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Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
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my ultimate
my current 2005 Gr. Cherokee
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I'm not as photo savvy as most of my ff colleagues, but on this sunny August day after I put my rod down on the ground to land the smallish cutthroat, then later when I went to pick up the rod again after the release, I liked how the clear water was cascading over the reel and the few water droplets on the reel seat would make a nice photo.
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http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/...html?id=2174989
Stop fanning the flames of hysteria
National Post Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Re: Clinics Cancelled Next Week, Oct. 31.
I am concerned that the World Health Organization (WHO) and public health leaders are grossly exaggerating the risks of contracting H1N1 influenza.
Flu mainly spreads in the winter, so it is instructive to examine flu infection and death rates in South America, where winter has just passed. In Brazil, with a population of 192 million, 5,206 cases of H1N1 and 557 deaths from it were confirmed in the winter of 2009, or one death for every 345,000 people. These exceedingly low infection and death rates occurred before an H1N1 vaccine was available. To put this in perspective, regular seasonal flu kills about 64,000 people per year in the United States, or one death for every 4,800 people.
Thus the rate of H1N1 deaths in Brazil was 98.6% lower than the death rate from seasonal flu in the United States. This suggests we have less to fear from H1N1 flu than we do from regular seasonal flu. Yet, the WHO and public health officials proclaim that we are in the midst an H1N1 pandemic. These irrational proclamations fan the flames of mass hysteria, needlessly spooking the population and forcing governments around the world to spend billions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere in the health-care system.
Instead of precipitating panic about a phantom pandemic, the WHO and public health officials should be reassuring the population that they have less to fear from H1N1 than they do from the usual seasonal flu.
Dr. Douglas Bradley, Toronto.
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/...9#ixzz0XsnQ5AFl
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http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/swi...html?id=2259971
GENEVA -- An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday.
"An unusual number of severe allergies to the vaccine have been detected in Canada," World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham told AFP.
"The Canadian authorities are conducting the appropriate investigations on the vaccines" and "recalled a batch of vaccine from GSK."
"We need to understand what happened in Canada," he added.
GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Gwenan White told AFP that the affected doses of its Aprepanrix vaccine had caused reactions to the heart and lungs.
Ms. White added that some 172,000 doses are involved, although she declined to reveal how many of those had already been used.
GlaxoSmithKline has asked Canadian medical authorities to stop administering vaccines from the affected batch, Ms. White said, adding the company's investigations were ongoing.
WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said that the WHO had not changed its recommendations regarding swine flu vaccines.
Last week, the WHO said checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines.
The fatalities made up a minute fraction of at least 65 million doses of swine flu vaccines which have been administered, said the WHO, citing data from 16 countries.
For every 10,000 doses of vaccines administered, only one report of adverse effect had been logged.
Of every 100 reports of adverse effects, five are serious cases such as death, the WHO said.
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My participation in the Movember Prostate Cancer charity along with the frankly amazing participation by members of this board have had me thinking about my dad, the friends I've made on this board and something my wife said not very long after he died. I'll see if I can keep this story somewhat brief. I've probably told some of this before, but it seemed relevant to me now.
A few days before my dad died, my mom started calling his friends and telling them that it would be a pretty good idea for them to stop by and say goodbye. I'll never forget watching guys who had been larger than life to me all my life (one was an ex-football player, one was the funniest man I've ever met, and my uncles are the best guys in the world) nervously pace on the deck outside my parents front door waiting for their turn to sit with dad for a few minutes so he could hold court for the last time. They all got their turn, all I'm sure remembered some favorite story for the last time, and all came out looking as you would expect. Quite a moving day for me.
Sometime that day (or at least I think it was that day), my wife and I went out for a bit for some food away from everyone. I told her that the scariest thing for me in all of this was that I was loosing the guy I told all my stories to (a son never gets tired of bragging a bit to his father, or at least I never did). And who was going to call me when I was fishing? When I lived in Texas, every single fishing trip I went on, at some point I would get the following call:
"Hey Rick, this is Richard, your father" (he ALWAYS did that on the phone. Like I wouldn't recognize the voice, or didn't know my father's name was Richard. I always found that hysterical)
"Hey dad"
"Doing any good"
"Pretty good, 5 or 6 so far"
"Any size to 'em?"
