toolman

That is sad indeed. Thanks for the follow up.

wow...brilliant...flame away. I'm not even getting warm.

Rob (pipestoneflyguy), that would be a 12'6" pole...grin Rob (DutchDryFly), the thing is, if we allow one person to post their complaints, it would only be fair of us to have to allow the business operator a chance to present their side of the story and we feel a court room is a better place for that to happen, rather than a flyfishing site. Even better, they could discuss it privately with the business/person they have a problem with, which usually ends in a resolution. If someone feels they have been treated unfairly, then they have the option to take the appropriate legal actions to recoup any perceived financial damages, through our court system. As for freedom of speech, we have many laws governing our speech in Canada, as you also have in the Netherlands.

We are attempting to protect the integrity of this site. There are always a lot of whiners just looking to vent their petty fustrations, as shown by the posts on this thread. As for us protecting our friends, I know almost every guide in southern Alberta, so yes, he may be a friend of mine, I don't know, nor do I care. This has always been our policy at FFC and we have no plans on changing it. We are all about positives, not negatives. But hey, vent away, it sure is entertaining. Who's next?

I don't think the admins and moderators do a bad job of keeping this site a decent, friendly place for all to enjoy. To speculate that we are somehow incompetent or idiots, is not fair, nor respectfull. We try and maintain harmony in our fishing community and have no desire to see this site become a place for people to come and vent their problems with the business community. (There's always two sides to the story) Any business will have a few unhappy customers that will slam them publicly, given the opportunity. We don't give them the opportunity, as it just becomes a *hit show that we won't be part of. Now you can disagree with our policy if you wish and call us names and hang labels on us if that's your style, but we won't change the policy. Pretty simple.

Milquetoasts, I can live with...fraidy cat?........fraidy cat ....LOL...meow...!

I understand where you're coming from, but if we allow it, where will it end? Do you really want to hear a long list of peoples complaints about guides, shuttles, fly shops. We would be just opening the door to trouble. Then there are the legal consequences for the site operators for doing so. Sorry, but I do have the resources to lose, that could put me in the cross hairs of a law suit for allowing public broadcast of any comments that may end up in a civil suit for damages. It's a slippery slope that I won't risk. Sorry and I hope you understand our position.

Sorry gents, but as SJW has already requested, we do not allow it on the site, as we (site admins/mods) could be dragged into it and have made it a policy here at FFC. No bashing the folks in the business community or personal attacks allowed. So if there's nothing more to add here, lets move on. Best of luck mkm on your next fishing adventure.

The Airflow Ridgeline 30lb. running lines list at $ 38.95.

I think the injuries to the bears rear end is likely from the collision with a high speed vehicle and the bear managed to crawl a short distance to hide before dying.

In order to shoot any line, you need to load the road. Every rod has an optimum casting window requiring a specific amount of line/weight out of the rod tip to load properly. For example, a 6wt. line weights around 180 grains at the 30' mark. If your rod has a grain window of 150-200 grains, then you will need around 30' of the lines head out of the rod tip to be able to shoot extra line. If the rod had a casting window of only 120-150gr., and your line weights 180 gr. at 30', you would need to strip in a bit of line and cast with maybe only 25' of line out of the rod tip. If tips are added that take you over the rods gr. window, you will need to strip in a bit of line to compensate for the extra weight. Using a brief or sustained water anchor created by allowing the line to contact the waters surface during the cast, can add additional load to the rod if required, when casting a lighter line. Another example is one of my 5/6 wt. spey rods which has a grain window of 350-550 gr. I line it with a 450gr. shooting head that is 32' long and can use it with sink tips which adds an extra 60-100gr. to the load and 12'-15' of length and it shoots like a cannon. Find out the head length of the line as well as the WF weight ( the gr. weight of the first 30') or the total head weight for shooting heads. Then, find out what the casting window for your rod is. If you plan on shooting sink tips, then you need to know how much they weight so that you can keep the line system in balance and in the zone for your rod when using it with or without tips. It is important to know the head length so that you can keep the end of the head inside the rod tip, because casting with the running line out of the tip will wreck the line and won't cast very well.

It may have gotten hit by a vehicle and ended up a short distance off the road before succumbing to its injuries.

That's disappointing to hear mkm. Whatever the situation was that caused the guide to be a no show, the least he could have done was give you a call to let you know. Had you used this particular guide before? In all fairness to other excellent private guides on the Bow, they also have to deal with many clients cancelling at the last minute, pulling a no show and then ignoring repeated calls/emails or clients wanting to change dates on the day of the trip they had booked, leaving the guide un-employed for the day. The thing I would suggest you do about this is, hire a different guide or book through a reputable outfitter and go fishing. Maybe post a request for recommendations for Bow river guides that are in good standing in the community. Good Luck.

Exactly...I was'nt going to mention it, but since DDF brough it up, this video is just a guy practising a bunch of stuff and bieng a little messy on the water. He likely does'nt even have a fly on the line and he would not catch many fish bieng that sloppy. I like to make good "fishing casts", like a single spey and try to keep it nice and clean on the pick up and mend, with a brief, short anchor that is placed well away from the strike zone. I have little interest in the circus tricks that look pretty impressive when put together, but it's kind of like a larriot show at a rodeo, versus a real cowboy working the range with his rope.

Kungfools your man Rich...lets just say he's over-qualified for the job. Thanks Kevin.

Welcome gentlemen and we look forward to your posts. I hope you will share all those secret techniques for fishing lakes/loch's, that folks from the UK are famous for.

As for next years event, hopefully it will grow and we will see more volunteers/sponsors participating. It certainly was a lot of fun for everyone.

I wish someone would post their photo's from the day..Rich? Anyone?

I had a great day today and enjoyed meeting folks from our flyfishing community. We could have used more hands for the clean up as there is a lot of shoreline that needs attention, but we did our best and made a difference. The BBQ, compliments of Fish Tales Fly Shop, was delicous and gave us an opportunity to reaquaint with familiar faces around the campfire and get to know a few that were new. Many thanks go out to all who participated, with specail thanks to Rich and Rob for gettin' er done. Our sponsors were very generous and we appreciate the great prizes. Rich will list this years sponsors. I sure wanted to win one of those 6 Orvis packs from Country Pleasures...oh well, next year. See you there... Greg ps. Osprey, 20' of #20 mono, then 5'-6' of #8 Fluro and then tie the first fly on. Fluro tippets to the next fly. Good Luck!

Great story Doc, thanks for posting...

Well Birchy, I'll take you fishing and you will be catchin' trophies without using any of those things... Next week if your up for it.

Remember Max, Nov. 1st. winter rules in affect, same as last year.

I'm with your dad on this...no cheatin. Fancy glasses, cheatin... Waders, cheatin'... boats, cheatin'... net, cheatin'... indicator, cheatin'...

Well I still want my royalty cheque dam it. And it should be a big one as there will be an extra 2 billion in the slush fund. Ralph only had 1 billion to give out. Ed better pay up or else...we revolt! See, if we all stuck together and took this position, we would all have an $800 royalty cheque by the first of Feb. Danny Williams for PM.

grin...true, forestry companies are responsible for a lot of the deforestation, but I'm not happy about it and I think all resource based industries need to pay their fair share and be responsible corporate citizens. I have to be one, so should everyone else.