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Considering Cape Breton is the center of the Universe, and Glenora Distillery being the only single malt distillery in Canada. I highly recommend it. Glenora Distillery

I use a blood knot for leader to tippet and an improved clinch to the hook. I hear that the dbl surgeons is a better knot but I rarely break at my leader to tippet connection so have no reason to learn a new knot. I've been eying the loop connection for a while now, I'm thinking especially on lakes a more natural presentation.

It really seems to be a matter of supply and demand when it comes to bamboo. Correct me if I'm wrong but back in the day since bamboo was the only kid in town it was relatively cheap and/or affordable. My grandfather had a nice stash of them yet I doubt he had much money to fork out after a hard days work in the coal mine. Nowadays, the only people that can afford them are nostalgic old men or others with limp wrists.

Anybody have a good method for tying them? From what I've read the biggest challenge is preventing the 2nd hook from doubling back on the 1st hook even though most cut the 1st hook off at the bend.

Drove by the Glenmore boat launch today and noticed the parking lot was dug up with several heavy equipment in operation. Anybody know what's going on there? Also, anything happening at Policemen's Flat's yet? Would be great to be able to launch there in the spring.

The TNT market in the Franklin mall on 36St NE has a good variety, and cheap sushi to go.

Uh oh, anti-American sentiment. WSF is a terrorist organization isn't it Tim? Allahu Akbar!

I'm on my 3rd set of laces and 3rd pair of felts. My Korkers are just starting to come apart at the seams. I only had the felt come out a few times when stepping in thick mud. I can't complain about them except they shrink and become too stiff to get on when dry, a real pain in the ass (well feet really) when not near water starting out. Keeping them wet has it's downside too as per 3rd set of laces. The interchangeable sole is a great idea when time for felt replacement comes but I would never use those boots with the hiking sole, a one way trip to blister city.

Cool people play Call of Duty 4.

Colin: "At one point we had a strike on every 3rd cast on the hopper." Colin: "On the hopper, that's the biggest rainbow I've ever caught". and then later on in the episode Colin again "On the double hopper rig!" You can't just make *hit up to prove your point, LOL. I'll drop my copy off at fishtales for your viewing pleasure. The Bow sure was low and weedy that year, the south side looked like it didn't even have flowing water in some sections. It must have been a great year! Something they repeated several times in that video was "the majority of hoppers on the Bow are bright green, brown, and olive but it is more important to match the size and silhouette of the terresterials than the color."8 Brent, maybe you'll have to come and float the bow more than once this year.

LOL, no it's a 16ft Hyde.

Very cool Glen.

Was it a new episode? I have a DVD from season 1 of "The New Fly Fisher" called "Bow River Hopper & Dropper Fishing". It was filmed in Terry Johnson's boat with David Blair (the boys from Fishtales).

Yes, but only at the Pickle Fish Pub.

It's way too early in the winter to be planning a new adventure, this sucks.

Bloom's leech also works perfectly as an emerging damsel without any modification.

Any time Steve. 5 months until open water!

James, I grew up fishing on the East coast for brookies as well. I also lived in South Florida a couple of years before moving to Alberta, my only regret is not making it back into the Carolina's, it looked awesome, unfortunately my plan for American citizenship got squashed. Snakeman, remember there are 330 million Americans compared to 33 Million Canadians so your answer could be a resounding yes during the tourist months as James has said. Cheers.

I've never found Montana rivers to be crowded, but maybe it's the rivers I've fished or the time of year we've always gone, never been mid summer, always in April,May, June. I found the rivers down there fish somewhat differently than say the Bow. The Missouri - Great river to float or walk and wade, lots of public access, easy nymphing early on with phenominal dry fly fishing May - June. Clarkfork - Great floating river, tons of overhanging bushes and trees along the bank make for excellent hopper/dropper fishing with large stoneflies. Pods of large rainbows consistently rising to small dries. Bitterroot - some good walk and wade access, excellent for floating but can be dangerous if not careful, there are lots of channels, lots of turns, tons of mid river structure, beaver dams, log jams etc where trout will hang out. Nelson Spring Creek, Depuy's Spring Creek, Armstrong spring creek - for some technical fishing these are great, I would rate Depuy's my favorite, Nelson is great. Armstrong is good to but would have found it crowded if there had been more than 3 of us on the stream that day. Mostly rainbows at these creeks with the odd brown thrown in. Beautiful area! I'll go back and try the Yellowstone, which from pictures I've seen has some very large Brown trout. Montana, not unlike some parts of Alberta, is a beautiful place and well worth the experience of just going. I've got plans to try out of few more rivers down there namely, Gallatin river and tribs in Yellowstone park, Glacier National park, and perhaps a walk and wade on Rock Creek. Catching an American Cutthroat will be my next goal. You can see some pics from some of my previous trips a couple of years ago here Montana 2005 and here Paradise Valley P.S > SanjuanWorm, I think your dreamy too, lol.

I read a review that compared several rods last year, the G2 scored close to the top in accuracy, finesse, casting distance and a couple other technical areas but scored low cosmetically. I already owned a Scott V2 and wanted a higher end Scott so I bought a G2 blank 5wt and a friend of mine built me the rod with custom components including an agate 1st guide. It is now my favorite rod. But the action is way different than any of the Sages I own, alot slower which I really like as you really have that "connected" feel with the line when casting. The blank was around 300 and then another couple hundred for the components. Picture below. As for a 3wt/4wt I'd agree that you shouldn't be concerned about the reel for christmas and focus on a better rod. I've got a 7 1/2 foot Sage VPS-light 3wt that is great for small streams. After christmas you can't go wrong with a Teton Tioga 3wt reel for a little over 100 bucks maybe less if you find one on Ebay or similar.

Come on this is a family forum! If I did they definitely wouldn't have a problem noticing though LOL

Being from the Maritimes I know squat about football but Wednesday I flew a Westjet flight to Toronto with the whole Stampeder's cheerleading team. I don't really have a point, it was pretty sweet though, they couldn't keep their eyes off me

Sounds like fun, I love drinking contests

Fishtales carries a line of Cloudveil stuff in Calgary.

I'm also needing to retire my Simms, they were definitely comfortable but they started leaking pretty quick, but I lived with it for 2 years anyway. I've been eying the Cloudveil waders as well, they came down considerably in price from their initial offering in Calgary and are cheaper than SIMMS. For some reason I thought they were a Canadian brand but if not then I guess GREAT! even cheaper. I also like the fact that the wading belt is built in since I always lose my belt. Also you can fold the waders down to your waist to wear like pants, great in the warmer weather. Let me know what you decide Conor, maybe we can save on shipping.