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Those that did not specify which show they preferred were added to the matinee group for the draw in order to even out the odds for everyone that was entered. The winners are: Matinee: dino and Lorney Evening: ReelLife and Buck Congratulations to the winners.

Entries are no longer being accepted. Winners will be notified via PM with instructions on how to claim your tickets.

Today is the last day to enter, entries must be in by 10PM tonight Good Luck

A correction on the draw date entry closing: 10 PM Wed. Feb. 9 Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

To be fair mods are not eligible for the draw

Michelle at Bow River Shuttles has kindly donated 4 pairs of tickets for this weekend's Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival. Two pairs of tickets are for the matinee and two pairs for the evening shows. Enter on this thread and indicate which show you would prefer. Entries close at 10 pm MST Wed. Feb. 9 Guess what? We have free tickets to give away for the 2011 Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival in Calgary. If you would like a pair of tickets, just reply to this post with the screening (matinee or evening) that you can attend. Please post by 10PM (MST) on Feb 9 (Wednesday) as I will draw at that time. I'll randomly draw 4 winners (2 for Matinee and 2 for Evening) who will each get a pair of tickets. See below for the line-up. The Back Cast Film Festival is sponsored by Bow River Shuttles <http://bowrivershuttles.blogspot.com/> http://bowrivershuttles.blogspot.com/ with all the net proceeds being donated to Project Healing Waters Fly Fish Canada. Each screening features a different line-up of 4 films, featuring a total of 8 "Blue Ribbon" adventures. "Q the X", the Best Film Award winner, will screen in the evening. Matinee Screenings: "Memories of the Miramichi" "Slovenia on the Fly" "Heads or Tails" "The Good Life: Tall Tails from the East" Evening Screenings: "Q the X" "The Best of Catch Magazine" "Rivers of the Lost Coast" "Why Fly Fish" "Eastern Rises" Date: Saturday, Feb 12, 2010 Time: Matinee: Doors open @ 12:00 noon, Show @ 1:00 pm. Evening: Doors open @ 5:30 pm, Show @ 6:30 pm. Location: Cardel Theatre, 180 Quarry Park Blvd SE Tickets pricing: Adult: $15 ($25 for both shows) in Advance, $20 at the door Child: $10 ($15 for both shows) in Advance, $15 at the door Link to film information: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=14444 Link to purchase tickets: http://www.eventsonline.ca/events/bow_rs_film/ Good Luck for those who enter, and remember to put on which screening (matinee or evening) you can attend.

I don't tie them much any more but I used to use antron and Fine & Dry dubbing

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There's a couple of ways to get around it; I'm assuming you tried folding them between 2 pieces of foam already. One way is to run your scissors along one side of the stem (never got this to work for me but have seen it done many times by others) or you can strip one side of the feather completely.

Just use a black bead instead of gold, simple solution.

That's the name, I thought Richard was his first name for some reason

I don't remember the fellow's full name but it's Richard something or other and it was set #5 that was the winner

The ones I had pop off ere the large ones but a Finnish fellow I met on the river I was fishing told me he uses some epoxy on his monster cones and hasn't had one pop off since , so perhaps super glue might work too, worth a try I'd say.

Mark, were the monster cones all the same size or mixed sizes; I have only had one pop off to date. Looking at the Tubeology kit I just got , it appears to have a fair number of gimmick components like spinners, spinner stops; it is giving me an impression that it is more a tube fly/lure kit system. I enquired about pricing at the show and I can see that being a deterent in catching on in popularity.

Being that there are several tube fly systems now available to us here in North America, I'm wondering what types of opinions are out there on the various systems that are available to us. I have used HMH, Eumer, Protube and various "found" tubes like hobby shop metal, plastic and that sort of thing. I will be trying the new Tubeology system over the next few days as I received a sample kit from the manufacturer today in the mail.

First off I would like to thank the volunteers that help me man the booth and tie a few flies for the fly box. The volunteers were Steve Murphy, Bhurt, Silver Doctor, Murray, San Juan Worm, FlytyerKyle. I would also thank Ladystrange even though she did not tie with us she did contribute a few flies to the collection. This year we did something different with the flies we tied at the show, in the past we did a draw on the last day of the show. This year we donated the fly box to Project Healing Waters Canada on behalf of the Fly Fish Calgary forum.Another big thank you goes to Pete Kauhausen of Amundson, who donated a large fly box in which to store the flies we tied. Pete and I both presented the box of flies to Project Healing Waters president Kerry Pitt. I must also thank Chris Bird for supporting our decision to donate the box of flies to this fine organization. From a personal point of view the show was a success, I'm proud to have been part of the donation made. It was great to see some of you again even though it may have been a year ago or longer, also to meet some of the newer members. One lady really stood out to me from the weekend as she wanted to start to learn to tie flies and was asking us about what would be the best vice for her to get but I think she had her mind already made up after seeing Norm Norlander's tying demo. I know she was not a member when we were speaking to her but if she did join up here I would like her to contact me as I'm kind of curious if my hunch was right. Another moment I enjoyed was discussing features of the Norvise and some possible improvements that could be made. As some of you may or may not know I am a huge fan of flies for Atlantic Salmon and with tubes catching on in North America, checked out 2 systems of tubes that are new to me, Tubeology and Protube. Both have some very interesting and unique features and concepts which I'll start a thread on in the fly tying section. On a final note I finally got to meet several individuals that we both wanted to meet face to face for quite some time. You know who you are and I'll say I was glad to finally meet you and it was about time.

Dave, you should go to a Hook and Hackle meeting and ask if you can try a few different vises out......they all have a different feel to them, much like picking out a vehicle, test drive first. Or check at the show this weekend to try some from those who are there I personally favour Norvise and Law vises

I now have enough volunteers and I would like to thank all of that have volunteered or showed interest.

I could use another person in the 4:30 to 7:00 slot on the Saturday, if anyone could help out it would be much appreciated.

Murray you are set in the schedule already with allowances made for the workshop. I'll be sending out more info to all who are helping out by hopefully sometime on Tuesday, I still have some details to work out and finalize.

Sat morning?

What size did you tie that there Dave? Looks good , I'll take a dozen

Fri 2:00 to 5:00 Sat 2:00 till end of the day

I could use some help on Fri and Sat if anyone is available

That's what I have you down for , my post was directed at flyfishy as he gave no clue as to date and time. I'm still looking for a couple more people if anyone is interested.