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If I walked into a biker bar and yelled out "Tattoo's are for gays", could you classifiy the response I would get as being picked on by a bunch of bullies? edit: Lets assume biker aren't bullies. I'm not suggesting there are a bunch of bullies here. Maybe I should have picked a better anology

Beauty fish. How did you mark your rod? The only thing that would work that I can think of (without damaging it) is a china pencil. Maybe a piece of tape? A tip for you all. Another method is to pull a piece of tippet out and clip it. Measure the tippet when you get home.

I fly fish with my dominant arm tied behind my back (I reel them in with my teeth).....while standing on my head....blindfolded. If you don't do the same, you're not flyfishing.

It sounds like you had a blast. I wish I was into stuff like that when I was your age.

That looks great. I'm starting to believe a fly doesn't have to look anything like anything in the water. As long as it looks buggy and has a lot of movement, it will work. I'll have to tie a few of these up.

That explains it. I once drank too much mescal and puked my guts out. I now have a healthy aversion to mescal. It a good thing Bruce and Richard weren't fishing single dries.

I'm just wondering where in this article it said he was a fat assed city slicker. I've read it a few times and still can't find it.

I think I picked up Fishtales last two. Call them if you're planning on going there for one. Bill at the fishin hole was looking into them too. It doesn't grab the mono as easily as I was expecting. I was expecting to just have to pin the mono over the slot, turn the handle and it would grab it but its not that easy. You have to feed a portion of it in and sometime a few turns still doesn't grab it. I'm sure it all depends on the angle, etc. However, its a lot easier then wrapping it around your fingers and trying to stuff it in your pocket as it sprongs out, and you stuff it back in and it sprongs out again and you get frustrated and just throw it on the ground. Plus, it looks solid, so it should last a while.

I think most people would agree. Random draws would make it less competitive, imho. I'm more interested in learning then winning. You don't learn as much fishing with the same people day after day. Even someone not as good or experienced can teach you one or two things (at least thats what I've found). And it also would go farther in bringing the community together. There are only two people on this board I wouldn't want to share the river with and if I was partnered with them, I could always go in a different direction. I only suggested it because I though it would increase the number of particpants and therefore the donations, not because a stacked team would lessen my chance of winning.

It doesn't look much like a fluttering stonefly but I can see it leaving a nice V wake in its path. Not too different then a Chernobyle Ant.

I'd be in only if the teams were randomly drawn. That way, I might get to fish someone far superior to me. They wouldn't be holding back any secrets and be motivated to get me into more fish. A hell of a learning experience. More people would enter because of that chance. HawgStopper, Toolman and MTB as a team, you might as well go home.

Ummm. Cane. Man I would love to use a cane rod on the Liv some day. Actually, anywhere. Those things are way out of my reach. I fished the Liv a few weeks back with my Sig III 7ft 1wt. Its a perfect match for that river. You'd think it would be hard to land 16in cuts but no way. Brought them in just as fast as any other rod. It felt like a feather in my hand and casting it all day was beautiful. Mind you, it wasn't too windy. The 3wt felt like a broomstick after that. Nice pics.

For about 1/2hr (or who knows how long) on the Bow last weekend, I was using 0. But that wasn't intentional.

And before the regs, 78% of the anglers on the St. Mary's were locals. That pretty well negates all the pro reg arguments presented. I always like to look at the extreems when gaugeing things. If it was all about the fish and the experience, then why not *ban* all non-residents no matter how fat their wallets are? Think about it. Do you think the guides would go for that? How about the Chamber of Commerce? How about Brian Chan? I'm sure a few residents would like it. Would those of you who are justifying BC fisheries managment practices agree? How about you "its only $20/day"'ers? What's your breaking point? We all have one. Would you then join the ranks of the "whiners"? Be honest. And don't say thats ridiculous because it would never happen. Its an exercise in empathy. Some peoples breaking point is based on principle (which isn't BS). To some, its based on how it impacts them personally (how much they can afford or how often they go). Everyone has a breaking point and its not right to dis someone because their breaking point is lower then yours.

I visited the BPS in Michigan expecting to see lots of great and hard to get fly fishing gear and tying materials. I was sorely disappointed. There was basically nothing. You'd figure a store that big would have a lot of selection, but no. Hunting, Archery, camping (it still had nothing on Ribtor) and even speed boats and BBQ's but a red fox squirel skin?

Grasshopper. Does anyone in Calgary distribute these for you? The only problem with ordering online is the postage will be as much as the product. I think you have a winner there. Its not too often you see a new fishing contraption that will probably make it. I and the environment wish you the best of luck with it

Thats bomb, man. Grovey. Far out. I like the results of those little walks you take.

Has anyone ever tried one of these MonoMasters? If it works as advertised, I can see it making a postive impact on our rivers and lakes. MonoMaster

You look like a plumber at work. Sorry, DonA. I should leave the Bow River jokes to you.

Congrats on the wedding, Dr. Bull. Out by Sincline if I remember correctly. Sometimes, there are things a bit more important then FFC. Maybe everyone will notice this thread and post their flies themselves. I thank those that did so far. All great ties.

Congrats again. I was wondering if I missed the summary of flies identifed with the tyers. One thing about this format was I still have no idea who tied what fly.

Thanks guys. I've always wanted an auto bobbin but never liked the idea of having to spool the thread onto $$$ custom spools. But man, those are more expensive then some vises. Its going on my x-mas list, for sure. Ceramic insert the better of the two? Trout or salmon sized?

Wow. That gal must know a bit more about fishing then you think. Now you've got at least one excuse to go fishin....and she gave it to you. Sweet.

Does anyone in Calgary sell these?

There are a lot of pluses to rolling your own. Its amazing how many of my "go to" flies are flies you can't buy (or are very hard to find locally). You don't have to worry about shops being out of stock, etc. You can weight them to your liking. You can show fish something they're not used to seeing. You can make them more durable then what you buy. When you're catching fish and your "pruchasing" buddy isn't, you can tease the hell out of him. I can go on. The advice to start slow to see if you like it is a good one. If you do, then you will shortly have enough flies/material to cross over the red into the black ($). I'm at the point where my tying is saving me money, without a doubt. But it takes time and you have to enjoy it, otherwise, just buy them.