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I ride a lot and this bugs the hell out of me. There always seems to be someone skidding to a stop in the middle of a four lane road to wave me across, while the other 3 lanes keep going

Well done.

They took out the plethora of mesh vents on the upper, which was where mine fell apart after 2 years. Also, the new sole is full width and easier to change. It should offer better grip with the felt soles because of the increased felt area. I selfishly hope that they are more durable.

They look like small, really thin earthworms. If you don't find them, most bigger pet shops sell frozen ones as food. They'd probably help you out. I like these for simplicity: http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...fm?parentID=107

Just make sure that you wear gloves with that stuff. It's proven to be far more toxic than was once believed.

Thank you - that really helped me through last night's tying session. However, I noticed that you cheated on your other Elk Valley video. The rainbows were from Alberta, on a river that shant be named.

Kinda like you became the world's pre-eminent climatologist while post-docing at Fox News?

The solution to that would be a cut-rate day license for residents with further discounts for minors. This way we can still jack up the fees and buddy with 2 kids who just want to drown a worm on their annual trip to the lake won't be shelling out $200. With online purchasing, its not inconvienient.

Oh I know all that - I have some of my own and think long and hard before I disseminate them amoung my aquaintance. It's a big part of what I love about the game. But I'm not doing this professionally, so I was curious as to how guides deal with the apparent catch22 between having an income, or keeping one's secrets. There's also the potential for a race to the bottom in which if one of your peers starts guiding on THAT river, you may as well too. So the question I had was how do you prevent this from happening, or do you simply keep pushing back the boundaries year after year?

A couple of recent topics (Hawgstopper's hawgs in the photo section and DaveJensen's NZ topic) got me thinking - from what I understand, the prep for this involves a LOT of walking and fishing to find those special fish and spots that people will pay for. Given that, do you guys actually take locals out or do you try to stick with out-of-province/country folks? It would seem to me that with the former, you would slowly guide your way out of a job as your favorite haunts become overrun with your one-time clients.

On the other hand, I was mucking about with a fussy cutt on the Livingstone on Tuesday, and when I got him on a #18 spinner, he had a #6 egg sucking leech in his craw. I was thinking: how on earth do you break off a cutt on 3X?

Indeed. Once the poachers/quadders/human toxic waste have finished destroying your current favorite spots, they'll come here to find your new ones and move on to them. It's sad, but given the current near total lack of enforcement, we can't be too secretive.

Which Tiemcos? The 2487 is completely and utterly useless unless you only fish 6x. The others have been OK for me.

I can recall days when I was nearly geared out and suffering going DOWN the Coach Road. The flip side of days like this is the ride home; life really does begin at 50 (mph).

Why not combine the two? A couple of weeks back I had my wife give me a headscarf from my parents place in the Hat and then meet me at Reesor for a day on Battle. Much fun!!

Yeah, the euros have crits, but they ride them like we play old-timers hockey games. They think we're nuckin futs for actually racing them.

I don't know if this will interest anyone or not, but there is a big race going on in Banff from Thursday to Sunday. For the most part, I am of the opinion that watching bike racing is like watching paint dry. However, the criterium on Saturday night is just about the best free entertainment one can find. It's 60 laps of a 1km lap in downtown Banff. For those who've never seen such a thing, you'll be shocked at the speed. Add in the most dangerous course I've ever seen and probably some rain to make the roads nice and slick and the bloodsport aspect will only add to the spectacle (I think the red smear I left in front of the theatre last year is still faintly visible). For info, the main site is here: http://www.banfflakelouise.com/events-and-...spectator-guide This is the criterium page (note that the lower categories go first, so the fast boys won't be off until ~8:00): http://www.banfflakelouise.com/events-and-...tails/criterium And, finally, reading this would probably help any would-be spectator to know what's going on (just like Nascar, it's all about drafting): http://www.banfflakelouise.com/events-and-...tails/criterium

I bought one of their lower end reels for my wife to get started on last year; it's a waste of aluminum.

I posted one a short while back on the "what are you tying" thread that I like a lot. The body is just midge floss and the hackle stacker ball on top floats well and is easy to see. Works for a lot of things.

...and the other one.

bhurt - pardon my poor photography, but I'm pretty excited about these and they're pretty easy to tie. I could post instructions if you like. If it's the traditional Klinkhammer you're into, I would suggest using midge floss for the body and using Craven's posting and hackling method, as in this BWO tutorial: http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...fm?parentID=131

That's a great book. His website is equally good if you're looking for instructions for other patterns.

The rules of the road just make so much sense; problems generally start when someone behaves unpredictably. That said, I disagree with your assertion, at least when it comes to people who would label themselves as cyclists. I know an awful lot of them and the most are quite good. In any event, we live in a province in which 90% of drivers can't pass a learner's exam and therefore do not know the rules of the road. Surely, this is a greater issue.

Off leash dogs. People who, when I'm at a stop sign on my bike, slam on their brakes and stop in the middle of the road like I'm a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Bonus points for when it's a 4-lane road and said driver sits there waving me across while in the other 3 lanes, presumably populated by people who know the rules of the road, traffic is whizzing by.

Somewhat tangential, but I just went searching through the BC Sportfishing Regulations and can't find any mention of indicators or lead being banned in classified waters. Nevertheless, I have heard this before; it just doesn't seem to be in the regulations. Which one is it?