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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.

According to the 2010 annual report, Two Officer Assistants were hired, covering the Oldman, Nordegg, and Rocky Mountain House Regions. Specific river systems like North and South Ram, North Saskatchewan, Bighorn, Blackstone, Oldman, Livingstone and their tributaries were patrolled, collectively making over 600 face to face contacts with resource users.

I've had a couple of inquiries so for anyone who cannot make it to the show and would like a chance to win one of these great prizes you can mail a cheque or money order to: Harry Oliver xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx You can also purchase tickets at FishTales if you are in Calgary.

Yes, I will try and have tickets at Fish Tales by Sunday.

Complete contest rules can be found HERE 100 % of proceeds will be used to support Alberta Stream Watch Donated by WestJet Airlines: 1st Prize - Return trip for 2 on WestJet Airlines. Yes free means free! This return flight voucher for 2 includes all air travel fees, taxes and surcharges! Fly to any regular scheduled WestJet destination. Not only does WestJet fly to many Canadian and US cities, we also fly to many sun destinations including Hawaii, Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Turks & Caicos, St. Martin, and St. Lucia. First prize comes from Canada's friendliest airline and this year's awesome 2nd prize comes from Calgary's friendliest fly shop.... Donated by Fish Tales Fly Shop: 2nd Prize - Loop Opti Stream 9' 3" 6wt 4pc rod with Loop Evotec FW 4/6 reel! From Loop: "Opti Stream-rods have the flexibility to cope with all casting elements. Using the underhand-cast you can place the line were you want it without any delay. The Opti Stream rods handles the situation when you need an accurate presentation." The 3rd prize comes thanks to Temple Fork Outfitters Canada.... Donated by Temple Fork: 3rd Prize - The New BVK Fly Rod - Winner's Choice of Weight! From Temple Fork - "A finely tuned instrument - light weight and highly responsive. That's what experts are saying about our new BVK series of fly rods. Engineered to the highest performance standards, the BVK utilizes new materials that dramatically reduce weight while creating an aggressive blend of power and strength." Tickets will be on sale at this year's Fly Fishing Exposition being held on January 28th-30th at Spruce Meadows. (Thank's to the support of Fly Fusion/Fly Fishing Events) Tickets will also be available at this year's Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival (Thanks to Michelle Magotiaux - Bow River Shuttles) Drop by the Stream Watch booth at one of these great events to purchase a ticket and help support Stream Watch's continued efforts to protect the rivers and streams that we all love. Hopefully I'll see you there!

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

375.00 on Tungsten's trip. 200.00 to start #5.

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.

Sorry someone beat you to it.

Still one ticket left for Friday night.

I have 2 sets of tickets for the Festival this weekend to give away for each night. (2 tickets per night) If you can go both nights respond to this thread. First 2 to respond can have them. PM me your full name. Bring 5 bucks to support Stream Watch

Thanks to Michelle at Bower River Shuttles I will have a table setup before the films at the Back Cast Film Festival each night for anyone interest in purchasing a raffle ticket.

Hey Brian, do you have online banking? You could send an email money transfer to streamwatchraffle@flyfishingthebow.com.