I go to a shop early and pick up some stuff? 3) Do you pay before or after the day? Do you tip? How much and why? Seems like $450 is a lot for a full day already but I don't want to be cheap. 4) Should I only expect that we will target 1 type of fish (bones) or if bone fishing isn't so good is it fair to ask to target some other species. 5) I realize that guiding is very different from teaching, but I imagine I am going to have a ton of questions since I have never done this before. Is it out of the question to expect that he be as good as a teacher as he is a guide? I guess that is it for now, but I am sure more questions might come up.

Hehehe miles, my mind has no conception of what a mile is....

From the Edmonton journal http://www.calgaryherald.com/Edmonton+comp...7398/story.html These two clowns who were responsible were already fined under the water act, the judge only fined them $200,000 instead of the maximum $1,000,000. If they have already been caught then why not fine them the full amount if they should have known better. How did the crown come up with the $200,000 amount they recommended? What do you all think?

I think his actions warrant a call to the police...for the following reasons. 1) He did physically assault you, if he did it this time chances are he would do it again. What would be the outcome the next time in different circumstances. Someone older who falls or is seriously injured (not saying you aren't) He needs his eyes opened by the fuzz. 2) You say he almost collided with you. What if he did? What would have been the outcome then? Even at 30km/h hitting a power pole could have had drastic effects on you. Again he needs to be taught that this is not an appropriate response. Hopefully in the end he learns a valuable lesson.

This question reminds me a lot of the film I saw at Back Cast on the weekend...Rivers of the Lost Coast.... A very sad situation where a resource was exhausted to the point of extinction coupled with many different environmental factors (damming and irrigation) The areas the movie covered have not recovered and there is significant speculation that they will never be the way they were in the 50-70's let alone reach a suitable standard to make them quality fisheries. I am all for doing whatever it takes to help our rivers, but it needs to be done carefully and with some fore thought. Not, lets dump in some fertilizer in and see what happens. I would like to see a combination of the many ideas presented here with all the stakeholders involved (Biologist, SRD, users etc...) -regeneration of habitat -possible addition of fertilizer to increase diminishing biomass - and if it comes to it, no fish zones for a time to enhance these rivers

Maybe it is just this particular store in Edmonton.... Case in point every time I have gone into the fly shop at the Calgary location I have been asked if I need help (which I usually do). The last time in particular (Ken I believe) spent an hour with me helping me pick out a new rod and reel for Oahu and Steelheading. I thought he was extremely helpful and was very appreciative of his advice. So maybe it is just the management at this particular store which has let customer service standards slip.

Switch me too the matinee please.

Any other way to purchase a ticket or two if you can't make it to the aforementioned places before the draw?

Evening please. Thank you for offering the draw. Does the person drawing accept timmy's as a bribe?

Doesnt redington cpx use the sage launch blanks? I believe I was told this somewhere?

Hey Just bought a set up today for when I go to oahu. Would it hurt my fly line if I practiced casting in the gym where I teach? Would like to get some practice before tossing line to bones. J

Rainbow, cutthroat, brown catch them all on the dry fly then eat a brookie

I recently picked up Netflix on my Ipad to watch some movies. Heck I thought $8 for unlimited movies sounded pretty good. So far I am not super impressed with their selection but, they do have quite a few older movies that I like. From what I hear when Netflix first launched in the States it was the same way and over time when more people subscribed they were able to offer more recent movies and a better selection. So I think I will keep with it for now. Anyhow I just thought I would start a thread to find out what other peoples favorite movies are.....maybe I am missing out on some gems. Also what are your favorite fly fishing films? Fishing Films - A River Runs through it. (not much fishing but the actual plot line is pretty good.) All time Favourites 1. Shawshank Redemption (epic movie) 2. Fifth Element (Favorite sci fi film) 3. Super Troopers (damn I still use the 1 liners from this one) 4. Shaun of the Dead (british humour at its best) 5. 300 (best graphic novel adaptation I have seen in awhile, you should read the graphic novel if you haven't) 6. Any Given Sunday (Al Pacino has the best speech ever in this movie, life is about inches) So many others but Ill stop here. And for FUN- Worst movies I have seen 1. Druids (Christopher Lambert should have never left the Highlander series 2. Battlefield Earth (my god this one was a stinker

Is it just me? But when I click on the link for part 2 it says video cannot be found.

Tonight it will be a Rosemary and garlic infused steak with half a lobster tail at Blue house cafe. Too cold to cook for myself. By the way blue house cafe has some of the best argentinian sea food I have found. definitely worth checking out if your in the Calgary area.

:$*%&: I just booked. Trip for revel stoke February 28-30. Hard to pass up 100cm in 7days.

Major pet peeve right now. Having to work while the mountains are getting fresh powder everyday.

2 pork tenderloins butterflied rub garlic, rosemary and some kosher salt over the meat. Place some goat cheese on the one side of tenderloin and cover with other side of meat. wrap prosciutto, capicola or pancetta around the entire thing. Tie it together with some string put on BBQ for 45 minutes Whammo Enjoy

1. Catch my first Bully 2. Fish the Ram River Area 3. Learn to fish with streamers 4. Catch more fish on the dry (started my fly fishing addiction a little late in the season) 5. Head back to Montana for a week and hit as many rivers as possible. 6. Try salt water flat fishing when I am in Oahu (I should probably get a guide but would like to try it out for myself) 7. Fish at least 60 days in 2011 Stretch dream Be good enough to pay and fish the paradise valley and catch their picky trout.

Is there a fee to get access to the lake? If I don't have an auger would there be holes there that I can punch out?

My biggest pet peeve lately has been. 1) People parking in Handicap spots. Just recently I had a lady who is a paraplegic come and talk to my students. She talked about how difficult it is for her to get around in an able bodied world. She mentioned that when someone parks in these zones (even if it is only for five minutes...yeah right) it means that she has to go somewhere else where there isn't enough room or there are no sidewalk curb cutouts. This means that for her it would take her an extra 20-30 minutes to get into the where she needs to go or that she will just abandon the trip. Just yesterday I saw two examples of this behavior. It just sickenes me to see these lazy people park there without giving any thought to the people who truly need the spot. I have many other pet peeves but was wondering what some of yours are? My top 3 after the above 1) ticketmaster 2) impark 3) people at the gym who use 3 stations at a time and don't let you in.

Here is my beauty, FNG I think I have you beat only because mine is brown.

Tickets purchased....