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I went with the switch rod, as I'll find the shorter length easier to use on any bull trout streams, but it does share a large portion of its grain window with the DC rod, so I would be able to share the elixir line with the DC, though to get to the optimum length on the elixir I would need a cheater.

The RIO Modern Speycasting DVD's are excellent - 4 hours on 3 discs, covers traditional spey stuff as well as skagit, and I haven't made it to the 3rd DVD yet. Be sure to check the length of what you're buying, I've seen 24 minute DVD's for the same price.

From what I've gathered from speypages and a message from Courtney, I'm looking a the 7/8 primarily because I already have a DC 5/6 for the Bow, and I wanted something with some more backbone that can handle bulls, some steelhead, and possible some pike. I imagine nymphing might be better with the lighter rod for more sensitivity. His response to my question on the 7/8:

It's here in Calgary according to a quick google search.

Back at ya, may the fishing gods bring a joyous new year on the river!

Mark "Wrecking Ball" Recchi Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion And of course, Hakan Loob's chant every time he scored.

Sorry to hear about that, but keep an eye on ebay, you never know if they'll turn up. In my experience, robbers can be quite the dumbf**cks.

Thinking of heading down on Saturday morning if anyone's still got room or wants to carpool, PM me.

I tried out a magnifier/lamp I found at Staples, but they decided to use a cheap plastic piece for the part that would take the most stress, so until I fix that it's a $10 clip on light you can get pretty much anywhere. Take a good look at any lamp you want to buy and make sure they're sturdy and not too heavy up top.

I have a bad stomach ache, and it ain't from the Grappa last night. :/

A couple hits from Google: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/375651 http://driveit.clickspace.com/webpage/1000189/1000100 Fish by courier is going to be carrier dependent, so you'll have to ask around. Lobster is done from the east coast, so I'd imagine someone does it from the west as well. Some of the shops might do it.

It's on there, below the pic.

Some interesting news today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7137772.stm

The hotels are still slowly being built up in Varadero, but with money from Europe. They even have a fledgling oil industry, but it mostly produces low grade oil, although they're trying to produce power out of the gas that's coming off of the wells. Funny sight seeing a brand new F350 burning down the road, passing old 50's era Chevys and European compacts!

I don't know what the current case is under Bush, but when I was in there in 2003, Cuba wasn't completely cut off from the US. Families were still allowed to fly in from Miami, and there were tourists skipping customs scrutiny by going through Puerto Rico, although the majority of tourists were Canadian or European. There was also a Texan I met in the cigar shop in Havana on an "agricultural mission". Cuba is missing out on some basics, but it's more to do with what their economy is based on (tourism and sugar for the most part) rather than its having an embargo from one neighbor, which the rest of the world ignores. There are other countries in the region with more drugs, crime, and Disneyesque like tourism cities than Cuba (that said Cubans still don't have basic rights and freedoms). I enjoyed travelling to Havana to see an old Spanish colonial city, not a sea of extravagant hotels.

Shrimp hook, any color thread, Antron, and 4 colors of wire. Pieces of my vise jaws snapping off and flying into your eye not included.

And there's exactly how many months of cabin fever left?

Sounds like part of the keyboard is toast and shorting. I don't know if windows allows the user to turn off the built in keyboard on a laptop and use an external one, but it may be something to check if you can get into Device Manager.

First try at a wet, Gosling from the Fly Tying Bible: Hook: 8-10 Brown thread Tail: Pheasant tail Dub: Golden brown Hackle 1: Reddish brown Hackle 2: Teal flank Rib: Gold oval tinsel

Great pics, looks like you picked the perfect time to go down there!

That's because Saskatchewan doesn't have a team!

While tossing jars of eggs at poachers?

http://www.traditionalangler.com/Whiting_Capes.asp

I'm looking at a toque and hat, possibly a hoodie depending on what sizes are available.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY I could probably spend a day or two going through all of their old material in my collection.