"A couple of pretty nice fish"
"Where are ya?"
"Inside of Pelican Reef"
"You may want to think of hitting sand island. I saw a bunch of slicks pop up there the other morning. If you need bait, I should be picking up in a half hour or so. I'm down by the turning basin."
"Ok dad, see you in an hour or so"
A couple of days after he died (and I think this was before the funeral, but it all seems to run together) my two brothers and I went fishing for a couple of hours. I don't think any of us really wanted to, but felt we had to. My parents place is right on the water and the boat is right there. It takes about 1/2 hour from the house to some really good water, water all of us had fished hundreds of times, so we were on our way there when my phone rang:
"Hi Rick, it's Jackie"
"Hi honey"
"Doing any good?"
"We're not there yet Jackie"
"OK, I'll call you in a little while."
"Thanks honey."
Nicest thing she's ever done for me.
After I got back home, I started to use this website more than I had in the past. I told old stories and wrote paragraphs on every fishing trip I went on. Jackie, being far more observant of behavior than I'll ever be told me she thought that this little 'ole website gave me an avenue to say all the things I used to say to my father. I was used to telling him the story of the trip during and after every trip, and FFC gave me a venue to do that. And I think she's probably right. I like to think I'm telling the stories to give information about what is working for me, and maybe to entertain a bit, and I certainly think there is a large component of that. But really, I suppose I do it because I kinda have to. Since I can't brag to my father any more, you folks get the dubious pleasure of letting me ramble on. And I thank you all.
May God bless you, your family and welcome your father into his heavenly kingdom.
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I thought he made some good moves but he definitely got lucky a lot.
I sort of agree. I dunno if he (Moon) was trying to be ULTRA aggressive, or just bad calls, but he absolutely got lucky. But the kid who won got even more lucky. I mean come on, he was the short stack with 7 people left, and ended up winning after 'rivering' a couple of guys in a row. ALL the past champions will likely agree, you GOTTA get lucky to win. Skill, won't make it alone, It may take you a long ways, but not to the end.
Keep in mind, we don't see EVERY hand, only the ones the producers think would make 'good tv'.
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I think the MEDIA should be fired for whipping up everyone in a panic over this flu. I believe it was you Don who said:
"The trouble with common sense is, IT AINT COMMON ENOUGH' . This flu IS NOT the highly deadly Ebola virus, depite what the media would have us believe.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the polio vaccine effective at preventing polio? I've not seen efficacy studies on the H1N1 flu vaccine, but pretty sure that getting the shot does not mean you won't get sick. I usually get a flu shot, but have often gotten the flu anyway.
Regarding the question about reading about the 2 healthy kids in Ontario that died from H1N1 last week. I did read that. Right under the article about the 5.3 million children that died last year from malnutrition. Take the money we're spending on a Flu vaccine in NA that MIGHT work, and use it for establishing agriculture programs in Africa and you would save 1000 times more lives. Of course, those are just African lives, so not nearly as important, right?
Well said.
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I had my seasonal flu shot last week (and lived to tell), and I'll be getting my H1N1 shot as soon as it's available.
I've NOT had my season flu shot last week or for the past few years (and lived to tell) NOR will I be getting a vaccination for a virus that is 1/100 as fatal as the regular flu or twice as fatal as ASPRIN.
Want to buy a bridge ?
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I admit I'm ignorant on H1N1, but it just doesn't seem to be as big a deal as reports have suggested.
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If I had a choice (and I do) between supporting a tier from one of the richest countries in the world, or one from the poorest countries of the world, I choose (and do) the latter.
