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Brings back some sweet memories of our trip to Las Salinas in March........Thanks.....

Don't let the crappy Calgry weather deter you!!..........Not a bad day here today and while tomorrow looks a little scratchy, Saturday will be nice---relatively speaking!!........Sunday has a 40% chance of being better than they say!!.......See you there!! http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/...4_metric_e.html

It's sunny and not bad in Lethbridge........Hope all the bad weather in Cowtown doesn't scare people away from Police Lake this weekend....

Very sorry to hear this news..........Best wishes, Jim, for a full and quick recovery........The trout will be waiting for you!! Al....

A few people showing up for one or more days but not as many as I'd hoped...........Surely the weather isn't scaring folks away as it doesn't look too bad.......... http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/...4_metric_e.html I'll be bringing enough breakfast for those that have confirmed and alot more so hopefully we can have a good turnout.......I'll be wearing my dorky Scotland hat and fishing from an orange and black Colorado Pontoon boat with Trout Unlimited on the side, so if I haven't met you, you'll be able to find me........See you on the weekend!!

Terry Clayton told me that as the supply of triploids gets larger the first places to get the stock are lakes where there are inlet/outlet streams and there are concerns about escapes and have a possibility of hybridization with cutts.........The next priority will be for delayed harvest or special regs fisheries like Bullshead, Fiesta, Police etc........ Nice post Jeff.....Good to hear the birds didn't get 'em all............(I actually thought they did these stockings after dark).....

So I did my own little test fishery on Police yesterday..........It was a nice day---cloudy and about 16C with very little wind.....I worked from the launch all the way around the lake in my pontoon and caught fish everywhere........Mostly small acrobats that will be alot of fun by fall and even more fun next year!!..........A few fish in the 14"-16" range along the east bank which were false spawners..........Three big trumpeter swans made an appearance and there are lots of coots and geese as well as two pairs of loons and an opsrey............There are a pair of bald eagles nesting in a tree along the east shore and I spent quite a bit of time wathcing as they fished and then went back to the nest..........Couldn't see the little ones but I'm sure they are hatched out as the female didn't feel compelled to be on the nest all the time as she would be if she was on eggs.......Anyway, it was fun with lots of action and a beautiful place to be....... I will not be there until Saturday morning so for anyone heading down on Friday that can't stay until Saturday, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE BENCHMARK SHEET FROM THE ORIGINAL POST and either give it to someone who is staying until Saturday and they can give it to me, or you can mail it to me at 137 Coachwood Point, Lethbridge T1K 6A6.......For those staying, I will be there until early Sunday afternoon and will collect all the forms I can before I leave and any I don't get can be mailed.....I will also have blank forms for anyone who needs them........... The breakfast will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and we will likely be up in about campsite 26 or thereabouts........I drive a red Tundra and we'll put up a sign so you can find us........The campsite is a bit rough at moment, as they've cleared out a bunch of bush and haven't got it all cleaned up yet.....However there is water available and the sites are dry-----believe it or not there is still a bit of snow kicking around in the shaded areas and north slopes!!..... Look forward to seeing everyone----looks like the turnout will be not bad----and your help in getting a good benchmark will be invaluable in measuring the success of the new regulations over the next few years.......... Al........

Ditto from me Blair..........Eat some cake, catch some fish, contemplate your navel............Life's Good!!

Just a note to say that our Streamwatch funding is now well over the $25,000 budget thanks to many of you on this Board.....At our Oldman River Trout Unlimited Chapter dinner last night, a draw was made for a rod/reel combo and I just wanted to assure you that any donors to this auction were included in that draw........The note to the winner is attached.......Thanks again to all of you for your suppor of the StreamWatch program........ Hey Warren.... When we formed our StreamWatch committee back in January we decided that any angler who donated $100 or more to StreamWatch would be eligible for a draw for a custom made fly rod and reel donated by George Yanicki, one of our committee members...........At our Oldman River Chapter dinner last night, your name was pulled and you are now the proud owner of this package, including case.....I have the rod and need to know how I can get it to you..........I travel to or through Calgary from time to time and could drop it off somewhere for you or if you know of a better arrangement please let me know........Congratulations and thanks for your support of StreamWatch........ Al......

Lethbridge Hurricanes 4, Calgary Hitmen 2...........'Canes win Eastern Conference title, beating the Calgary Hitmen 4-0 in the final series..........The 'Canes will now face the winner of the Western Conference, either the Tri City Americans or the Spokane Chiefs......The winner of that series will advance to the Memorial Cup in Kitchener, Ontario.........Go 'Canes Go!!!

Right on both counts Yak........As for the Flames, I fully agree with Bloom's comment that if they lose at least they can get rid of Keenan (and hopefully Sutter soon)........His pull of Kipprusoff last night was typical.............B.S but typical..........He's ridden Kipper all season and if it weren't for Kipprusoff the flames would have been cluttering up the golf courses weeks ago........(not in Alberta of course) :0

Now it's Luca Sbisa and Mitch Versteeg handing out the crushers and if you could see Boychuck, Fadden, Braes and Iwanski skate you might change your mind on Byron........Go Canes GO!!.......... Al....

Oh, and by the way, Lethbridge Hurricanes 6, Calgary Hitmen no score............

Doesn't look like we'll have an energy outage due to defibrillation..........

Based on the above, I'm calling bullshit....... I do hope they win---I'll be watching my Hurricanes hang a beating on the Hitmen---and let's hope Calgary "fans" will have alot more class than the morons in Montreal..........

There's trouble then........I've worked in the banking industry for over 30 years, alot of which has been with agricultural based firms and experience says that when a company get's into an unrelated field (and sure you can say that retailing is retailing) that is other than their core business, they will fail..........It will be interesting, and perhaps painful, to watch...........

Didn't mean to hijack your post Jeff and also meant to compliment you on some great photography........Maybe it's the Police Lake thing or StreamWatch but I just have NO tolerance for poaching and while I'm sure Jermie made the comment in jest it just hit me the wrong way...........Nice work on the photos..... Al.....

I'm not a Flames fan but they are full value for their win tonight........Problem is, who will get on the plane and show up in SJ??......Been their problem all season----no consistency..........Like my golf game..........

You might want to read the "poacher" thread........Maybe Hunter is right........

First of all, do you think I give a rats??.....And second, if I could find the little )(&^&% I'd have him scraping the global warming off my ^*&&(*)_) driveway!!........David and I are NOT close..........

I just got back from a shortened golf trip to Kelowna where it also snowed nicely.......If it doesn't warm up soon the Police Lake fishout could be a bit chilly...........Brekkie will be pretty simple..........Juice, French Toast, sausages and coffee........We'll get some paper and plastic to make it easy........I think we can look after the supplies in return for the support we got to get the reg's changed..........Thanks for asking though..... Al.....

So I talked to the campground operator at Police Lake today............He says we won't have a problem getting all the sites we need in the campground but if necessary we can use the group area..........Rates are $16 per night and wood is extra....He said the lake is about 1/2 ice covered still but the weekend weather and a breeze should have it clear by next week.......

Great to see all the positive feedback on the auction items so far!!..............I think ALL items have now been paid and I can hardly wait until we start seeing some feedback on some of the trips............By the way, Southern Alberta StreamWatch has exceeded it's goal of raising $25,000 and our StreamWatch student, Jeff Cox will be patrolling the Upper Oldman/Livingstone this summer under the excellent supervision of Andrew Gustavson, F&W Officer from Blairmore.......To say both Jeff and Andrew are keen about the SW program would be an understatement................Watch for them this summer!!..... Cheers.......... Al.......

Think I'd better have a copy of this one......