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Glow in the dark beads? Thanks for the tip, never tried them. Fabricland has the thread in various colors except red, which of course I wanted. Michaels has white glow in the dark yarn which I would like to dye but I'm thinking it may not glow afterwards. Where did you get the beads?

Yah but do you regret it? Happy B'day Taco

Hey that makes a great avatar. You can steal it from me if you want Flyangler.

I think a lot of us do Toolman. That's why the sport is so interesting to me. I have been taught and read info that I know is crap now, but it was fun learning why that was. The variables involved in the sport is what keeps us coming back for more. Your comment would make an interesting and most likely explosive thread BTW...

I've heard of Max's casting even in Edmonton. I guess the "Bow River Ninja" tag suits him well. I'd love to see him cast when he's 50.

I have no opinion on the subject, nor does this neccesarily apply to the Bow or southern Alberta streams, but thought I would add the following taken from this source. http://www.orvis.com/intro.asp?subject=364&bhcp=1 “Unlike fish responding to a hatch, trout can be eating terrestrials and you’ll never notice. One reason is that they might see a beetle only once or twice an hour, and the chances of you looking at exactly the right spot aren’t good. An even more important reason is that when trout eat low-floating terrestrial insects, there is hardly ever a splash. Sometimes you see a subtle ring on the water, sometimes a black snout poking above the surface, and sometimes you see a hopper just disappear into a hole in the water with no visible sign of a rise. Best places to try a terrestrial fly are where riffles deepen into a dark slot (especially near a deep bank but not necessarily), in concave impressions along a bank that form small bays, and along undercut banks, especially ones that flow through meadows.” Other info: http://chanriverguide.com/hoppers.htm http://www.foxvalleytu.org/html/lets_talk_bugs_oct_05.htm http://www.flyfishingdvd.com/Terrestrialinsects.html http://www.westfly.com/feature/9908/feature_71.htm

Anyone ever use glow in the dark thread / yarn for any patterns and if so was it beneficial to use it?

Congrats and glad to hear everything went ok.

That's too bad Dutch. At least next year the travel expenses should be lowered a bit. It can really suck being in a position where you become too heavily relied upon. I know the feeling. For years when I went on vacation it always had to be arranged when things were not too busy at the office. For the last 10 out of 20 years I have just said the hell with it and gone. Work can wait, and if they can't have anyone else to do the job when I'm gone too bad. If they don't like it they can fire me. It's nice living in Alberta, almost anyone can get a job just by making a phone call. In my opinion holidays should be mandatory with no exceptions. The amount of time given should also increase on a sliding scale based on service. After 10 years an employee should have to take 3 months off, after 20 years 6 months off. It would prevent burnout.

Dutch, we do have cormorants. They are called a Double-Crested Cormorant. As far as I know they have only been a problem in a few lakes. Black Nugget lake in central Alberta was apparantly cleaned our a few years back by the cormorants. There is a fellow with a "pay to fish" pond next to Black Nugget that told me he shoots quite a few of them a year.

Japanese Fishing with Cormorants I wonder if this would be legal in Alberta? What do you think? http://phototravels.net/japan/ukai-cormorant-fishing.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qZ-tTY6x4

It's official, leave your lighters and quads at home. http://albertafirebans.ca/ http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/whatsnew/pdf/firebanarea.pdf

I guess that would apply to me on the Crow. I'm not used to these "Tourist" streams. At least I wasn't stupid enough to waste my time dropping everything in my fly box in front of him. I knew he had my number.

Is it normal to have 18 inch rainbows sitting so close to your feet that you could step on them? Or is there an abundance of deaf and blind fish in the Crow? I followed one 3/4 the way across the river today, all while being within 5 feet of it. I've seen this before but no where near to the extent I experienced today.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/licences/

No Taco, this one's safe. Go ahead press that play button. I dare yah!

This is a great video. Some spectactular footage.

Check this out. I can't get past level 3 without crashing into the wall. It helps to turn up your sound a bit so you get warned when your getting close to the wall. If you have a popup blocker you may have to press the control key to get the game running. Have fun! EDIT: WARNING: Not recommended for children or anyone with a heart condition. It's a joke. You may want to email it to your enemies though. http://www.winterrowd.com/maze.swf

Yes, keep up the good work! Nice fly. Don't worry too much about the herl, it will get wet and not look so bulky.

Do they explode some where in the video? I just couldn't watch it all. Thanks for putting that in my head Darren.

Did the Dodger get you started Dave?

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Fished for 40 yrs. Started spin casting at 3. Started tying flies at 12, stopped at 15. Started fly fishing for pike at 20 stopped at 25, kept spin casting. Started fly fishing for Trout at 38, haven’t stopped yet, dropped the spin casting. Started tying flies again at 41. Next step - move somewhere with streams and rivers, enough of this pothole lake crap!

I must say when I saw the topic of this poll fishing didn't even cross my mind. All you guys that did think the poll was about fishing should go out and buy the wife some flowers and cook her dinner tonight. Oh, by the way I prefer early morning, twoish or so!

Awesome casting, I'm jealous. Actually the guy is so good I shouldn't even be allowed to be jealous.