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I'm looking for a decent emerging chironomid pattern; one that mimics the fly in the surface film or close to it. I have experimented with several different patterns but I am not impressed with either the floatability or the look of the fly from below the water surface. (I float them in a fish tank to see their appearance.) What I am looking for is a pattern that will float on or within a few inches of the water surface that does not have to use so much hackle or foam to make it float that it takes away from the "look" of the fly. To be used without indicators. Anyone have any ideas or patterns? Thanks

Chris, to answer your question, yes a discount would be nice.

Now that's a great pic! Good job Clive.

I think they should make the river devoid off all trout species by poisoning the river then re-stock the river with Asian Carp, maybe even introduce a heater or two so that the river stays open for further stretches in the winter. Then they could put in a nice boardwalk alongside the river with a few canal boats going up and down. In a few decades it could look like this:

Anyone? I guess if nobody's been there that's a good sign.

Keep in mind here that I think ReelLife is talking about lake fishing, not the fishing you guys do on the Bow or larger rivers. Let me ask this: what are the best knots in your opinion for tieing together 3 chironomids? Or say a leech on top and two chronies below?

Here's some knot links for you Tim. http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing....imatedknots.com

That depends what your presenting and in what order. I find the cheese sticks better if it's bend to bend.

ReelLife: If your talking about the two fish I saw you lose you have to consider the fact that both of those fish appeared to take a run directly towards your boat, then take a leap. Bad luck. I have had the experience many times where the indicator goes down then a split second later there is a rainbow flying out of the water 20 or 30 feet away from the indicator is. Sometimes it is difficult to know where they are after the initial strike. If you don't feel any pull as soon as the indicator goes down start stripping in the line as fast as you can with your hands, then afterwards if you have control of the fish you can use your reel if you want to. Another issue that may be of importance is how well pinched your barbs are on the flys you tie other flys to. Although my barbs are pinched down when I tie them, I have noticed that sometimes the side of the barb or the point of the barb will cut through line that is attached to that fly. This could alo be where you are losing flys/fish.

I talked to the prosecutors and police today. I can have a restitution order put on the guy, not that I think he will pay it. If he doesn't pay up it's either more time or more probation. If he has any previous convictions he is probably looking at time in a penitentiary. The police and auto body guys think this guy is a pro by the way he got in. First estimate with new parts was $4500, $3500 or so to do it with used parts. I found out from my insurance company I would have paid $4212 dollars in comp and theft over the years if I had paid for the coverage. So really I am out the money I have saved over the years and if the guy gets it together who knows I might even get paid for the damage. Unless I can get the work done cheap I'll probably sell it for the parts and get something else. Pipestone - I'm an automation tech. If I get into theft deterrents, believe me, there is going to be something a little more spectacular than disabling of the vehicle!

Nope didn't see the guy. I'm already working on the lecture he's getting in court from me. I wouldn't doubt he has lots of experience doing this. One screwdriver is all it took.

He blew .250, that's an aggravated drunk driving. I don't think the punk had a car or insurance other wise he probably wouldn't have stolen mine unless it was a for profit type theft. Either way time will tell. I'm going to find out the court dates, talk to the prosecutor, show up in court and get the facts on this little ***hole. Then I'll own him until he pays up. Hey, maybe his Mommy and Daddy are rich?

The old guy that owned the property showed up about 10 minutes after I arrived. He had a big smile on his face and I knew exactly what he was thinking. "New fence." We discussed it later and I told him to ask his insurance company for a nice new cedar fence with fancy lattice. He laughed. One of the first things he said was something to the effect "Oh my god my prized rhubarb." The pics are after the neighbors helped clean up. I guess there were fence boards strewn everywhere in the yard and alley. Randy, in the 6 years I have had the vehicle I would have paid about $3500 in comprehensive and my deductible was at $1000 for comp. (My wife has a poor driving record but I pay for it.) Even with the $550 rear windshield I blew out a month ago I am still ahead of the game. Then there would have been the increase in my costs for the claim. As far as I'm concerned you never get ahead with the insurance companies when it comes to small time stuff. Who pays? You Pay! They have paid out over $200,000 for liability claims for me though. Insurance companies in my opinion are worse than organized crime. I fought it out with an insurance company once and took it so far that I had a couple of lawyers sicked on me by a rather large insurance trade organization. I was talking too much and asking people in high positions questions they had never heard before. They became worried about what I was doing. Have you ever heard of intercompany agreements between insurance companies? I'll say no more or else I may have a lawyer on my butt.

