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Light a small fire on top the ant hill. The ants will panic and carry the queen ant out of the hill in an attempt to save the colony. KILL HER!

Bought mine new in Feb 2005. Hyde brought it up to the FF Expo with them. Paid about the same as I see a lot of guys selling for used. I wouldn't be concerned about the used boat; I'm sure it will float. However, don't discount the condition of the trailer and ensure there are fresh repacked bearings. If you can swing it try and get them to throw in counter balanced oars instead of the regular, you'll be glad you did.

Wow, that must have been beautiful (yet regretfully cold) to be up there with all that snow. Congrats.

Great story and beautiful fish! Would like to get up there some day.

Congrats dude, first a bronze medal in CJ92 games and now a Gold in Trout

For Golden's I have hiked a few times, taken a helicopter, and this year have a 5 day horse pack trip setup for July. Personally, I think the mode of transport is irrelevant as long as a high level of environmental stewardship is maintained. As witnessed last year at Barnaby there are just as many douche bag slobs with physical ability as there are without. Iasgair, you said you are limited to 1 day but I would urge you to reconsider and at least plan for one overnight. I don't believe that Ice Field Helicopters charges extra for that. If you fly in for just a day you will miss the two best times for fishing; dawn and dusk. Michel lake is a featureless lake that has one shallow flat that the fish move up on only at those times. Otherwise, long line nymph under an indicator and wait.

Nice pictures. Is that Blackett's lake?

Just for the record, the 3 of us would have made the hike in the morning if it wasn't for your pattern.

Great video Liam. Your lucky, tried a few times but haven't gotten anything but little snapper out of the Tarpon hole and only cast to 1 Tarpon down there but FTU. Maybe this year, 19 days and counting

All 3 prizes were drawn and the winners contacted. 2nd prize went to a non-flyfisher who is now eager to learn. Not sure if the others are members of this board. Thanks to those here who supported Alberta Stream Watch!

Sorry Vic, not this time 1st prize went to someone in the Hook & Hackle club though.

Come on down to FishTales for a last minute Alberta StreamWatch raffle ticket and/or witness the draw.

If you only bought those lines last year then I would box them up and ship them to Cortland with a note explaining the situation. I've always had excellent service from those guys and have had lines replaced for nothing. (when warranted of course)

Ironically, Cape Breton Island just announced yesterday plans to open the Donkin coal mine that contains type A bituminous coal which is considered the dirtiest of all coals and worst polluting coal in the world with high levels of sulfur, mercury and uranium. Due to the environmental standards set by the Nova Scotia government they won't even be able to sell this coking coal to Nova Scotia's Lingan Coal fired Power Plant which is basically just down the road from the mine. Most all the coal will be shipped to Europe, South America, India and China to pollute their countries. It really is all about jobs.

A friend of mine as put together a few rods for me on both Sage and Scott blanks. The advantage of the custom rod is you can get better components such as guides and reel seat for the same price you'd pay for a ready built. But one disadvantage I could see with buying off of Ebay is that if you break something on your custom then you'd have to find someone to fix it for you because you can't send it to the manufacturer as they will only repair the blank.