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    Not For Young Eyes... Progressives Or Bi-Focals

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

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    My vision is OK for long distance but sucks close up. I wear progressive glasses at work because I can't wear "readers" as every thing else is blurred when looking "up". For fishing I wear polarized bifocal readers. I have a few pairs of the "Guidelines" as well as a recently purchased (E-Bay) pair of Smiths. All work well and were less than $70. I would guess from my experience. that if your vision is OK except for reading etc. polarized bifocals may work better than progressives as the progressive lens is set up to look straight ahead and the peripheral is blurred. You may miss a rising fish "in the corner of your eye".

     

     

    ...my .02 centavos.

    Poachers

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

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    I believe "Streamwatch" was an attempt at improving enforcement in some areas. It was a privately funded program that paid for a student from a Conservation program to patrol the rivers etc. It has seemed to have fallen to the wayside. This forum did a lot of fundraising for it.

     

    Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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    Curious About Ffc Members

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

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    While in my teens my family would camp near Lake Placid in New York state's Adirondack Mountains (Early '70's). There were a lot of stocked lakes and I was mesmerized watching people fly cast. later I worked in a sporting goods store and bought a rod and reel with my staff discount. I used to practice casting in my back yard and then go back and fish those very lakes with minimum success. I would also fish the Ausable and Chateauguay rivers,

    I moved to Banff in '78 and a co-worker and I would hike to high lakes and fly fish there.

    I then stopped fly fishing for 20 years. I then met a guy 11 years ago who would get me back into fly fishing and camping. We would go fishing/camping to Waiporous as well as the Upper Oldman area. It was awesome to be out there again. He would leave me on the river and he taught me nothing about the sport as I realized, being self taught. that I had a lot to learn.

    I began to tag along with a couple of customers from the pub that enjoyed fly fishing. We would go to the Crow and the Oldman and I fell in love with that area. I bought my own vehicle and I'd go camping down to the Oldman every week on my days off. I would be camping every week from opening day until October. I did this for a few years and then I bought a trailer and would park it there seasonally. The trailer was subsequently named the "Cutty Hut!!

    I have just finished my 5th season with the "Cutty Hut" and I have to admit I'm starting to know what I'm doing. For sure I have a wrinkle in my casting that I need fixed and I'm not a good nympher and I've never thrown a streamer but I feel more confident out there, I've had many FFC members join me at the "Cutty Hut" and I enjoy there advice and listening to their stories. I feel that no one knows everything about fly fishing but I enjoy gleaning bits and pieces from the people I meet.

     

     

     

     

    Oh.....I've never fished the Bow!!!

     

    Look at me!!!!!!!!!!

     

    I have 1,000 posts!!!

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    Storing 2 Fly Rigs.....hopper/dropper Etc

    in Ask the Pros

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    I have been using a lot of 2 fly rigs while fishing the last month. I have been using a hopper-dropper as well as a dry fly-emerger set up. What is a good way to store these 2 fly set ups in your vest while on the river. Also a suggestion of how to store the loose 18" pieces of tippet would be welcome.

     

    Has anybody tried any of the hopper/dropper flyboxes available?

     

    Thoughts?

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