We need to have a late 70's hat contest one of these days.

I drove it home, no overheating, AC works, no shakes, and all of my stuff still in the vehicle. Plus one more punk in jail. Best fathers day present I'll ever receive, except maybe next to the 2 hour victum impact statement I'll give in court. I'm going to have the punk in tears begging me to stop! Then I'm going to sue the little *** and make him pay for years to come. Believe me, he *** with the wrong guy. I'm the master of pain when it comes to stuff like this. This is what I would guess he's facing: Operating a motor vehicle in a manner that is dangerous to the public - FIVE YEARS Failure to stop at scene of accident - FIVE YEARS Operation while impaired - FIVE YEARS Break and enter - TEN YEARS Theft - TEN YEARS Possession of break-in instrument- TEN YEARS Possession of property obtained by crime - TEN YEARS 55 years total. Considering he's about 18 I think he'll be out by the time he's 20

Clive: the public flogging almost became a reality! Well they caught the punk. He is apparently and 18 or 19 year old badass. We’ll see if he lives up to his reputation when he bent over some guys bed in the big house. The guy lived a few doors down from where the pictures were taken. The neighbors heard the crash and 6 guys ran out then surrounded the little punk preventing him from leaving the yard. I’m not sure if any vigilante justice was served but I hope so. The police phoned me and I went down to the scene. We did the formalities, the officer drove the Jeep out, and then the officer told me the guy blew .250. Hopefully some guy is making love to him in the Remand centre as we speak. I guess I'll have to take a day off just to see what this punk gets for time, and to have a good laugh.

The scary thing about it is my wife leaves for work at 4:30am. It was stolen between 9:30pm last night and 4:30 this morning. If the guy doing the theft had been out there at the time my wife left for work it may have been a different story. One of us would have been in the pokey, or hospital. Hey the good thing about it is now I can get a vehicle that doesn't smell like Rainbow

Well I came home from fishing last night, parked my 95 Cherokee in the driveway, took most of my fly fishing gear out of the vehicle and put it in the garage. Go to bed, wake up in the morning, go to the garage, open the garage door and low and behold my Jeep isn't where I parked it last night. Actually I don't see it anywhere, gone, poof, disappearing act. Call the cops, their computers are down. Don't have a license number even. Go to registries, get license number, file police report, and wait, wait, wait. The stupid thing about it all? I knew that mid 90's Cherokees had a high vehicle theft rate in Edmonton and had a anti theft steering wheel lock. Well stupid me, no I didn't use it last night. If I had I'm sure it would have been there this morning. So the moral of the story is? Lock it and protect it. I had used my steering wheel lock everywhere except the occasional time at home. This theft was scoped out well in my opinion, so don't let the assholes out there get your stuff. The final kick in the ass is I didn't carry theft due to the vehicle only being worth about 4 grand. I probably saved the cost of the vehicle over the years though by not carrying comp. I'll find out Monday if my home insurance covers it, which I doubt. I figure this may have cost me about a grand top. Live and learn........... This is a vehicle description. 1995 Grand Cherokee Laredo White in color. Smashed in running boards. Smells like fish. Stolen from Castledowns area North Edmonton June 15-16 Very similar to this picture.

Welcome back Local. Looking forward to some good "discussions". How's things in BC?

I think their all hiding in CP rail grain cars getting fat.

No doubt, "Southern Alberta environmental organizations" says it all.

Their not going to last much longer unless things change. http://www.outlook-rockies.ca/portals-code...5482&more=0 An unrelated bear story. Rangers monitor rail-riding bruins http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/l...06c&k=89321

I'm looking for info on the Chilko in BC. Anyone been there or know anything apart from what can be found on the net? Thanks

It is a great magazine. Of all the ones I purchase I find FlyFusion to contain the most usefull info in regards to our areas.

$5 bucks a ticket? You serious? If you can get me $500 in my pocket and a day in a drift boat on the Bow, hell I'm in. And I only weigh 135 but can still kick at least 24inches. Sanjuan has to gain 100lbs though.