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    Who Else's Vacation Plans Are Kiboshed Because Of $Cad?

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

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    Florida Keys? Hawaii? Bahamas?

     

     

    Flights to Houston are super cheap right now. Maybe you can find a deal out of there. And flights to Key West seem to be good right now but that would be a TO flight. Look at YYC to Houston, Houston to Key West. Might cost a bit more but you might save on a hotel in TO.

     

     

    I was thinking of hitting Kauai again but on my own. The bones are big and don't swim in schools but if you know what you are doing you might do okay and there are a couple local guides around. Also they have trout and bass on the island. It would be more of a hang and chill trip with some fishing added in. Flights are not overly bad and using AirBnB you can find some decent lodging. Also car rentals are cheap if you use www.discounthawaiicarrentals.com

     

    Good luck

     

     

    Anyone Heard Of Or Use Shoreline Risers Guiding Company?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

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    He had a trip up for bid on a local Cochrane facebook page. One lady out bid me for a full day guided walk n wade. She got it for $150.00

     

    Shoreline then contacted me asking if I wanted the trip since I was the second highest bidder. I thought maybe the winner back out so I said sure I'll take it, but then I thought I should ask why I was offered and he said it was because she never contacted him or paid. So out of curiosity I sent her a message and she replied saying she had met with him on Tuesday (two days earlier) and paid him.

     

    So if I go by his social media presence I would say the dude looks like he loves to fish and fishes his faceoff. But if I go by his business practices I would say something is not 100% right.

     

    I hope I'm wrong and your Son has an awesome day.

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    Fall Jacket

    in Ask the Pros

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    In the Fall/winter I rock the Simms Exstream jacket and a Simms Guide jacket overtop. Also a good base layer like Patagonia can go a long way to keeping you warm. In the summer its just a light weight Northface rain jacket.

    Backhoe Work In The Oldman River

    in News Discussion and Current Issues

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    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    http://www.pinchercreekvoice.com/2015/09/backhoe-in-oldman-river-causes-concern.html

     

     

     

    Several landowners who own property adjacent to the Oldman River in the Porcupine Hills area north of Cowley (northwest of Pincher Creek) have expressed concerns about a river diversion project that was underway in the riverbed earlier this week. The photos and video attached to this article were taken on Monday, September 21. A backhoe operator was observed creating a rock and gravel dam of significant proportions, evidently designed to channel the river away from the west bank of the river, toward the east bank, at a juncture just before an area of the river that divides into two branches.

    Based on the video and photographic evidence, the diversion project includes one major blockage of the west river branch that crosses most of the river, and another dam running almost parallel to the east bank that seems designed to channel the river along a planned pathway. Numerous tire tracks in the river bed were also observed, surrounding the site and leading to it from the west bank upstream of the construction.

    I arrived in the early afternoon, at the invitation of a landowner on the east bank of the river. From there the scene was clearly visible. At approximately 2:30 pm on September 21 the work stopped, the backhoe was parked, and the driver exited the backhoe. Approximately an hour after that a pickup truck with what appears to be an Alberta Conservation Officer logo appeared at the site. Two people (possibly Alberta Environmental Protection Officers) from that vehicle were seen consulting with another man for approximately an hour, walking the length of the larger of the two dams and taking pictures. After they left, the work did not resume.

    Government of Alberta Senior Public Affairs Officer Jamie Hanlon, responding to my inquiries, "A portion of work conducted to date fell outside of an approval issued under the Water Act (WA). After responding to a public complaint on September 21, all work was ceased. We will be working to determine the extent of non-compliance with the WA and if any remedial measures may be required to address impacts to the river."

    Dr Alan Garbutt is one of the concerned landowners in the area. "We own land just north and south, upstream and downstream of the digging site." Garbutt said he was concerned about the project itself, and with the "lack of notification and consultation" preceding the work. He said he found out after the work had commenced. "I got a phone call from my wife, who got a phone call from neighbours. I have never seen anything like this before."

    "I have already notified Environment and Parks, the Minister, I have notified our MLA. I have notified the leader of the Liberal party..." said Garbutt. "The MLA (Pat Stier) was in touch with me first thing this morning. I talked to researchers in his office."

    "As an Albertan, there is no way that you should be allowed, or even think about desecrating hundreds of metres of the stream bed. He has effectively destroyed that. He has probably destroyed anything downstream from there for several miles."

     

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