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We all need a few of these in our homes. http://www.fishnflush.com/

A couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. They decide to go to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them that they are physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. His wife asks, "Where are you going?" "To the kitchen" he replies. "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" "Sure." "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks. "No, I can remember it." "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. You'd better write it down because you know you'll forget it." He says, "I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." "I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, so you'd better write it down!" she retorts. Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Leave me alone! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!" Then he grumbles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and says - "Where's my toast?"

I recall hearing that profits in the oil sands have been on downward trend for the last several quarters. If this is true, and assuming the companies did not know of the royalty review, I cannot see this as being a very "intelligent" time to be popping this upon the companies that drive this province. Have the profits been spiraling? Anyone?

A guy was sitting at the Super Bowl in the very best seat available. The guy on his left noticed there was an empty seat next to him and said, "Can you believe someone actually paid for that seat and didn't come to the game?" The fellow next to him replied, "Actually that's my wife's seat...we bought these tickets months ago. Unfortunately, my wife passed away so I came alone." "I'm sorry to hear that, but why didn't you give the ticket to a family member or friend?" "Oh, they're all at the funeral."

Ice racing Dave. That's where the fun begins!

So I bought a new net and gave it a try. The net is 68” at full length with a large enough opening to measure 40” fish, even has a built in scale that is reasonably accurate. The net seemed manageable until I go to land the first fish. I put the net in the water to scoop a fish and realize with the large basket it's like trying to move around a 4*8 sheet of plywood in a tornado. Sure it reaches the fish alright but I can barely lift the damn thing out of the water. The hell with it, I'm just going to use a baseball bat from now on. My family hates fish but they'll just hve to get used to it!

Ya sure. You have a girlfriend?

Everyone run! Run for the hills! He found us! He's back!!!! Everyone hide! Pretend you're not here!

WTF was that. You doing crack and surfin youtube again Esleech ?

Any time Rickr - I don't do ice though.

(Actually I'm not much taller and shrinking every day.)

Dat wuz feyen.......

This is from another site. Very interesting. Try and make it go clockwise and counterclockwise. There is a trick to it but I won't tell. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...281-661,00.html

No problem. Next time Edmonton is at the top of your list for fly fishing destinations give me a call.

That makes perfect sense Lonefisher, I'll try adjusting the reel like you say and get a longer handle net. Damn fish are just getting too big around here...

:wacko::wacko: The ladies loved him for his good looks and intellect. :wacko::wacko:

Taco you have to use the translator for Max to English.

Who is Tiger Williams? Are you a Canadian citizen yet? If not you better bone up on your hockey, it's on the test!

So I spent $500 on a rod that I can't land fish on. Great. BTW I don't have this problem in streams or rivers so everything said so far makes sense.

I use essentially the same approach mind you I have to deal with two anchor ropes also so the vertical pressure is usually more than the horizontal pressure. This happens periodically. When I fish water less than 10 feet deep I use only one fly usually. When in water 15-20 feet I will sometimes use 3 flies but spread apart enough that typically them hooking themselves is not an issue.

Interesting. I assume what your saying here is that if I put the two 5wt rods side by side with a 4lb weight hanging off of each of them the TFO would not have as much of a bow in it as the Sage?

I'll clarify this a bit. I'm landing the fish by myself with a measure net with a short extendable handle from a 14' boat. I have to get the fish right next to the boat or I would fall in. (It would help to have a longer handle on the net.) Yesterday I had a 4lb+ fish run twenty times without breaking off. (5mins+ of playing the fish) As soon as I got it to within 5 feet of the boat it had settled down and was ready to land. The rod had a good bow in it and I started to bring it towards the boat. The fish thrashed once and that was it. I was using a 1x RIO leader which broke about 5 feet from the thick end. A 1x leader at the 5 foot mark is probably equivalent to 5 pound test. The leader was new. The problem is when I'm bringing the fish to the boat. I have to put pressure on the fish in order to bring them close enough to the boat to land. If the fish thrash hard during the time I'm pulling the fish close to the boat I either lose them or they snap off. I cannot see any other way of landing them easier unless I play the fish for a stupid amount of time and completely tire them out. I try to land them as fast as possible which probably contributes to the snap offs. I guess the question is, is there an alternative way of bringing in the fish without having to put so much pressure on them?

Less than half a dozen? I did more than that yesterday alone. I'm not talking puny fish - 18" and up. What's your typical setup on a lake Brownstone? (ie - leader/tippet/knots)

I have been losing some hawgs the last couple of weekends while the fish are near my boat. ( < than 15ft of line out) What I'm finding is as I get the fish close to the boat, and there is a bend in the rod, it takes very little movement by the fish for them to snap off. I'm have been using a 9-1/2ft 5wt Sage XP this year while last year I was using a 9ft 5wt TFO signature series. I was not busting off nearly as many fish last year. I was told by an fellow yesterday that since the XP is a fast rod there is more chance of breakoffs. The theory is the XP doesn't have as much shock absorbtion as a slower rod. Any thoughts or solutions?

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