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Alright who in the heck invited him!!! Welcome Courtney, doesn't look like we're getting out there at X-mas so we'll see you in January. Colin

Yup, just drove back from downtown and she's looking like a big blue slurpee gonna need a few days of warm weather to clear it out enough. Colin

Okay, you guys are killing me! Theres got to be a copy in a shop somewhere. Colin

Thats what I had for the first dozen or so rods I built, worked great, I just have a bad habit of over engineering everything that I build, you should see the bench I build on, movers hated me when the had to move it. Colin

I like my thread out front when I wrap. So I run the thread out to the tip top and up to the blank. Colin

Patio door rollers with O-rings. Colin

This is what I built last winter, $25 - $30 worth of materials, The sewing machine thread tensioners cost more each than the whole wrapper but they give me the ability to control the thread tension either there or off the spool with the use of a spring. Coln

First one I did was a 3pc Montague 7wt reduced down to a 2pc , It throws a 3wt Cortland Sylk quite nicely, just have to remember to slooooow down the cast. Was a fun rod to play around with on the Livingston in July. Have 2 more that are just waiting in the wings, but too many plastic rods to build at the moment. Colin

Has anyone seen a hard cover copy of Blue Ribbon Bow around? Its the only thing I want for Xmas, used to have a signed copy when it first came out but I think my ex-wife probably has it now. Looking forward to Jim's next book, used to spend many a day in Country Pleasures bugging him for as much info as I could. Colin

There also seems to be a real interest in building Quad's on the rodbuilding forum http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15417 will probably be my first real foray into cane, up til now i've done a few restorations and a couple banty rods from old cane. Colin

I've seen photo's of Don's shop, guess who spent $100 000.00!! Beautiful shop and beautiful rods. Colin

I'm hoping to have at least 2 more custom built Beulah's by then, a 10'6 4/5 switch and a 11'6 6/7 two hander. Colin

Beulah will definitely be there, as well as Snowbee, Courtney will be bringing a truck full of gear from the Island. I'm sure I'll be working the booth. Colin

Wow! Used to watch guys bowhunt? for white suckers in Fish Creek when I was a kid (Early 70's). Colin

How do you like the clear water? You can see everything on the bottom, even in the deepest holes. Is that still the Waitahanu River? If so the water looks really low! Vegetation is unbelievable, almost prehistoric looking in some places, Have you had a chance to explore much or just fishing? This is the Jet Boats at Haku falls just east of Taupo. The geo thermal stuff is really cool as well. If you're anything like me with the camera you'll come home with around 1200-1500 photos. Colin

That would be the Waitahanu River, Heres a shot of the foot bridge on the otherside of the highway and a little farther upstream You've done well if you've managed fish already, are the bigguns moving into the river mouth yet, when we we're there in January we saw a lot of fish in the river that would rival most BC Steel, huge trout in crystal clear water. Have Fun Colin

Hey what ever happened to the Eddie The Eagle?

Theres one on th FlyBC board going for $700 or so http://www.flybc.ca/forum/index.php?showtopic=5521 Colin

Hmmmm..... Trays of $.25 cent draft

I've got a Greys GTX 4 on my 8/9wt, less than $200 (Wholesale Sports has them) comes with 4 spools. I have a Hardy Mach 2 Salmon 8wt on one spool, a 12wt shooting head on another and a Rio Windcutter w/tips on another, plenty of room for backing. Drag is okay, wouldn't want to have to stop a Spring with it but it was fine for Island Steel. Colin

Where did you bar tend? I was in Banff from 79' to 86. Met lots of semi-famous folk in Banff, lots of hockey players and skiers. Colin

Do a search on this site http://www.flybc.ca/forum and i'm sure you will get lots of answers as a lot of these guys are diehard stillwater fishers. Colin

I learned early in the spey game you get what you pay for. Theres always a better rod for just a little bit more than what you paid for the one you have. I've had a chance to cast some very nice(read expensive) and some nice entry level (read cheap) rods and have found that if you are willing to part with between $300 - $500 bucks you will get a rod that will perform day in and day out. For reels, because we are not targeting steelhead or salmon you can keep the cost down a bit, once you decide you want to go after the big boys you need to make sure your reel will stand up to the first good run. Trions by Pflueger work well as do a couple other reels in the same price range. Lines are lines, they are the one aspect of our obsession that remain constant, you will be looking at shelling out $70 to $150 for a line. Colin

Al, check this site out http://www.speypages.com/speyclave/ lots of info there. Depending on what you want to spend I might know of some options for you. we can talk via PM. Colin

As of right now Wednesday works for me, might change due to work but I doubt it. Any preference to location? Lots of nice water from most accesses would be nice to work both sides of the river easily. Colin