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Not too sure how difficult the drift is, but my advise is to always attempt to do a first drift of any water with someone who has been there before. I have run into trouble on more than one occasion doing solo trips on water I was unfamiliar with. We all had to do it a first time for sure, but we should all be smart enough not to do it a first time solo and going with someone with knowledge makes it much more enjoyable and productive.

DON'T TRY THIS. Photobucket is eliminating "3rd party hosting", which is what monger is suggesting. They blocked me this week and they're gonna get around to you very soon as well, monger unless you pay. Open a Flickr account (free) and do the same thing.

I totally understand this frustration, but from the other side....I trailer my 12' tinny when i can but when towing my travel trailer, I am left with carrying it on my truck boat loader. That leaves me unable to pack all my stuff as well as put my motor(s), tanks and batteries on the boat. It takes me time, and I try my best to launch when the ramp isn't in heavy use. Any suggestions how people like me can make it easier for the rest of the world (without telling us to simply %#*& off). p.s. I never occupy the launch while I string up rods, put on waders, load light stuff (fly boxes, lunch, etc.) I will move to different location (if available) for stuff that isn't too heavy to lug a couple hundred feet.

What's your problem? We're letting you export your logs to BC are't we??

It is very unlikely that any patch will "blow off while you're out in the middle of a lake". Once the patch is on and the pontoon is inflated, the bladder is pressed so hard up against the pontoon skin, that is should be fine even if the repair is home done.

Thanks for that.

I have tried to solve this problem in a number of ways; welding new loops (works with varied success depending on the individual fly line materials), adding braided loops (look ugly, don't turn over as smoothly and often fail), nail knot directly to the line (have to clip off every time you change leaders). I finally settled on the solution below. 20-25 lb (the only weight range I have found that transfers turn over smoothly between fly line and leader) Maxima nail knotted to the fly line with a perfection loop tied in at the other end, 2 to 3 inches from the nail knot. I coat both knots with KnotSense to smooth out the knot, making it smoother to slip easily through the guides. This solution not only lasts for 2-3 years steady usage, but it is also dead simple and can be utilized immediately in the field, no waiting to get home to do the repair.

I don't see what your problem is: You ordered some flies, you got charged for them, what were you expecting...a free gift?

My lake rod for the past 10 years is a 10' Amundson Wind Warrior 5wt. The brand isn't as important as the length. A 10' rod gets you that extra casting distance you look for on a lake. While it is a good idea to be gunned up enough for the larger fish (in general) you will encounter on a lake, I don't think a 5 is too light. The extra foot (10' vs. 9') gives you a mechanical advantage that almost makes up the difference and I don't often fish less than 5lb tippet or greater, so I never have a problem landing 4+ lb. fish in a timely fashion. That 10' also makes casting 25' and up leaders fairly easy, when chironomid fishing.

It's easy enough to put up an ad that says "$250 firm. No lower offers will be considered!" and if you get that call anyway, don't say a word, just hang up. You still sell it faster if you advertise on kijiji than if you don't advertise.

Probably why all the folks from wild rose country sport those fur and feather nose and ear rings??

fishingliving, A buddy of mine has the 10' Marlon. IMO a complete waste of money! They are built from very light gauge aluminum and can't stand up to anything even approaching abuse. Want to beach it on a gravelly beach, don't even think about it. I understand the 14' is heavier gauge, but their product falls far short of others on the market. Yes they are wide, so is a Spratley (not as wide, but as wide as you need). Spratleys are totally welded boats, and sell for about $400 less than the Marlon. Look at the 12" Sprately-by far a better boat. Or check out the Yamaha G3 1448 Jon.

I run 2 15lb pyramid anchors, front and back. I used to use cannon balls, but as tallieho1 said, pyramids hold, cannonballs don't. Who cares? If the wind is high enough to blow me off my anchors, it is high enough to make the fishing miserable. Get off the water and wait for the wind to die down.

A few years ago we stayed at Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. As neither my wife nor I had ever been to Drumheller, we decided to visit it. It was an hour and half drive from the campsite to Drumheller, we toured the museum, did some shopping, visited the Hoodoos and were back on the Banks of the Bow in time to do an hour of evening fishing. Much better than attempting to camp in the Drumheller "desert" IMO.

http://paddleeducation.com/whitewater-kayaking/the-anatomy-of-a-river/river-features-2/haystacks/

Stunningly beautiful, but fade immediately on being killed. An amazing, and somehow very moving experience.

