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This is what we need this year:

I've got a couple of reels that could use some TLC beyond what I am capable to giving them. Can they tune other brands? What about non-Quantum rod repairs?

I don't know about anybody else, but I find that font difficult to read easily.

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2504140 Shadfly flic spreads its wings — Will be screened at Hot Docs Posted By BRANDI CRAMER The Nugget Updated 10:00am, March 26, 2010 ASIDE The Freshwater Plague will be screened May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street, Toronto, and again May 5 at 11 a.m. at the Royal Ontario Museum theatre at 100 Queen's Park. His film will run in conjunction with the modern fairytale about ordinary people trying to catch the sun in the 85-minute film entitled The Mirror. The Shadfly is about to go international. Thanks to the efforts of North Bay native Jake Chirico, the much maligned pre-historic insect which swarms our city every summer is the subject of The Freshwater Plague, a short documentary which will be shown as part of Hot Docs, a Canadian international documentary film festival in Toronto at the end of April. "I was blown away," said the 22-year-old documentarian, who now calls Toronto home. "I had no idea I would actually get in. I thought it was worth a shot. I guess the programmers liked it and I got this opportunity." Hot Docs is North America's largest documentary film festival. It runs from April 29 to May 9, presenting more than 170 films from more than 35 countries and welcoming hundreds of international filmmakers and industry delegates to Toronto. "Its popularity has been really significant in recent years," Chirico said. "A lot of industry people from around the world will be there as well as a huge cross-section of the general public." In The Freshwater Plague, Chirico explores the shadfly's physical identity, life cycle and behaviour before delving deeper into the poetically tragic life of the fly. Finally, the video touches on how people interact with the species and what we may be able to learn from them. Chirico, who was a student of Sheridan College's media arts program at the time, spent the summer of 2008 working at the North Bay Marina, when he shot the footage for his cinematic debut. "I really wanted to do a film before I left town for good and moved to Toronto," he said. "After stepping on hundreds of them on my night shift patrol, I thought this wasn't a normal thing for cities." "And I thought that it might be able to make some outsiders cringe." The Freshwater Plague was shown as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's student showcase in 2009 and will also be shown in this year's Future Frames program during Sprockets TIFF for Children April 20 and 21. "The goal of the Sprockets festival is to educate and inspire young talent at the high school level," he said. "It's a great opportunity." Now pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree at York University, Chirico will use his film festival exposure to make contacts to further his career. While the shadfly's life is a short one, Chirico hopes his career in documentary filmmaking is only in its infancy. "It's an exploration of tangible things — interacting with an environment and people in professional fields. I find I learn a lot more like that." His next planned documentary, Rhythms of Light, currently in post-production, deals with the effect of artificial light and the consequences of introducing it into our natural habitat. "Basically I got the idea through artificial light and how it has completely changed the way we operate as a species . . . I read a lot about evolution," he said.

I like to listen to music most of the time. Surfin' on the computer, exercising, driving and reading (sometimes). Three things that I never listen to music while doing: Riding my bicycle, canoeing and fishin'.

MNR site: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/198219.pdf

Just wait until you snezze. Go to a MD.

Some eyes moving through now.

Beautiful Mike, and just think of it as Christmas lasting a bit longer until you do get that new pin.

BTW a bucket of frogs will now get you in trouble with the MNR, if there are more than 12 of them, or they are anything but northern leopard frogs.

Wow! Seems some things (IE fishermen) do not get better with age. I love the old photos, I will have to look for some more of mine.

It looks a bit like a dying flutter(sp) made by Heddon. Try here??? http://www.tacklecollecting.com/toc.htm I think hirk meant the original box the lure would have had, not the tackle box its self.

If you got the money honey....

Ya 2 days in a row does not happen too often right now. The good of the few is outweighed by the good of the many. That small hamerhandle that you keep this year does not continue to exist in a system that it should not be in. I have not kept a pike that small and I understand your conundrum, but if you are fishing with someone else what is the likelihood that the 2 of you are going to catch 12 pike in a lake that, at this point at least, does not have a large population?

You might be, but I would not. Fish consumed. Next retort?

Thanks to OFC: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadians-internet-use-exceeds-tv-time/article1508091/ Iain Marlow Toronto — Globe and Mail Update Published on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 11:58AM EDT Last updated on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 12:45PM EDT .The average Canadian now spends more time on the Internet than watching television, according to a new survey from Ipsos Reid, a shift in digital habits that reflects the increasing prevalence of computers in our lives. This survey, its author says, marks a closing of the gap between a younger generation that has always spent a significant amount of their leisure time on computers and an older generation that used to rely on “old” media. Canadians now spend more than 18 hours a week online, compared to just under 17 hours watching television. Although those aged 55 and over were still more likely to spend a longer time watching TV than younger generations, Canadians as a whole were spending more time online for the first time, Ipsos said. “In previous years we've seen significant differences between the generations and the amount of time they spend online,” said Mark Laver of Ipsos in a release. “The data indicates that not only are people of all ages spending more and more time online, but it also points to a shift in how online Canadians are consuming media and where they are spending their free time.” Other surveys, from Neilsen and comScore, have shown previously that online video-viewing and time spent Web browsing have increased over the years. And previous Ipsos research shows that there is a prevalence of multitasking: Having the TV on while also using a laptop. Industry watchers, however, cautioned the Ipsos results should not be taken as some wholesale shift away from the type of content produced by “old media,” and that this survey's results simply trace an evolution of how we seek and receive information. “It can be kind of confusing when we try and set these media up against each other,” said Sidney Eve Matrix, a media professor at Queen's University. “If you're trying to separate time spent on the Internet from time spent watching television, that's a bit misleading... The Internet is a multimedia world. We consume our newspapers on the Web.” Kaan Yigit, who follows digital trends with Toronto-based Solutions Research Group, said the survey's broad conclusions mesh with what he's seen in the Canadian digital landscape. “I think it's true that there is greater engagement with online, no question there,” Mr. Yigit wrote in an e-mail. “Our tracking shows higher participation in social media compared to last year, more online video use, more online TV use – and more people saying they find online more entertaining than before.” Ironically, Mr. Yigit noted, the scales tipping in the Internet's favour could be the result of more TV networks hosting their broadcasting content online, for free. However, viewership numbers for Vancouver's Winter Olympics and the Academy Awards are reminders that people are tuning in.

