ladystrange

hike-ins. there is one hike accessable golden trout lake, the trailhead is not far from the castle mountain resort. and it can be done in a day. i havent fished it and i would just slow you down, but i know a few people who have - fish dont get much action but they are really picky. not too many places you can fish for golden trout. a few limited lakes in southern alberta and california? i could probably find out the name as it escapes me currently and where the trailhead is on a map. there are also a few grayling lakes too not far out of town. quarry in canmore, wedge in k-country and bear pond. the first two no hike, just a stroll. bear - best to have a pontoon but dragging it up the bloody hill SUCKS!!! otherwise the walk should take normal people only 10 -15 minutes

you would be in the 1st years, then there are the young guns - max, brent etc who have more than 1 yr and less than 30, being that they are only 20 ish and the oldtimers for those who have more than 30 years of fly fishing experience. they might not have all the casts or shoot the longest or the straights lines, but sure as hell, they'll cheat well enough to catch the most fish because they've been doing it longer i want to learn the cheating part

where did you go to school? who teaches fly tying as part of your home-ec/life skills classes. i had one semester of wood working, sewing, cooking and electronics. i would have rather done the fly tying

who is starting the next fly?

maybe we should have an oldtimers team, those who have been fly fishing for over 30 years. let them show us how it is really done.

it will be an excellent opertunity to learn for everyone and from everyone. i'm sure we all have our strong points as well as our weeknesses, like bum arms/shoulders/backs/necks/bums/legs

i will roast your weenie for you rickr, no worries LOL i've been fly fishing for 16 years ish but only seriously for 6 and i didnt know what half the casts were. well, i know, just cant exactly do, shall we say. and i'm staying out of the nymphing. dry flies, small stream, i'm all over that. dustin, if we get this camping weekend in the castle area next summer, i'm going to take you up the gardner, there was a really big bull under a really tight over hanging willow in 1ft of water, 3ft from open water current, as close to the bank as you can get. we drifted dries past his nose that just werent quite close enough and chucked streamers to piss him off and nothing. if he comes back, i'd like to invite you to give it a go.

is anyone heading down for that? i would be interested in carpooling

i will host the bbq, bring your meat and throw it down. i'll take care of it. perhaps i should rephrase that. mostly for SJW. i will babysit the grill and the cooler. i would be in need of a grill, however. i will bring the ketchup, musturd, buns for the hotdogs and hamburgers but y'all have to bring what you want cooked... on the grill. and ur own drinks. i can do a coleman stove for hot chocolate and coffee. a sunday would be best for me but hey i'm not fishing until after food. so my opinion doesnt really count for much. cause any idiot can operate a bbq not blowing everyone up is the real challenge

i dnot thk i was anewhre close too waht u were sayin btu at least teh oluns ill hve soem dircetoin lol tryn btu not so gansta. poor lil cracka chick, no so dwon wit de lingo

huummmmm, after the ringing endorsements and rickr's - caution salt notice, i'm going to have to see if i have any baking powder in the house... and pan. how do you turn a stove on? perhaps i can build a fire in the oven?

Bonus!!! rye, wings, fly tying, some sport jibberish in the background and you sexy guys!!! I can hardly wait. LMAO

aww, i thought you knew everything

eeewwww, nice visual. didnt need that. lol i have to agree with doug c about iggi, met him when i worked at the dome. really, really nice. funny. liked to come by after the odd conference and just say hi. too funny that he was an oil fan, though

eeeeee, no thanks. i like my 'fish where you may as per the regs' kind of fishing so what if you know the farmer who owns the land that the river runs through... are there still clubs involved or if not, can you just get permission from the landowner

i second dustin's motion - july long weekend anyone? i'll roast weenies and fish - no skills here, just shear dumb luck. but i'm cute, so it doesnt matter

make it a BBQ event, i'll roast weenies...

pay who, the local government, federal goverment, land owners. i have heard about the paying thing from the UK guys but not in detail.

sigh, me too... i think it needs to be angled to the right a few degrees.

mr. botangles said something about january. i would think there needs to be some interest though.

leased? part of the river. as in you rent a spot? this is a new concept to me. explain how this works?

LMAO, that's a good one. humm, there is some crazy guy dressed in a strange uniform, in a mad dash heading straight for the PM. what could be in that box?!?!?

alrighty oh, (no direct translation) [ok] let's set this straight... Rick... You are talking to the original [tall and/or lanky] gangster of fly fishing... in Calgary anyway... like come on who else says 'dope' and don't mean [joints/reefers] or 'slaying them', and not killing anything or calling whitefish cracker (another slang for white people you're from the south - figure it out ) a@@ed fish... Cheeler, I should have showed you my loop 14 foot 9 wieght yellow [speyrod]... she is yellow and has been out for 3 years now... king of swing... we will see about that, I have been swinging my whole line single handed and just picked up the spey... I will give it to you now... But Rick, mine is WAY BIGGER... Brent, I just follow the catch and release [method] when it comes to fishing and women, until I find the one no one else can top... (keep it positive buddy - editorial comment) and I will beat you up over fly fishing... laughing my a@@ off... what a thread.... ok, that was my best Maxwell - English translation I could do with approximate punctuation. translating from another language is always an iffy process unless you are fluent in both languages. so this was more of a guessitmate figurative translation.

oh yeah, forgot about the skaters... peggy flemming, dorothy hamil, talher cranston (sp on both accounts), scott hamilton, the japanese american figure skater that won a gold in singles awhile back - yamaguchi??, and silver girl calgary 88 canadian. the skaters were not my thing, that was my mom, i just happened to be dragged around because she skated with most of the professionals that are between 55 - 65 now back in the 60's.

i have a picture with princess diana 85 or 86 i think. ray charles, the nylons (before paul and marc died), michael j fox, have a picture with jim nabours (sp?) carol burnett, darcy rhoda, paul baxter is my 2nd or 3rd cousin, worked at the saddledome next to the conference room in 2000 - 01 met most of the team, coaches and scouts, bob from seasame street, diana ross - danced with her on stage in 82 or 83, tiger williams (went to school with his son also), guy lafleur, lou pasaguila (sp? bc lions kicker) there are a few more, but i dont remember at the moment