Weedy1

"QUOTE(steelhead @ Sep 27 2007, 11:02 PM) You bet I researced with dries, nymphs, feeding habits, hatches and all the other piddle and crap(been there, done that!), but I now only throw streamers. Sick of catching lots of little fish." I would have to assume he has been attaching streamers to his pickeral rigs.

I'm still wondering how Steelhead did with the pickeral rig this summer:

Taco, give the old guy a break eh. He still hasn't got past using these, you know it's hard to keep up once you get to Clive's age.

Let us look at this rationally. We will start by dropping the plural form of millions, billions and trillions to keep the calculations simple. A million times a billion times a trillion is the number of baitfish you say is in the Bow (rounded down by me cause I'm writing this and I have that option): 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (that’s one octillion baitfish in the Bow) Now lets say a baitfish weighs on average 5 grams. That would mean there is 5 octillion grams or 5 septillion kilograms or 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 grams of baitfish in the Bow. The entire Bow River is about 587 km or 587 000 meters long. For calculation purposes, I'll say it is 100 meters wide and 1-meter deep on average. This means the entire water volume of the Bow would be: 587 000 meters * 100 meters * 1 meters = 58,700,000 cubic meters of water. One cubic meter of pure water weighs 1000 kg. We all know the Bow is a poo hole, so lets add a few kg. 58,700,000 cubic meters * One cubic meter of Bow Poo Water at 1200 kg/ cubic meter of poo water= 70,440,000,000 kg of Bow Poo Water in the entire length of the river. So to summarize, according to the calculations there is: 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms of baitfish in the Bow and 70,440,000,000 kilograms of Bow Poo Water in the entire length of the river Steelhead, I think you may be out a baitfish or two. I am being forced to reassess the hypothesis of intelligent life on Earth.

A couple from: www.engrish.com. I have my doubts with a lot of these I have seen on the net though, being they're fairly simple to make up.

Birchy, Wholesale in Edmonton carries Orvis and are selling off what they have left, including waders. Apparently, they are no longer going to be selling Orvis. You may want to check the Calgary store.

Yes, I have one sitting on my lap as we speak. Picked it up for a little more than 10 grand. Pocket change for this chump. Didn't let the wife know yet, may not. Wait I think I'm dreaming...........Oh, just woke up. Are these guys F'in insane? 5000lbs for a reel? http://www.hardyfishing.com/index.php?if=view&pid=424 Funny thing is I was just googling "the worlds most expensive fly reel" and didn't see anything up in the 10 grand mark. I think you found it for me Pacres. Anyone know what the most expensive reel ever sold went for?

I got 4. HA, TAKE THAT! Hey there's always next year.

And you went out on thin ice again? You're wacko man, cold water freaks me out, never mind ice. I don't go on it till it's 30", but then it's always in a warm vehicle. http://www.snobearindustries.com/ This is what a guy needs for ice fishin. I saw this on Bob’s show this weekend. Pretty cool vehicle, raises and lowers on top of a hole you drill from inside the unit. Ice fishin for wimps.

For Lonefisher: I thought I would transfer your quote over to this thread as opposed to poluting Lynns thread any further. The following site wouldn't happen to be your site would it? http://www.eatbabies.com/recipes/babiesalaflambe.htm http://www.eatbabies.com

A few days after Christmas, a mother was working in the kitchen and listening to her son playing with his new electric trains in the living room. She heard the train stop and her son said, "All of you sons of bitches who want off, get the hell off now because this is the last stop. All of you sons of bitches who are getting on, get your asses on the train now, because we're leaving". The mother went into the living room and told her son, "We don't use that kind of language in this house. Now go to your room for two hours. When you come down, you may play with your trains as long as you use proper language." Two hours later, the mother was still working in the kitchen when her son comes out of his room and resumes playing with his trains. The train stopped and the mother heard, "All passengers who are disembarking the train, please remember to take all of your belongings. We thank you for riding with us today and hope your trip was a pleasant one. For those just boarding, we ask you to stow your hand luggage under the seat and we hope you enjoy your trip. For those of you who are pissed off about the two hour delay, please see the bitch in the kitchen..."

MTB - have you not run into the fisherman that tells you a story one week, only to have him tell you a different story the next week while forgetting he told you the story the week before? I thought this was what fishing was all about, lies and deception. No?

I'm at -4 messages this morning, deleted everything and still at -4.

Hey, where did all the Darth Vader pics go?

Or you could google "elk river bc shuttles" and come up with this: http://www.davebrownoutfitters.com/fly_shop.html

Steelhead, hit the river with the newspaper of the day, a digital camera and a tape measure. Lay all the 24"+ fish on the newpaper with the tape measure, make sure the date on the paper can be seen, then take some shots. Do this for several days then bring back the proof and post it on the board. That'll show em for not knowing Rubes like you and I catch all the big fish!

Well F&W phoned me this morning. It turns out they had a call about the bear the day before I came across it. F&W said someone shot it most likely because the bear had been in the area feeding in the ditches for the week or so prior to being shot. There was no witness's nor any type of evidence they could go on therefore the bear was left where it was found so that animals could feed on it. The lady I talked to said the bear was in it's natural habitat when shot and was not posing any type of safety issue to anyone. Sad isn't it........

I considered what you're saying Jeffro and it makes the most sense. I suspect this may have happened within a few hours of my travel by the area and whatever caused the trampling of the grass was gone, most likely scarred off by the morning traffic. I would think though that a few wolves or coyotes would tear apart a small bear in no time, maybe not? I did check the road for any indication of a hit and found nothing. There were a few ravens feeding on it when I approached. Hopefully F&W gets back to me. Here's a real sickening article to read if your bored: http://www.american.edu/TED/bear.htm

Already happened, waiting for a reply.

Here are the pics: This area had no signs of a vehicle being driven in there. The brown/black tracks you see is hair from the bear and gouges as though the bear had been dragged. The road is what you see on the very far right of the picture near the trees. For a vehicle to throw a bear this distance it would have had to been doing quite the clip, hit it and then thrown it off at an angle. Like I said before something just doesn't seem right with the whole picture. I've seen many many dead animals in different settings but there is something about this one that is strange.

Anyone here have any experience in regards to what and how parts are taken from a bear when it is poached? I ran across a dead bear about 50ft from the edge of a forestry road today. Something seemed strange to me so I stopped, had a look and took some pics. (I'll post them tommorow) The bear had no obvious signs of gunshots but I found it strange that it was so far from the edge of the road coupled with the fact there was an area adjacent to where it laid that had hair scattered around as though the bear had been dragged around. The butt end of the bear had a large area that was opened up whether it was by man or animals I don't know. I am curious to know if the gall bladder may have been cut out of it and if the rear is where it would be taken from.

You young guys just don't get it do you. Now let me explain. If you learn how to cast like that you will get the chicks, simple. Therefore it is a neccessity.

I hear you Taco, I've been royally screwed in the past, not by just by my insurance company but by the industry in whole. But I won't go there cause I would probably have to seek heart medication first. Frickin insurance company intercompany agreements, insurance bureau lawyers, bad cops, F350's, car jockeys that can't drive, lying Ford dealers.....

Ok, replied.

I see you beat me to it Sirocco.