BurningChrome

Lives were not in immediate danger so I guess it doesn't rank as priority. It's outside the city so not in CFD's jurisdiction and the smaller MD departments probably don't have the manpower to spare. What would you do if your house was on fire and they didn't have anyone around to put it out because a bunch of firefighters were trying to pull a boat out of the river?

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Yup, you're going to need to consider the weight of the boat plus the current acting on it plus whatever it's stuck on. I've done a lot of stuck vehicle recoveries including complex winching involving pulleys and multiple winches. This is not going to be an easy one and doing it wrong might cause the boat to break up. The path of least resistance will be downstream provided you can easily get it dislodged from whatever it's stuck on. Make sure that all the equipment you're using has a good working load limit. The most dangerous part of recoveries is when the recovery gear breaks and things suddenly become projectiles. A snapped rope that had a lot of load on it can kill you just as easily as a flying piece of metal.

Yeah, my buddy was there today too and texted me. I think if the new one is coming soon I'll probably just wait for that.

You're going to need a shovel or wag bags to go along with the tp

Yeah I saw that one too. There are a couple on Alibris going for $270USD as well. I know the fly shops I talked to said they haven't seen them in over a year, Chapters said they aren't available to order on their system, and the actual Backroads Mapbook site just lists it as out of stock. Not sure what the deal is since the Central Alberta and Kootenays ones I saw looked like they were fairly recent printings.

So it seems that the Southern Alberta Backroads Mapbook has been out of stock for over a year now. A couple people have posted used ones for sale on Amazon asking $360+ for them. Anyone know of any (non-electronic) alternatives that are just as good, up to date, and reasonably priced ($20-$40)? (posted this in fishing-related since it gets you to the fishing )

The thing that bothers me is that was posted four days ago and on a forum full of fly fishers someone has only just spotted it. I follow most of the local fly shops, Alberta Parks, SRD, etc. on Facebook and never saw this show up in my feed. If it took this long for people who are really passionate about fishing to find out then how is anyone else ever going to know? Thanks for posting this Lornce.

I was really just grinding your gears. I do know that I've seen more than a few pairs of Korkers fall apart after a season of use in the past, but I don't know if they've gotten better since.

Except the rest of the boot falls apart before the soles wear out

Looks like a stock Wrangler. Probably someone who saw the Jeep ads where they drive it through rivers, bought one, and decided to test it without having a clue. I mean, look at this ad for the Grand Cherokee which is a mall crawler SUV and not even something people take off road:

It is. It's the remains of an RCAF Dakota that crashed into Mt. Ptolemy in Jan. 1946 killing all 7 aboard. Local forestry service saw the smoke and climbed the mountain. They evacuated the bodies using sleds but the wreckage has been up there since.

Took my buddy and his girlfriend out to a couple mountain streams yesterday. Forgot the camera in the truck for the first one but remembered for the second. Kind of cool to get people into fish on dry flies the first time they pick up a fly rod.

Yeah this is pretty much right. Usually when I explain to someone what they're doing is wrong and why they say they didn't realize it. I've only had a couple people tell me off. They are required to have license plates: http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_319.pdf Licence plates 18(1) The Registrar must issue an off-highway licence plate for an off-highway vehicle if the Registrar issues a certificate of registration for the off-highway vehicle. (2) The Registrar must issue off-highway vehicle licence plates in the number and of the type and colour approved by the Minister. (3) The owner of an off-highway vehicle must attach the licence plate issued under subsection (1) securely to the front or rear of the off-highway vehicle so that the licence plate is clearly visible. Condition of plates 19 No person shall drive an off-highway vehicle if the licence plate is not securely attached, legible and clearly visible to other drivers at all times.

The only stocked pond in NW Calgary I can think of off the top of my head is Arbour Lake. Maybe another community has one as well, but you need to be a resident or guest of a resident to fish those.

This is what needs to happen. Close places like the Castle and McLean Creek to off roading and open new areas in less sensitive land that is more sustainable. The problem is that all the existing off road trails are on old logging roads and seismic lines. When they put those in, they didn't care about where the "road" went through. Keep trails out of low-lying areas that tend to turn into mud bogs every time it rains, keep them out of the muskeg, and if there is a river or creek around put in a bridge with proper deterrents to keep people out of the stream - if that doesn't work set up cameras or some other form of enforcement. Moving off road trails to rockier land will go a long way. Also implementing trail stewardship programs like they have in Moab and on the Rubicon would help a lot. It would be nice to see the new government do something, but unfortunately between the mess the previous gov't left and the current bust cycle I just don't see this being a high priority for them.

Yeah, the Fishpond one is nice because the metal casing makes it sink as well as protects it from breaking. Get a length of paracord or something to loop through it so you don't lose it in the current.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille,_Alberta

I love spending time in Crowsnest. For anyone who wants the technical info, Fuji X-T1 with 16-55 2.8 and 16 1.4.

Not a single flower picture?

So are Nautilus reels.

I drove it a couple of times last summer and it seemed open. Haven't been on it yet this year though.

Yeah, Mike Day turned me onto the Smiths and I picked up a pair of the Chromapop polarchromic ignitors last summer. I had better success spotting fish and tracking small dry flies on the water than with my old Oakleys. I still wear Oakleys for driving and casual, but I don't see anything replacing my Smiths for fishing any time soon.

Combination of both really, and yes I agree 100% about the stormwater management. Lots of people in general might have been outraged when they saw that picture but then went out and washed their vehicle in the driveway and dumped the grey water down the storm drain when they were done. Like I said, easy to jump on the bandwagon over a picture of one guy, but then don't think about all the other *hit we do to this river on a regular basis.