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antelope - very, very brittle but it floats about 3 times better then deer.

A lot of you mention losing/breaking glasses frequently. I've said this before but its worth repeating. Get yourself a lanyard. Those straps that the librarian wears. You can get "cool" looking ones. The only time you have to put your glasses down is when you done wearing them for the day. The rest of the time, you just slip them off and let them hang around your neck (when tying on a fly). Its hard to crush or lose your glasses when they are around your neck. Since I purchased mine about 15yrs ago, I still have the original set of glasses I bought them for. Before then, I used to lose/crush/scratch them weekly. Polarchromic means the lenses get darker when its sunny out and lighten when its not. Great feature.

Looks like some tree hugger planted a land mind just downstream of that jump and you fell for it....

I agree. Its a great place to live but do us all a favour and keep it to yourself. Its already way too big.

Nice fish, Brownstone. I can only imagine. Is that a tailing glove you have on? My problem with tailing fish is I can't get a good grip without feeling like I'm crushing something. Then the fish ends up flopping out of my hands and hitting the rocks. Do tailing gloves allow a more gentle and secure grip? I'd rather not use a net if I can avoid it.

Thats actually a good one, birchy.

Boy I would have loved to see that..... DBT. Good on you. Sometimes something simple gets out of hand quickly, but not normally and you had to say something. I think the jerk was probably showing off in front of his girl friend.

I have bad words too. But its the only time I have bad words with a cheek to cheek smile on my face.

..and much more exciting....

Your first, 9mo and you're even considering going fishing??? Man. There's is more to life then fishing. You don't want to miss that head popping out and introducing yourself. I'll never forget it. Enjoy man. That day, you will understand the meaning of "purpose".

"Fishing with John"!!! I rented that CD. Quite cool. Really. That John is unique.

Local Yokel!! Is that you???

I never realized how much weight you had in that fly. Sounds like it would sink like a rock. No wonder its effetive. Thanks for sharing.

Good looking fly. Golden pheasant? Hard to see. Good idea, though, as it has great markings. Can you post the receipe? Always looking for a good golden pattern, especially for the Bow. ps. Your barb is showing.

I agree it was a great accomplishment. Considering how many fish are caught every day, and how many times that one fish was caught (once), it was a 1 in 10,000,000 fish. Good on them. But I don't think it should be a world record, or if so, in a different category.

Barry Bonds. Good one. I should grow a bigger fish in my bathtub and then release it into my dugout and break that record. The only problem is I don't have a bathtub big enough, or a dugout, but if I did........

Must be photoshopped. Those two guys look *exactly* the same.

LynnF. Was it you who was looking for waist high waders? I got a Cabela's catalog in the mail and they have stockingfoot waist-high's for $139 (Gold Medal Dry Plus) and another upgraded model for $179 (Guideware Dry-Plus). They look like they would stand up to a lot of abuse. PM me if you want me to scan the pages in for you.

Or with a sliver tinsel underbody and wire, a minnow.

Amen. But whatever takes me, I hope I don't see it coming.

No. Its not mine. I got it out of a circa 1986 Fly Tyer magazine. It was the author's father's favorite fly and he trolled it. I get some good luck with it hand twisted and stripped. I guess I should give the recipe. Tie black wire, black floss and yellow chenille at tail end of fly. Wrap floss forward, pull chenille under the body and wrap wire forward. Finish off with pheasant butt feather as a hackle.

Some of you might remember on the Fly Fish Alberta forum, I posted this fly, wondering if it was a good lake pattern. Well, it is. Give it a try.

There is no one place. Seems like whenever I'm looking for a specific item, I have to visit 3 places before I find it. Either they don't carry it or they are out of stock. I wonder why its so hard for some of these places to keep their stock up. I understand if they don't carry it but when you see numerous "out of stock" tags, they need better inventory control software.

Static bag for scud backs. Doll hair for streamers. A friend's daughter combed their rabbit one night while we where having some pops around the fire. An odd brown colour. We were going to go on a raft float down the Bow the next day with them. Told her I was going to invent a fly with it and called it the moxie fly (the rabbits name is Moxie). Sunny hot day with thousands of rafters. It was the only fly hauling in the whites. No trout. Just whities.