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Thanks for the heads up. I live in Airdrie so easy for me. I sent an email, about the flytying books

Please accept this reply as an entry for the draw. Thanks Bob

DVD's RIO's Modern Speycasting 3 disc set & Skagit Master #1.

Wet Duck got me in to Airflo's Cold Water 20lb running line. I like it a lot, now on 2 reels.

If you can still find it, try The Phenological Fly by Bob Scammell published byJohnson Gorman Publishers of Red Deer where I believe Mr Scammell. Also Jim McLennans book Trout Streams of Alberta. Thes books talk about & show flys & patterns with hooks sizes for Alberta's Bugs

I have a older Clack & the only things that I would change is the rear leg brace to a newer version. It is a pain to climb over when changing rowers or sometimes getting in & out, but it is a good place to store the cooler when only 2 in the boat & the road storage. I have extra rods hanging out the back sometimes & have to make dam sure they are secure. I just about lost one once going under some trees & just by luck I caught before it went overboard.

Good rod storage, & strong rounded chines, the Bow has rocks.

I have been reading all these post, & thinking how fortunate all of you are to be able to go after Steelhead, it's on my bucket list, but job & funds keep me from it. I have been accumulating the equipment, the rods, & flies to be ready. For the record I swing flies on the Bow a lot & even though I catch more fish while nymphing I absolutely love the casting, the swinging, & the Tug & because of this I want or need to feel the same with a Steelhead. 1000 casts, who cares if I can get that Tug, that 1 big electrical type shocking Tug!

My boat has a cover & I store mine outside year round, it sits high on the front so it drains after a float trip during the season, & during winter it sits the same way, bow in the air so the the snow slides off. Never been a concern, or a worry for me, I just wash it & clean it up good & put her in the back yard, ready for next year.

Sorry to kinda hijack your thread I have a Electric Trolling Motor for sale it is Motor Guide Lazer 370ES/RF. it has seen a lake 3-4 times, in very good shape. I have a transom mount which it is attached to now & also a bow mount. It is remotely controlled which in other words it has a push button pad that can be used anywhere in the boat to steer & control speed. It has 41 lbs thrust which moved my 15' drift boat very well. $250. Thanks Bob

If didymo, I found lots the other night, had a difficult time keeping my balance, but it was in slower water where I was standing casting into faster water.

Fish Tales

The only reason for me that it is better, is because of the long length of time we have had higher water. So far this year I have only been low holed a couple of times & by gear guys, not fly, but have had only 1 boat ( a guide boat) come in close enogh where I had to stop fishing & question his ancestary. I fish Montana a lot this isnt an issue & I have been trying to think of why this is. More anglers? Knowledgable anglers? More polite, more give & take, better understanding of etiquette? Maybe it is the city? More people closer together wanting to fish? If that the case then more etquette education is needed.Also I find that the bad etiquette lessens the longer into the season you go. Put a boat on the Beaverhead, a river the same size as the Crow, where there are lots of waders & drifters and everyone is great, happy, enjoying life & catching fish, no issues, great day, great experience. Another thing I notice the boats dont realize how far a spey or swtch rod can throw & fly, so I'm watching for boats when I have my long rod out, I have come close to putting a streamer into boat, not knowing he was there.

but How do you explain the water noise? Washroom? I come clean when I'm caught, only because I dont carry the laptop, in my slingpack.

Thanks for the heads up on the weekend. We changed the day,switched to Thursday. We like the Werthers!

What ever you do, dont remove the inspected by #5 sticker!

I have seeded & have sodded. if you have the time seeding is superior, better root system,thicker lawn & cheaper. As far as the best results, prep is the key, good top soil, rent a wide lanscaping rake 3'-4' wide to find the high & low spots, rent a lawn roller to pack, good seed for our area of north america,then water a lot for 2 purposes, so lawn has water to grow & to keep the seed on the lawn in case of wind, & keep everyone off.Then a couple of week a beautiful lawn, & coin saved for a new rod.

I have a Cliff's Bugger Barn, a little big, but easily organizes the streamers

The only guy I know that takes pictures of Grizzly Scat! Happy Birthday Clive.

Congrat's on the fish & first time with a spey rod, nice! Spey is great fun. I was out this afternoon but got blanked, nice to hear you caught fish.

I think Fish Tales is having their Spey O Rama April 24th, give them a call to confirm or check their website.

Looks fun, maybe take up ice fishing.

Today was the first day with my TCX5119 & it looks like it comes with good Karma. I caught a nice 18" Brown, & what a beautiful Brown it was, quite dark, darker than any Brown I have ever caught before, but alas no picture. Anyway back to the topic. I was spey casting with RIO's new 5/6 Switch line and was doing pretty well getting some good distance but my guides were icing up & couldnt shoot any line, so I switched (pun not intended) to nymphing. I cast all the different ways spey with a streamer, then overhand & spey while nymphing, and must say the distance with an overhand cast with 2 flys was was pretty darn impressive, with little effort, no tangles & with the ability to make quite large mends was a benefit. As the Poll suggest the primary reason was for me was the Spey Casting, but the ability to change casts made my day, & is also the reason for me purchasing a Switch rod, Also the RIO Switch Line was big help also, because of it design the change from the Sink Tip to 2 fly rig nymphing with an indicator was pretty simple.

My Old Faithfull was a T & T 5wt blank that I bought from Peter Smallman in Cochrane many years ago, I cant remember when nor can I remember the model, gotta be 25 years. It was though the first rod I ever built, a grey blank with my Daughter's favorite color purple for thread wrapping. It has caught my largest fish ever that broke it but repaired, also caught fish in Alberta & Montana & still in good shape except, it maybe in need of a make over soon.