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C'mon Rick, I was waiting patiently for your reply. You've robbed my night of the only entertainment I am likely to get. al

This may be better suited to the Spey forum but I'll let a moderator decide that. I am a big fan of the TFO spey rods personally but it's a pretty subjective judgment. I also fish Loop, Sage and Beulah for two handers and love them as well. I think you have the right idea in testing out multiple rods. As for what type, I would base that on the water you are fishing and the time of year you are going. I am sure there are plenty of guys here who would be willing to help you figure out your cast either for pay or for free. My cast is not strong enough to teach from. Toolman often puts together spey nights, dropping by one would give you plenty of opportunity to try new rigs. al

I ordered direct from them and it worked out well when I ordered their floating lines (clear). al

Looks like they found one of the three: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/s...89-58280a56e574

I think the sentiment is great, I mean who does not support alleviating poverty and helping the disabled? I think the idea of leaching the required financing solely from the oilfields is crazy. However, unless you've read the platform (I have not) I would not judge it solely from the post of one MP. I mean Rob Anders runs his mouth with a sundry of retarded things (with alarming frequency) but his sole views hardly represent Stephen Harper's conservatives (or so one would hope). I am no more enthused about voting conservative than I am voting for liberal, anyone remember the energy trust debacle?? I think for many of us it's a Hobson's choice this time around. I might just vote green. I am that disgusted. al

Happy Birthday Greg!

You bet, I'll PM you when I am sorted out.

My home waters are in BC although I spend allot more time fishing in Alberta of late. I don't how many of you follow how tragically our salmon stocks are being managed in the far west but here's a decent article: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/28582394.html It depresses me more than deteriorating board etiquette, crowded water or bull trout being fished in spawn. In fact this issue makes all issues we like to nitpick about here look silly. The chances are very good that our children will never get to see a decent salmon fishery. This issue is part and parcel with the diminishing steelhead returns as well. I only wish more people would vote with this on their mind. al

Your welcome! I am out your way next week for 10 days. Let me know if you want to fish a bit. al

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similk...s/28619979.html

The way you're getting your point across is markedly different. I think MTB's point is that Tako consistently posts argumentative positions. It's pretty clear that people on this board share some pretty divergent opinions on any number of issues. Constantly flogging these issues achieves pretty much nothing. al

Very nice, wow. Congrats.

I buy pretty much at any of the local shops but I also have gone with Ickyflyworks. The service at icky was rock solid and the flies worked just fine.

Wow, those were fantastic fish, congrats! What do brookies that size fight like compared to a bow of similar size?

All, I am seriously thinking on picking up an Outcast pontoon boat, one of the models which allows you to stand up. It's pretty appealing for a number of reasons but it has one serious drawback that I can think of. It looks heavy. Most of the lakes I fish are walk-in so heavy is not a plus. So, if anyone knows out there, is it too heavy to carry easily? Lastly, and perhaps most importantly has anyone rigged theirs up with wheels? If so I would love to hear about it. al

Amen!

That's a great fish, congrats to both of you it looks like you had a great time. I would not sweat the zealots, every crowd has them to some degree or another. cheers, al

I am afraid my answer is not definitive but I have always believed that unless it was an area in which the general rule was contravened that up to the high water mark belonged to the crown. I suspect that this differs when you consider maritime law, treat land, etc. al

One of my side projects, which I never seem to finish, is to put togerher a website for people to post their flyfishing photos, journals, calendars etc on. Really the idea was just for my friends. Hopefully it would be somewhere we could all stay in touch and share a little of our water sickness. Well, as it turns out I tend to prefer my spare time being spent fishing versus standing up a website. However, I have acquired some domain names and I would like some opinions on which people think sound better. They are: 1. CHROMEFEVER.COM 2. FLYCRAZED.COM 3. MYLIFEONTHEFLY.COM 4. SWUNGFLY.COM 5. THISFLYLIFE.COM 6. WESTSLOPEFLYFISHING.COM Any preferences? You can pick two! I personally am somewhat fond of 1 and 5. al

I took a peek earlier today, looked good. However, I would avoid it for a few quarters at least. New browsers have a terrible history of security vulnerabilities and I doubt Chrome will fare any differently.

I went salmon fishing a few weeks back and tried a new setup while I was out there and I enjoyed it. I fished it on the bow today and it's just as well put together for our water. The set up is a TFO Deer Creek 12.6 5/6 loaded with a 420 grain compact skagit looped onto SA Floating Monocore .21 shooting line. I fished 15 foot tips in type 8 and a floater from the AF Delta Spey Multi wallet. At least for me this set up is excellent. I would recommend people give it a shot if you have the DC 5/6. Today while checking it out on the bow I wanted to tie on a streamer but all I had were these huge steelhead flies (yes, huge is relative) I've been tying. The one I tied on was about 5 inches long and in pretty garish colors. As it happens though I tied it with a stinger loop and I had no hook. To make do I slipped a green bomber chironomid as the the stinger. On the second cast I picked up a 20’ brown. Cool. al

I fish straight 10lb test when nymphing with no issues and I picked up fish today on 3X in gin clear water in the city. I never have an issue with 3x on the bow. Could be I would hook up more often on light tippet, I have never tried going up in size. al

Amen to that, thanks. I went out this morning and was actually casting T-14 on both a scandi rig and my sgagit set up. I see what you mean on 8 ft being max. I was OK w/ 5 but was reticent to go much higher. The skagit was 12 ft no worries. al

Thanks guys, great answers.

Typically when I think of heavy bugs and T14 my thinking goes straight to skagit lines. Do scandi lines handle heavy sinking tips well? Is this a question relative to the skill of the caster? I know guys winter steelhead w/ scandi rigs and I have to assume it's not only in low water conditions so they must be using T14, no? al