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Did the shack nasties thread just take over the entire forum?

Hang em high! Love the avatar btw.

Stop by any meeting to check out the club.

Stop by the hook and hackle club if you want to look at a few before making a decision - and the lessons are included with a membership. The beginner's course starts Oct 14, and we meet most 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. http://hookandhackleclub.org/meetings_32.html

You can make your own interchangeable line by cutting the first 10' (or whatever length of tip you want) and using poly leaders or sink tips attached with loop connections. Or, if you have a cheap line you don't mind cutting, making a small loop to loop connection and then "welding" more line material over it to create a seamless junction. Search for welding on Speypages. I did this with an airflo 40+ and it works great.

Already being done in a natural way to rehab salmon streams with frozen salmon and a woodchipper. http://www.lcfeg.org/LCFEG_Newsletter_March_06_1_.pdf I have an idea that involves some frozen perch....

Don't know if it was 6, but she did manage to outfish a few of us on the Castle. And she got cake during the Hook and Hackle fishout. Hmmm...I need to start moving my birthday around.

In the past I'd drink more beers until the fish size matched my outstretched arms. Now I just use a measure-net.

Happy b-day all!

Those are some nice pike! And some scary storms.

Great info Paul; when I get out this weekend I'll find time to take a few pics if I can find a good example of the land being misused.

Nice pics! I was out of breath just thinking of trying to get that high up.

I'd help out as well (seeing that summer can't last forever). Rickr: I hear citizenship is granted automatically if you bathe in maple syrup and manage to hike around the Castle area for 3 days without getting eaten by a grizzly...but those are just rumors. But I think it should be open to anyone who wants to help out.

Great pics! And a new excuse to buy a waterproof camera, gotta love it!

ATV's do require an OHV license already, and insurance on top of that. But it's doubtful that any of that money comes back to help the areas that get destroyed. I believe there are ATV groups that promote responsible use of the vehicles - perhaps your idea is more akin to an operator card that would require an online course to acquire? And shutting down the area can also have disastrous effects. Biologists don't want to completely close a stream unless they have to; they'd rather make it catch and release - with no fishermen around, who's going to call in the poachers? Energy companies still need access, and if the government isn't going to pay for enforcement today, it's highly unlikely they'll be will to patrol the access roads and camping areas 24/7.

For change to happen, you're going to need to get public attention on the area; posting stories won't do much - you need to get the media involved but you'll probably need to provide them with some incentive to print a story. Posting stories complaining that they're doing nasty things is one thing, but rarely do we see pictures or other proof (such as scientific studies on fish populations) that the area is being harmed. If a journalist had a bit of incentive because people prove there is a story, a newspaper article in the Herald or Sun could gain support from the vast population that doesn't venture from the city limits too often, which is far more effective at getting attention in the Legislature than a few fisherman writing letters. With that in mind, there are still camping fishing spots I've been to which don't have litter strewn about them; even the leftover firewood has been stacked nicely! There's also a healthy but picky population of trout in the water to fish for. So there are responsible users somewhere, we just need to educate and weed out the abusers.

Make sure the length of leader you use to the third fly is shorter than that to the second fly. Less tangles.

Great pics! I love the action shot and the colors on those brookies. Too bad it doesn't stay after a roast!

I've only been out to the Liv a few times this year, and all after the heavy rains we had. The only dries I could take them on were no bigger than 16, as everything else passed over a pool full of fish without even a look. It probably has a bit to do with pressure, but I've also always seen a few fish feeding hard on the bottom, and nymphing has been successful. Could it be that during some of the major hatches it wasn't worth the effort to fight the cold/high water when the fish could feed much more easily on the food washed down? I'll be going out to the castle system the week of the 14th; I'll be sure to do more experimentation on streams that don't see as much traffic. Hopefully the october caddis get the fish interested in big dries by then.

Great pics!

Happy birthday!!

Sorry to hear the news, but it sounds like he left alot of fond memories to share.

Happy birthday! Is Earl going to be at the party?

By the title I just thought Rick was really bored at work. Good luck with the procedure!

LMAO! Sounds like a great trip!