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I hope Kevin's cajones keep him warm at night for the next year...........Worst display of skipping I've seen since I played..........What the hell was he thinking??...........Keep a clean house when you're tied coming home with the hammer....(mistake number 1).......why not guard against the Scotland raise instead of wasting one??...........(mistake number 2)........An opposition-stone-raise-double takeout instead of bumping your own?? (mistake number 3).......Yes, a big set of cajones........All the blood from his brain must have been in them...........

Tjat´s exactly right.........Get rid of the reward and it should take away the incentive to illegally stock.......But I think Smitty is right, they should have nixed the limits on those lakes that were already illegally stocked to make te point more clear......

I am not saying flyfishing only but I am opposed to ice fishing on a lake that is designated as a ¨quality fishery¨simply due to the mortality and release issues........As Terry said, there are lots of other choices and the regs are in place to protect the fish to allow them to grow past their usual 12¨¨ put-and-take size........If we need to keep this lake, and Bullshed closed an extra month to make sure that the spirit of what we´re trying to accomplish is achieved then so be it........I don´t give a damn about method but I´m willing to bet that most of the ice auger crowd are using garlic marshmallows or similar (pardon the slur) and that´s bait, that´s illegal and that increases mortality..........I could be wrong, but........

Hola..... Amybody had a look at Police??.......Are the ice fishermen having a field day there too??----We really gotta get that part of the regs changed..... Al....

Hey Guys and Gals....... I know Toolman is working on getting this year´s auction going and it´s partly my fault that we´re late off the mark......We had a major setback earlier with some concern as to whether the program would have enough funding to go forward so everything was delayed......While we have not yet received confirmation, there is a high likelihood that we will get $75.000 on a matching grant basis through Añberta Lotteries........(don´t even ask, as it´s toooo complicated to explain)........At any rate, Stream Watch needs to raise $75,000 from other sources for our matching part so the auction will be VERRRRY important.......We are already a good ways towards our $75K goal with some funds from last year and committments from TU etc.........The really good news is that if all the funding comes togeher we will be able to put a second officer in the south on the Castle-Carbondale drainage.........Sooooooooo. get your donations and wallets ready for the auction and let´s try and break last years record.......

Congrio is about the best kept secret in the world!!.......I have eaten it grilled, fried, poached and had it in a soup in Pucon and it was fabulous!!....... The futbol game with Uruguay was not as good as the one with Peru but 0=0 is o.k I guess.........We're in Santiago today for the first time and what a beautiful city!!........By the way, Saltmontes, I like Escudo better!!........ Al.......

Thanks for the good advice..........Have eaten many (perhaps too many) empenada´s and have sipped some fabulous wines but I will find your recommendation as I don´t think that has been one of our samplings..........We are headed for Santa Cruz in a couple of days and wine will be top on our agenda........What are your aunt and uncles´s names---just kidding!!.......And thanks again for the bastardo comment........

Rio Puelo.......Miserable gravel road in for about 40 km but worth the drive......River has lots of fish--bows, browns, salmon and they´re fairly stupid or we probably wouldn´t have caught any.......I had my first rainbow on about 3 minutes after I got out of the boat!!.......Rio Puelo is about straight east of Puerto Varas and a lovely river that resembles the Bow escept that it feeds into the chuck about 10 km from where we started fishing........We had a Chilean friend who dragged his boat about half way in on the awful road and then discovered it had shifted on his trailer and punched a hole in the hull so we left it and he hired a guide and boat for us for the following day........All 3 of us fished from about 8:00 to 4:00 (the guide fished a bit too) and we ran upriver from riffle to riffle in his jon boat and wade fished..............Probably only fished about 5 miles of river.........Gorgeous......Cost us the princely sum of about $150 Canadian---our Chilean friend said the guide gave is a break because Clive and I were ¨good fly fishermen and the guide got a chance to fish because he didn´t need to help us¨¨ Apparently a Chilean could negotiate a room, food, open bar, boat and guide for about $300 cdn a day at one of the lodges here........I may be back!!.......Oh, and by the way guys, the weather has been spectacular!! (I, like Clive, enjoy being called bastardo)

Likely just Guam...........I'm more worried about the dyssentry that might kick in between now and SA as a result of the one I ate today.........Not planning any Mickey D's while I'm gone............Ooops, gotta go..........It might be over by tomorrow..............

This is the funniest thread ever..........I ate a Big Mac for lunch today---first in about 10 years..........I have to fly tomorrow and after reading some of these posts, I'm verrrrry afraid..........

Way too many!!.......... :)

Pathetic is being kind........Absolutley predictable........And you're right, they don't deserve to make the playoffs and likely won't..........YUCKO!!

How about an Orvis T3 with an Islander IR2 reel........And if you're going high end and want to do some good for the fish at the same time, I think you can still buy a Trout Unlimited lifetime membership for $1000.00 and they'll give you the rod..........That's a win-win deal..........By the way, I think you have other rod choices with the membership but mine was a T3........

As heard on the Tonight Show last night............ "If you're an ugly woman you're going to experience life much like a man.......You're gonna have to work"....... Drew a mixed round of, er, applause??........

A really good 40 minute effort........I wonder if McT has told the boyz that hockey is a 60 minute game.......How many points have we wasted this year with that lacklustre, "let's try and protect our one goal lead" style of play??.....You just KNOW how it's gonna end........Bloody brutal!!

Wonder if Carby would like to see what life's like in the wild west??

I was kidding......(but yes, the fly you tied at last year's conclave was a salmon pattern)....I caught it on a BAW which is pretty much all I fish in the Crow in winter..........

No oxygen required for me nor the trout...........I caught him on that Black and Copper that you tied me..........

We'll keep in touch Rickr...........Maybe we can all hook up with Beedhead at Bullshead (I'm a poet in my off-time) and watch him catch all the big ones...........

I heard that Clarice and Alicia did leave you a note...........I don't know how you can say that was Clive and Al..................Looks like you guys had a good day as did we..........Bullshead soon, Jeff.......

Yes he did!!........I enjoyed his animation with his stitched up fat lip while they waited for the WRONG decision..........Not much output from the new guys but not much from the old ones either---except for Gagner.....Calgary's acquisitions didn't take long to step up..........

Ditto..........and then McT does his post game Darryl Sutter imitation--------"duh I didn't see the effort we should have at this time of year, duh"........I guess if we miss playoffs this year for 5 of the last 7 we'll make a few changes over the summer??........D'ya think??

Yeah we've done enuf damage to Terry's birthday thread.....Going way back to HIS post, I also have to say I agree that Tortella would have been a good choice for the Oil.......... Would be great to hook up for a day's fishing Monger.......Bullshead will sure be on our list for late April assuming the ice is off by then...........

VERRRRRRRY BAD!!

Monger.... The memberhip is VERY exclusive.........Age is only one component.....You have to LOOK like you're over 80 (Clive)---even though you can be under 60 (me!!).......Secondly you have to have had, or be scheduled to have, at least THREE of the following: hip surgery, knee surgery, colonoscopy, treatment for depression, eye surgery, hemmeroids, arthritis, lower back pain, erectile dysfunction, memory loss, kidney transplant, bypass surgery, or other age related afflictions and have a certificate to prove it........If you've had an erection lasting more than 4 hours you can qualify with only TWO of the above..........Finally you need to be able to catch enough trout in a day to lose count..........Usually 3 or more will do it..........If you or anyone else can meet these stringently monitored criteria, you too can become a member, even as we speak.......... Al.......