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hey foamy, We're hoping everything goes well with your son, and he's back on his feet and running around soon. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

does anyone know if this is normal?

Redbeard confirmed those pics as bull/brook hybrids with Trout Unlimited biologists for those of you that are interested. Any doubt, take a photo of the dorsal fin

its not a problem, i've made several trips and declared the bear spray both ways and they've been fine with it.

Now you're just boasting about your sage one!! haha

Hi Vagabond I have a pair of MJ Lighthouse HT glasses you can borrow for a week or two and test em out in actual fishing conditions. They're not bad, but I hardly use them as I wear prescription glasses, and the fitovers are more convenient. To be fair, I think the brown copper is better in 80% of conditions as the contrast is much higher. send me a pm if you want to borrow them cheers Sean

That looks like a great product, does it require a minimum depth? I'd be curious to see what it picks up if you floated that down a run or attached that to a drift boat on the bow?

thanks Weedy1 that helps me out. cheers Sean

Hey guys! Wow, and thanks for all the responses. If you could also share your top secret fishing spots that I could get to in my new subaru as well, you know, just so I can test out the all wheel drive...............haha We test drove both the Forester 2.5 and the Outback 2.5/3.6 last night, The wife prefers the Forester. The Forester 2.5i with convenience package is about MSRP $33k with fees and taxes The Eyesight tech package and the 3.6 Outback is pushing $40k, which is way out of our budget. Coming from an '05 mazda 3, the pickup on the 2.5L engines seems a bit sluggish, but that may be me having to get used to the CVT transmission. We did consider buying from the states or second hand, but we need the financing at at 0.9% over 3yrs, its abit more affordable then even getting a 15-20k vehicle secondhand. Thanks for the tip on the Car Cost Canada report, i will definitely check that out. We are also finding some of the dealerships difficult to deal with, and no one willing to move on price. Will keep you posted on what we do. Luckily we don't need the car until July/August so I might wait abit longer to see if there are any deals or incentives, especially as they make room for the 2016 model thanks

Hi Everyone I'm looking to get a new Subaru, and was looking for some advice on getting a good deal. Firstly, can anyone recommend any good site where i can find out what other people have paid for their new Foresters and Outbacks. All the sites I end up on are from the US, so I need something with a local perspective. Also, what buying suggestions can you offer to get the best deal with respect to invoice price hold backs etc. also the intrest rates they offer are different by 1% depending on the model anyone had any luck negotiating these to be the same thanks

that's got to hurt. Sounds like he owe's you some fur!!

The 3-Tand reels look great, but didn't like the fact that they kept tipping over when trying to stand them on reel foot.

For what its worth, (and I haven't really fished that area much after the flood so I don't know how much it has changed) but I find the east bank downstream of the Sue Higgins bridge to be pretty flat and featureless until you get past the chanel/inlet and head towards the baseball diamonds. Its never been a super productive area for me, but there were a few fish to be had.

Hi all, great topic. I moved to Calgary from Australia four years ago on what was supposed to be a ski holiday and my wife and I loved the city so much that we had to stay on. I work in I.T consulting in Databases/Business Intelligence. I started fly fishing 21 years ago in Melbourne Australia, at the age of 13. My friend and I started at the same time, and we basically taught ourselves how to fly fish. (Although his grandfather would take us out trout fishing, he remained a worm fisherman) I've been hooked ever since then. The first thing I did when I got my license was to head off on a fishing trip. I have fly fished Tasmania, New Zealand, Montana, Bahamas and Canada. The pinnacle for me is sightfishing. Nothing better than finding that shadow hiding amongst the rocks on the bottom; Watching a big brown slowly sip a tiny dun, and having the patience to delay the strike; or watching a brown tail in the shallows (only seen tailing trout in Tasmaina, not sure if it happens in any lakes here) cheers

Hi bcube, any idea who carries in town? and great post MrBotangles something ive struggled with for a while too, old tippet spools didn't work for me

Awesome, i'm hungry now! sending you my details in a PM cheers

awesome!! parachute or life jacket!!..................tough call!

I'm keen, count me in if its still going ahead!

Hi all, I just built a MHX hi-mod 9' 5wt. If anyone is considering doing the same, and wants to demo the rod before they commit, please let me know and I can arrange a test cast. I'm in SW Calgary, send me a PM. These are great rods, (I'm not affiliated) but as with most custom rod blanks, there just isn't anywhere that we can really demo the blanks before we commit to the build. I'm hoping this forum becomes that place to a degree so we can help each other out with different blanks available for test casting. As for the rod, I am really impressed with the quality of rod you can put together for about $130. Comparable to rods in the $300 - $500 range. Up until now, the TFO BVK was IMO the best bang for buck rod around. The MHX is now my top contender for great value rod. The action is fast, (akin to the Loomis GLX action), so if you like faster action rods then this will impress, and the blank is super light. You probably won't like it if you're a fan of more moderate action rods Great quality first rod, or economical spare rod for your drift boat. highly recommend. blank: MHX hi-mod 9' 5wt price: $110 Next rod build will be a Batson Rainshadow Eternity. Has anyone built this yet? If you're thinking about getting into rod building, but don't be put off, its easy to get into and doesn't have to be super expensive cheers Sean

I don't think the those kits are particularly useful. The cheap ones have crappy vices and with the expensive kits, you could get what you want for much less You can usually get a "relatively" decent quality vice for around $50 - $60 Especially if you want to be tying dungeons and spinning deer hair with gelspun or 3/0 thread. A cheap vise will let you down. Have a look at Angler crown vise or similar. They are solid and the hooks do not budge once locked in. The rest you can fill in bit by bit depending on the patterns you want to tie.

hi, We want to put a spare bedroom in our basement and need to dig an egress window. Does anyone know what this will roughly cost? and can you recommend anyone who will do a decent job without overcharging? I'd want this done properly with permits etc. thanks Sean

Why stop with the hook, get rid of the rod and reel as well........... just joking, well kinda............ If you want a change or a challenge put on the polaroid sunglasses, put away the rod and only sight fish. Don't make a cast until you can find and see the fish beforehand. For me the ultimate challenge is to spot a resident brown that is feeding subsurface. Then it's all about your eyes. It may also explain why I don't catch that many fish.........haha

I highly recommend that you watch this dvd/vid. The essence of fly casting by Mel Krieger The bow isn't an easy river, and even with a guide who will do the whole streamcraft/entomology/fish finding for you, it's still up to you to make the cast. Invest in the DVD, and spend a good amount of time casting on the lawn until you can make a 40ft cast with a bit of fluff into a target the size of a hula hoop. If you can do that consistently, any outing with a guide or seasoned local from this forum is going to be more about finding and catching fish rather than fixing knots in leaders, lost flies, line tangles, drag free drift etc. hope that helps.

thanks guys, I think I found the stuff I am after. L&L products seems to be distributed by rayrumpf now. Just need to find somewhere that carries rumpf supplies. It's pretty hard figuring out what the colours actually look like. Even online its hard to find a colour swatch for most things. cheers Sean

thanks, I did come across that one, but i'm not really sure how good it would be for hairwing/para-posts as it is on a spool, does the spool antron have the same properties as the packet?