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I keep mine in a several plastic compartment boxs. Easy to sort, carry find and store.

Lots of good names here but I would start with "Spot" as it covers puppyhood, as they get older and if he nips "Chomper" covers it. If a smart dog perhaps William Shakespaw or Queen Elizabark. If you like star wars "Jabba the Mutt" or "C3 Pee-O". But seriously whatevery you name the pup do it soon and use it often, an older dog has already lived with a name so it takes some re-training to remove the old trigger. Our last Brittany we called "Popper" because of her vavasious mood. and I had a Doberman that was "Brook".

There where a great many trips I remember but In the early 60’s as a youngster I accompanied my Dad on yet another fly-fishing trip to the Campbell River. My youthful mind at that time did not always focus on fishing but often strayed to exploring under rocks and banks with boyish glee. The trip was a joy with no school and miles of river to frolic in with bamboo rod and sketchpad. It was one of many guided trips and like others I could not give you the name of our guide, a burley French Canadian that reeked of cigar smoke but enough to say he knew how to even put a youngsters fly in front of a Salmon, which pleased Dad as he could smile at me and fish uninterrupted. I do remember we stayed for 3 days on that occasion and where meeting on the second day with “Roddy” a friend of Dad’s who he exchanged occasional flies and letters with. It was a fun day drifting the Campbell and in the evening we drove into a village and had supper in a small café. Roddy looked at a ragged sketchbook I dragged around in those days and flipped through. He smiled, got up and went to his station wagon parked out front, returning with two books and scribbled on the insides. I thought they where how to books he was giving me and was delighted thanking him profusly. It wasn’t till we where home and weeks later that I started reading those books. And noticed that the scribbles where a dedication, poem and signature that matched the authors name. - Roderick Haig-Brown

Don Anderson Bamboo rod maker extraordinaire Watcher of the waters Advocate of threats to our resource Vocal spokesman for our resources for longer than some of our forum members have been alive.

Quote from the - Pincher Ceek Voice http://www.pinchercreekvoice.com/search/label/News ---------------------------------------------------- "Six men from Lethbridge were at the Pincher Creek Provincial Court today, Tuesday September 29, to face charges related to poaching fish from the Oldman River. Kanchan Subba, Harka Gurung, Suk Bahadur Subba, Sunny Gurung, Sha Bahadur Subba, and Dhan Kumar Gurung were tried as a group, and pleaded guilty to a charge of Unlawfully Caught Fish." ------------------------------------------------ I did see you on the CBC, very well spoken, I also agree that the fines where way to lenient. Since when does "fishing for sustenance" come into play as a defense or that of "new Canadians"? In my opinion there should have been a five year license ban along with equipment seizure. And the cancellation of licenses for the remainder of a season that is almost over for that body of water is also a joke. I also notice that by the published names of the offenders they shared a last name. I wish thy had also shared a fishing regulation and the honesty to read and obey a sign.

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I agree with Murray, handing out stiff penalties sends a message plus education for others who might consider such negative actions.

I like the idea of a floating dock, it could have the open area covered with mesh and be safe.

Nice post

Most of the reputable Local fly shops have fly tying lessons that are a nice way to dip your toe in also along with the H & H club mentioned above. I have written a bit on my blog about starting fly tying if you're interested https://lornce.wordpress.com/is-fly-tying-for-you/. You can also post questions here. Lots of great tiers with honest opinions.

The farm next door was bought by a young guy from the city. I wandered over to see how he was doing and offer him a beer, I had heard he was trying to raise chickens. Found him on his back quarter shaking his head. "What's the matter" I said? "Chicks keep dying on me" he replied "not sure if I'm planting them too deep or too far apart. .

The general rule of thumb when fishing streams is that the indicator should go above the fly about 1-1/2 times the water depth. That said you may not want to change your depth for every run you fish, but should do so if the depth does change radically, so using an average works. In shallower sections you can "high stick" the run with your indicator out of the water. Mind you I'll often go with a classic presentation with no indicator and just watch the tip of my fly line as the indicator. There is a very large difference between fly fishing an indicator and a bobber. With a bobber you are waiting for it to go down (aka: per fishing with worms). Indicator fishing is just that, signalling the smallest touch, twitch or change in direction to let you know when to set the hook. That's the basics, what you are needing to achieve is 1) a dead natural drift with your nymph 2) through the zone where your Trout lie. Achieving both these is the trick.

Wonderful video I look forward to them.

Been using it this year with a high rate of success. Was was watching big Cutties proposing for Emergers on one of our streams and tried to combine the triggers (the UV in Peacock & red head and butt). I sometimes cut back the hair with scissors on the water to reduce to trico and ant size. The red on the hook bend entices like an emerger. The heavy wide gape both acts as a rudder to right it, large bend for easier hookup and heavy to deal with some of the beefy Browns and Cuts I stumble on. The small size is also important. It also works when small stoneflies are emerging and as a prospecting fly. I am experimenting with a couple of color variations. The hook I've found has a large eye, which for an old bugger like me, helps, especially in low light and late evening.

The wife put up 7 quarts of Tomato sauce on the weekend, I packed 10 jars of dills pickles. Pickling carrots next weekend.

Yep, before we make tomato sauce. Some will end up in the pickling jars. The little red ones have a punch to them.

Tying up a few more Usuals with a twist in 18 to 20 on some new hooks.

Decided to pick our Peppers today, nice mixed bushel full.

Google earth dropped naming lakes and streams a while back along with mountains. Not sure why.

Not hard to replace, trick is to get the old felts off and get the surface cleaned and roughed before gluing. You might want to add some cleats or screws for traction while you have em on the hoist.

Great pix

Gosh I was just thinking that its been about 15 years since I chased Pheasants. In my youth it was a major event as fly tying materials where scarce and they're yummy.

Although we have been getting beauty tomatoes for a couple of months vine ripened, one the frosts get too sever I just pick the balance of the green ones and ripen them in the house. spread em on a cloth on the table and cover with another cloth.

Nobody's perfect. Neither is F/W.