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http://www.health.alberta.ca/health-info/lyme-disease.html "In Alberta, the highest risk of being bitten by a tick occurs during the summer months from May to August. Areas at higher risk include the foothills, mountains, and aspen parkland areas where ticks are more common."

Why don't you just contact Loomis and explain your situation to find out exactly what they'll do? http://www.gloomis.com/publish/content/glo...contact_us.html

I think 10lb maxima is all you'll ever need for streamers on the bow. Unless it gets cut or your knot is bad you won't find many fish around here that'll break you off.

Where did you find them? Walmart?

Really? Don't tell anyone at our American offices since that's never been the case at my company.

Anyone have a Rio Skagit Flight 550 they wouldn't mind letting me try out on a rod?

Ziploc bags would work and I think Max once posted that he uses a cd wallet.

X2. Great vid.

It's deja vu all over again.

From this blog post it sounds like more focus on technique for various scenarios, which should be interesting. That was the one thing I wished the first one had more of.

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Fish Tales.

I don't think there's any real consensus on a best way. Search speypages for "slick shooter" and there are more different suggestions than I care to count. For trout fishing I just use a surgeon's loop. Perfection loop should work ok as well, just cut it off and redo it every so often. If you're after steelhead or salmon you might want to check the speypages threads and pick the method that sounds best to you.

That has never been my experience with guides here or in B.C.

Heh, spoken like someone who has never actually used a Mac. I've never done any video editing on mine, but I use it daily for work (I'm connected to the corporate VPN right now doing annual reviews for my staff) and the odd video game, even though that's what consoles are for.

I had that thought too. Probably miss way more subtle takes since they probably wouldn't even move the indicator.

Haven't ever seen this rigging for a thingamabobber. Anyone tried it?

And just because someone has to do it... I'd spend the extra $300 and get a 21.5" iMac instead.

I don't think a motherboard supporting a Pentium 166 would be able to address 8GB of RAM, so I'm guessing it's actually a Pentium 1.66Ghz.

Might want to give this a read... http://www.speyborn.com/understanding_spey_lines_2010.pdf

I'm sure the telco employees will be along any time now to refute this study and let us know that it's just a conspiracy perpetrated by Al Gore and David Suzuki so they can get rich.

Do you mean a 15' floating tip? A skagit head is ideal for casting sink tips and streamers with the setup being skagit head -> sink tip -> 3-4' mono -> fly. On the bow a 15' type 3 sink tip is a good place to start and 3-4' of 10lb Maxima. Cast down and across, let your fly swing in the current (make sure there's no slack in your line so you can feel any strikes) until your line is parallel with the bank. Let the fly dangle a second, then strip it back in and recast. In faster or deeper water you can cast a little further upstream to let your fly sink deeper. Experiment to figure it out. You can also try stripping your fly during the swing. One way I cover water on the Bow is to make a cast, let it swing to the dangle, strip in, recast. On this cast I start stripping in during the swing. Take two steps and start over. I'd highly recommend taking spey casting lessons from a qualified instructor. By learning off a video or book you risk developing a lot of bad casting habits that will be difficult to break later on. An instructor knows both how to spot those faults and correct them immediately before they become ingrained.

If you can afford it, go for one of the Simms Gore-Tex jackets. I bought a G3 Guide jacket a few years ago when it was their top end and it's absolutely bomb-proof. I spent 4 hours out in the pouring rain today and stayed completely dry. You'll notice the waterproof breathable stuff like Gore-Tex makes a huge difference in the summer on those warm, rainy, muggy sort of days.

Amen.

Hard to believe it's been 30 years...