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Speycasting Masterclass With Scott Mackenzie In Calgary.


speyghillie

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Just wanted to say thanks to Gordie and Scott for putting on a great clinic. It feels good to finally be able to shoot few rod lengths of line. We got to play with Scotts new line of rods and they were simply amazing. The 13' 8 weight was a sweeeet stick.

 

On a side note, we were getting ready to go to the other side of the river to practice casting . On are way over, 3 alberta fish and wildlife officers came down to the river. I thought they were coming down to check our licenses. As we made our way closer they stopped and started to rig up a couple of rods to fish on the river. I thought this odd considering I've never seen them fish the river in uniform. We started a conversation with them and it turns out they work at the hatchery. They needed to collect a brown trout to send to the taxidermist for some exhibit. So on went the 6 inch slip bobber, weights and snell hooks fitted with a dew worm. I don't know why but something about this just didn't make me feel right. Well he casts out and we all watch. A minute or two later he gets a bite and fish on. He reels it in and its not a brown, its a whitey with the hook down in the gullet. So the young officer pulls out the leathermens and is trying to pull the hook out. I was going to use my forceps until i realized how deep it was. We suugested that he cut the line and let the fish go. So he cut the line and lobbed the fish into shallow water. The fish hit the bottom and went belly up right away. The one young officer says its only a f#@#%&^ whitey. So scott goes out and grabs the fish and spends 30 seconds reviving it and it ended up swimming away. Pretty appalling behavior in my books. I hope these guys are not the future for fish and wildlife.

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It was a fun day on the water. Thanks again to Scott and Gordon for the great Spey school.

The MacKenzie dtx rods are awesome. I especailly loved the 8130 what a sweeeeet stick!

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