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Thats the same Bully over and over and over again LOL Nice fish man thanks for sharing

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Sweet HA HA

Edworthy park can be very good and so can Bowness but my fav is just down the cliffs at Silver Springs. Just park at the end of Silver Springs BLVD and Silver Springs gate and hike down to the river. Fish it all the way down stream to where the island is a try some streamers in the faster water on the inside of the island also when you are down there look across to Bowness and there is one good pool just on the other side and that spot is good as well.

I hope there is a great after picture

Your Da Man I remember my first dry fly fish I got him at Mckinnons on a stimmy and he tapped in at 16" sweet fish Birchy

Its to bad about your vest and rod getting wrecked in that crash

I thought of the Sweetgrass since I know it’s a large part of almost every ceremony they have but taking some raw Tobacco and placing it at the site would be a great gesture. I am definitely not an expert in this area but I do love there culture and history THE FOUR SACRED MEDICINES Tobacco is the first plant that the Creator gave to Native people. It is the main activator of all the plant spirits. Three other plants, sage, cedar and sweetgrass, follow tobacco, and together they are referred to as the four sacred medicines. The four sacred medicines are used in everyday life and in ceremonies. All of them can be used to smudge with, though sage, cedar and sweetgrass also have many other uses. It is said that tobacco sits in the eastern door, sweetgrass in the southern door, sage in the west and cedar in the north. Elders say that the spirits like the aroma produced when we burn tobacco and the other sacred medicines. TOBACCO Traditional people say that tobacco is always first. It is used as an offering for everything and in every ceremony. “Always through tobacco,” the saying goes. Traditional tobacco was given to us so that we can communicate with the spirit world. It opens up the door to allow that communication to take place. When we make an offering of tobacco, we communicate our thoughts and feelings through the tobacco as we pray for ourselves, our family, relatives and others. Tobacco has a special relationship to other plants: it is said to be the main activator of all the plant spirits. It is like the key to the ignition of a car. When you use it, all things begin to happen. Tobacco is always offered before picking medicines. When you offer tobacco to a plant and explain why you are there, that plant will let all the plants in the area know why you are coming to pick them. When you seek the help and advice of an Elder, Healer or Medicine Person, and give your offering of tobacco, they know that a request may be made as tobacco is so sacred. We express our gratitude for the help the spirits give us through our offering of tobacco. It is put down as an offering of thanks to the First Family, the natural world, after a fast. Traditional people make an offering of tobacco each day when the sun comes up. Traditional tobacco is still grown in some communities. For example, the Mohawk people use a traditional tobacco that they grow themselves and that is very sacred to them. SAGE Sage is used to prepare people for ceremonies and teachings. Because it is more medicinal and stronger than sweetgrass , it tends to be used more often in ceremonies. Sage is used for releasing what is troubling the mind and for removing negative energy. It is also used for cleansing homes and sacred items. It also has other medicinal uses. There is male sage and female sage. The female sage is used by women. CEDAR Like sage and sweetgrass, cedar is used to purify the home. It also has many restorative medicinal uses. Cedar baths are healing. When cedar is put in the fire with tobacco, it crackles. When it does this, it is calling the attention of the spirits to the offering that is being made. Cedar is used in fasting and sweat lodge ceremonies as a form of protection: cedar branches cover the floor of the sweat lodge and a circle of cedar surrounds the faster’s lodge. St Pauls University of Waterloo

Sweet thanks for taking the time to share

I was Ralph Kleins Son-in-law and Colleen is 100% native so my ex is 50% and my little one is 25% Ralph is also an honorary chief of the Siksika nation so he has this very large and cool headdress at his house that is just beyond words.

Sorry Lynn you must be thinking of someone else but I was married into a family with a strong native background and I find there traditions and ceremonies to be very cool and interesting.

I would leave a flower and some sweetgrass Weengush, or Sweet grass is used to cleanse the mind, body and spirit. It is considered sacred because it is symbolic of purification. It represents the Northern direction and the body. The elders tell us that scent of these natural herbs is pleasing to the creator and will incline him to hear the ceremony with favor. The smoke is considered distasteful to all evil beings and thwarts their powers. This plant plays an important part in ceremonies of spiritual significance. When Weengush is used in ceremony, each person is to fan the sweet grass smoke, first to their heart, second to their mind, third around their body and lastly, return the smoke to their heart. The prayer said during this process is: "Great Mystery, please cleanse me of my negativity and fill me with the positive energies of love, so that, as I am healed so may I work for the healing of our Earth Mother."

I headed out on Sunday afternoon high up in K country. The water is clear and not to high and the weather was awesome. Caught a few nice cutties and a couple smaller bulls but I did manage a nice 18" cutty on a clouser. All in all a great day.

Did it come up and lick you? did you pee your pants

Go to Hansons and sign up for there learn to fly fish classes for $200 and you get to keeep the rod and reel.

Rickr feel free to take mine out for a spin before you buy one, I have 7 1/2' T&T 3wt and it's a blast so drop me a line.

So how was the fishing? LOL

Dead Serious dude and my jaw was on the floor when he told me the story like it was nothing and he was in no danger.

I worked with a guy who went to Banff with his family and was taking pictures of the Elk and this large male with a killer rack was eating grass and would not look up for a photo so he went over to him and lifted his head for a pic he had no clue of the danger he could have been in but he got his pick and went his way

At least buy my Mom some flowers

I have Sirius and it was very easy to instal in my car plus if I do sell the car it would be just as easy to remove. I also have the home docking station so I just pop off the reciever and plop into the home dock and bingo no problems. Sirius seems to be the bigger player out of the two and right now the merger is going through the Gov for aproval but I do like the programing on Sirius and Dave D love's the gay channel (from what I hear)

That’s how legends are made until you added the peeing the pants part HA HA man o man that is one awesome story Brian thanks for sharing and I think he left you alone cuz of your funky pee stained waders LOL