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My name is Dwayne. I am 179cm tall. I weight 89kg. I am one of the first true children of the metric system. The thing is...I am not *that* young. I am 38 years old. In 1980, when I started grade 1, I was the first group of children to not be taught imperial units. In university, I took physics, and everything was in the metric system. When I talk to fly flshing, I have to convert everything that someone says to me. Nothing is in SI units. In most cases, if something is in imperial, it is a US dominated market. With the global nature of fly fishing, I would not think that to be true (I certainly could be wrong). So why is fly fishing so slow to adapt?

I am reposting this for 2 reasons: 1. You are absolutely correct. 2. I realized that I do not use the word '***hat' nearly enough.

Does anyone know any place where someone could rent a pontoon boat for a day? I would try one before actually buying one.

At $500, you will be getting clearance hardware. In my 15 years of IT, I find raw metric is that you will get 1.5 years of reliable service from a computer for $500 that you spend for a computer that does not move. It is about 1 year of service for a computer that travels for every $500 spent. Of course, this is not entirely accurate. My personal preferences would lean towards an intel processor and a nVidia video card.

That is perhaps one of the worst analogies that I have ever encountered. Too much 4:20 before that was written. I do not see how you can equate the small unpowered pontoon boat to a (relatively) large car that is not moving, to a small agile motorcycle. Does the motorcycle rock a car in a wake when it passes? Does the motorcycle put the car driver in any danger or harm? Seriously, worst analogy ever. i also think that powered boats should be banned based on the pure economics of the Bow River fishery. I have discussed it with several people at McKinnon Flats who spend the day floating the river saying, "it was so peaceful until we passed Policeman's Flats. It is ironic that the further we got away from the city, the more it felt like a big city was close by." Public use land does not give one the right to act like a dick. Fine, I accept that powered boats are a great travel method, but the engines should be cut to pass waders and unpowered flotation devices. If people implemented simply courtesy, there would not be the need for explicit rules.

Has anyone tried these rods? http://www.marchbrown.com/fly-rods.html

I have a Subaru Outback. It is an amazing vehicle. It can handle mild off-road. It is the best winter vehicle that I have ever driven.

I tried a search, but...no dice. I have been fly fishing for a year. I want a 7 piece, 4wt rod. I think that I would prefer tip-flex because high line speeds can be potentiated with less area. Does anyone have any recommendations? Background... I like hiking when I am fishing. Being confined to Calgary, most of that hiking is up and down the Bow river. For the most part, my 6wt, 4pc rod is perfect for the Bow. Every once in a while, I am 4km from the car, there is no wind (I am serious, peeps, this actually happens), and big trout are rising to teeny caddis on a shallow glassy pool. Now, I know that this happens infrequently, but I just want to have the right tool for the job. I have certainly improved...a longer leader and a little patience seems to alleviate the "smack" of the fly hitting the water and the "vwwwip" of too eagerly snapping the line off the water for a fresh cast. While my casting could certainly improve, a 4wt rod improved my success. I would really like to carry a 4wt rod in my back-pack. Now, I know that 'poor gear' will be a poor excuse for a poor fisherman. Second question... Has anyone ever carried a second, lighter travel rod? Do you find yourself using it? Cheers.

I am not a conservative supporter, but I am thinking of voting conservative, just so the wildrose party does not get into power. I would like to know too. I have been involved in forming public policy for almost a decade. I find the wildrose unfocussed and delusional. They will not help our environment, nor will they help Albertan Security. I feel that they are just preying on disheartened people. I do not feel that the wildrose policies are really going to benefit the Albertan populace. I seriously do not understand why someone would vote Wildrose. Help me understand, people.

I have only been fishing the Bow for a year. However, during the summer and fall, I did not catch a single whitefish. Now, in the winter, they are usually the main catch. I am using the same techniques and the same flies. So this means 2 things: either they do not eat the same thing in the summer, which probably not true, because I catch whites using the same flies in the Red Deer Basin, OR the whites migrate to someplace other than the Lower Bow in the summer. Any ideas?