Kinda brings a year to the eye, knowing there are fish I won't experience (at least until the 26th. Thanks Uberfish. Merry Christmas everyone.

Does that mean i can just dump my shake'n'bake in the litter box when the blue pieces turn pink??

You are not wrong. The water inside your waders is the same weight as the water all around you. It doesn't suddenly sink to the bottom of the river just becayse it is in tour waders. It can be an issue when exiting the water, especially if you have to haul yourself up a bank.

I was concerned when I posted that anything I had to say would be dismissed as simply and uninformed BC environmentalist fanatic. Those who know me (bron) know that is far from the case. However, I felt that by presenting the view of one whose immediate environment is most likely (admittedly low probability) to suffer a catastrophic impact, that there might be some understanding of why there is opposition to the expansion of petroleum and particularly, dilbit pipeline transportation west of the Rockies. Apparently my concern was well founded. BTW, the federal, provincial and regional governments have all ignored the many public protests and demands to address the Victoria sewage issue, from the mid 70s to the present. http://www.victoriasewagealliance.org/ But, distasteful as the Victoria situation is, it doesn't pose anywhere near the environmental impact 1 tanker crash or major pipeline rupture would have.

The point isn't who caused the break, the point I was trying to make is the rupture happened and the resulting issues with only a 30 minute spill. Do you suppose an earthquake won't/can't happen in that area, or that we won't have a tanker event. We aren't talking some remote area, but rather the very middle of 2 million plus people. I am fully aware that the risks is small, but the devastation that is possible with even 1 event isn't an acceptable risk IMO. I am not here to convince anyone who invests 90% of their future on the pumping and sale of petroleum products, nor am I unaware of the reliance we all have on petroleum as a society. I am merely pointing out the different perspective this side of the Rockies gives one, FWIW I grew up in Sherwood Park and lived in Edmonton until I was 27, I know first hand how reliant Alberta (fankly, Canada) is on petroleum.

The HD you receive with an antenna is much higher quality that cable delivers to you. As mentioned earlier, it is not compressed as it is over cable.

I live in the lower mainland. I am far from an environmental fanatic but unlike the mayor of Ft St John, I live in one of the 2 ports that are going to be impacted most by increased pipeline (and hence tanker) activity. She is dead correct that 1487 of 197,000 vessels using west coast ports currently are tankers. What isn't stated is that if the pipelines get built and used to capacity, that number of tankers would increase to 35+ a day-almost a 10 fold increase in tanker traffic. We have already experienced a pipeline rupture in the Kinder Morgan pipeline in a Burnaby neighbourhood that spewed crude oil for a 1/2 hour that impacted 3 neighbourhoods homes and spilled over 50,000 barrels before it was turned off. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cleanup-continues-on-b-c-oil-spill-1.676094 I realize that many Albertans think this is nothing, but this isn't oil spilling into your wheat fields, or piney woods, but crude landing on people's homes. It also is crude (bad enough) not dilbit. I doubt many Albertans understand the impact a major spill would have on the harbour, nor do most understand just how busy this waterway is. There are many more vessels in the Vancouver harbour than tankers. There are all manner of cargo ships, cruise ships, a seaplane airport, ferries, not to mention hundreds of pleasure craft, from large yachts to 12' aluminum boats with fly anglers chasing salmon and sea run cutts. Every day! I wonder how many of you would accept the kind of risk of environmental damage to the Bow or Oldman rivers you ask us to quietly accept? I fully understand the need for jobs in the province (and in BC's own oil patch) but why would building refining capacity closer to the source be such a bad idea. Then you would have a much easier sell when it comes to transporting the product by pipeline. I know the argument is that refineries are just too damn expensive to build but too expensive for who? Of course the oil companies make the most money by extracting goods and selling them to someone else to process (at nice, low, Asian labour costs). However would the Canadian economy gain greater benefit from Canadian workers extracting the goods (crude, bitumen, natural gas, whatever) and then more Canadian workers processing the materials and then selling the finished product? Before multinational companies should be allowed to extract our resources, they should be made to invest in the growth of our economy. I just don't understand how the oil patch supporters think that they can pee in their end of the pool and that those of us at the other end should just shut-up and not complain that the water tastes bad. But then again I'm just an environmental fanatic from the lower mainland.

Material costs for 2 15 lb anchors is the same as a 30 lb.

If you are in the water for more than a few minutes, your waders will fill with water with or without a belt. A belt slows, it won't prevent water entry.