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Took my two little girls and the wife a few weeks back to a pothole guaranteed of success. Minutes into the trip and shortly after getting my 5 year old and 3 year old set up with their Barbie 'Princess' fishing rods with bh olive woolly buggers tied on (hey I wasn't about to TOTALLY prostitute myself with hardware) & a couple of splitshot, the youngest reels in a small 12" rainbow. 15 minutes later, she starts shrieking as her rod fell into the water. I don't know if a big trout pulled it out of her hand (yeah, that's what I'll go with) or she just dropped it, but she was crying and wanted to get a submarine and scuba divers to go and get it.
As she now had no rod, she and mom went to shore to play and the 5 year old and I continued to fish. Minutes later the 5 year old hooks a small rainbow and begins to reel it in. It takes a couple of minutes when she says: "the trout sure are wiggly in this lake", I chuckled. We netted the small trout and she couldn't wait for me, she reached into the net, grabbed hold of the rainbow, kissed it, gave it a name (Jessica) then quickly threw it back into the lake. 10 minutes later, it was repeated, grabbed hold of the trout, kissed it, gave it a name (Jenna Genevieve) then quickly threw it back. LOL
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wow. thinks he owns the river eh? lol
I seem to remember hearing about a former well known walk and wade 'guide' who used to place backpacks between certain sections of the shoreline and if someone happen to come into that area, this 'guide' would stand right next to this intruder, making him feel unwelcomed until he left said area.
judge not, lest yee be judged.
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As has been well said by many before me, we don't 'post to boast', but we 'post to host'. That is to say we share our experiences (good, bad or indifferent) with those that are interested in hearing about our adventure.
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I suppose you could shove a bottle into your waders and you could pee into it like some truckers do, but what do you do with the bottle ?
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I'll give $100 to the first guy that kicks Clive in the nuts...
Cmon Clive, the lakes up here just opened up for Pete's sake.....
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14. Pieroway Fly Rod... donated by calkid75
More info. from Guy...
"I am putting up for auction, a brand new custom built fly rod from my favorite local (Calgary) rod builder. One 9 foot 5 weight 4 piece rod made by Pieroway Rod Company. It is a red wine colour and has a matching Reel seat. The guides are a little brighter red. I think this rod is a real looker, from the custom cork work and reel seat to the the nicely matched colours. Here is a couple links to pics of the rod (My lighting is not so good so please bear with me.)"
Rod picture 1
Rod picture 2
Rod picture 3
-starting bid: $75
I'll bid $75
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I have 13 boxes in total. But some of these are old and I no longer carry on my person, but they still have some flies that I rarely use so I keep them in my cabinet. I usually carry about 6 with me when I fish.
1 - small nymphs/chironomids
1 - dragons/damsels
1 - brookie flies
1 - streamers/woolly buggers
1 - shrimp/scuds/boatmen/backswimmers
1 - dries
I keep in my cabinet
1- stoneflies
1- big dries/hoppers
2- streamers
+ a few other ratty/old boxes full of misc flies I rarely use
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from a couple of different sources.
Motor Thrust - Total Weight - Boat length - Pounds of thrust required in feet
30 lbs - 2100 lbs - 12' - 30
36 lbs - 2520 lbs - 13' - 30
40 lbs - 2800 lbs - 14' - 32
42 lbs - 2940 lbs - 15' - 36
44 lbs - 3080 lbs - 16' - 40
48 lbs - 3360 lbs - 17' - 50
50 lbs - 3500 lbs - 18' - 55
55 lbs - 3850 lbs - 19' - 65
65 lbs - 4550 lbs - 20' - 74
74 lbs - 5180 lbs - 21' - 74
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I'm with Tako, wtf? The less time I spend in front of the infernal machine, the better.
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Recently obtained copies of JM's Iron Blue Fly-fishing and they are quite good. A pig of a rainbow caught at the Palmer Ranch I believe, in the opening credits
Barry Mitchell's Alberta Fishing Guide- Past Issues
in General Chat - Fishing Related
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some board members might be willing to part with some past issues, failing that you should call Barry directly. # is in any past magazine.