Six less pike(or 4, I don't know the limit) is a good start. Go back the next day and catch six more. There may not be that many "big" pike (30 plus inches) in these lakes anyway.

Do you know my in-laws? They still have a rotary phone mounted on the wall, and they were still paying a rental fee for it until recently. 30 years rental = Most expensive phone in the world.

Maybe my favourite new feature is if you click on a topic you have previously opened the topic opens at the first new post after you last opened the topic. I know what I mean, but I'm not sure I expressed it very well. I Like it though!

OFC, contributing to lost work hours since 2001.

Is the calender tab at the top right of the screen a public calender where all members events will be visible (such as: G2Gs) or is it our own private calender(such as: buy condoms)?

Someone had posted this last year: http://www.wolfrivercam.com/Underwater.html

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2500556 Police Briefs Posted Saturday March 20, 2010 ICE SHACK CHARGES Several people are charged with the break-ins and thefts of ice shacks on Lake Nipissing this winter. A homemade woodstove was stolen from a hut Feb. 15 and Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 17-year-old youth and a 25-year-old man, both of North Bay. On Feb. 20, seven ice shacks were vandalized and deliberately set on fire on Lake Nipissing near King's Landing. Two 15-year-old boys are each charged with seven counts of break and enter, seven counts of theft under $5,000 and two counts of arson. A 21-year-old man is charged with break and enter, and theft under $5,000.A 16-year-old boy also faces charges, although OPP did not specify. All involved are from North Bay. Anyone with information is asked to call Near North Crime Stoppers at 476-8477.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/t...article1505319/ Fess Parker, TV's Davy Crockett, dies at 85 Fess Parker as Davy Crockett in an undated Disney photo. AP Actor who launched a craze for coonskin caps was also TV's Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer The Associated Press Published on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 12:26AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 3:48AM EDT .Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, who was also TV's Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer, died at his Santa Ynez Valley home. His death came on the 84th birthday of his wife of 50 years, Marcella. Parker was coherent and speaking with family just minutes before his death, said Anash. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. “Fess Parker has been a role model and idol of mine since I first saw him on the big screen — he is a true Hollywood legend,” said California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement. “As a talented actor and successful businessman, he was an inspirational Californian whose contributions to our state will be remembered forever.” Former first lady Nancy Reagan said Parker was “a long-time friend to Ronnie and me ... He will be greatly missed.” Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney/Getty Images In December 2004, the 50th anniversary of his debut as TV's Davy Crockett, actor Fess Parker received the ultimate Disneyland honour when the Anaheim, Calif., park unveiled a tribute window. . The first instalment of Davy Crockett, with Buddy Ebsen as Crockett's sidekick, debuted in December 1954 as part of the Disneyland TV show. The 6-foot, 6-inch Parker was quickly embraced by youngsters as the man in a coonskin cap who stood for the spirit of the American frontier. Boomers gripped by the Crockett craze scooped up Davy lunch boxes, toy Old Betsy rifles, buckskin shirts and trademark fur caps. The Ballad of Davy Crockett (“Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee...”) was a No. 1 hit for singer Bill Hayes while Parker's own version reached No. 5. The first three television episodes were turned into a theatrical film, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, in 1955. True to history, Disney killed off its hero in the third episode, Davy Crockett at the Alamo, where the real-life Crockett died in 1836 at age 49. But spurred by popular demand, Disney brought back the Crockett character for some episodes in the 1955-56 season, including Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race. “Like many kids growing up in the ‘50s, Davy Crockett was my first hero, and I had the coonskin cap to prove it,” said Disney CEO Bob Iger. “Fess Parker's unforgettable, exciting and admirable performance as this American icon has remained with me all these years, as it has for his millions of fans around the world. Fess is truly a Disney Legend, as is the heroic character he portrayed, and while he will certainly be missed, he will never be forgotten.” Parker's career levelled off when the Crockett craze died down, but he made a TV comeback from 1964-1970 in the title role of the TV adventure series Daniel Boone — also based on a real-life American frontiersman. Actor-singer Ed Ames, formerly of the Ames Brothers, played Boone's Indian friend, Mingo. After Daniel Boone, Parker largely retired from show business, except for guest appearances, and went into real estate. “I left the business after 22 years,” Parker told The Associated Press in 2001. “It was time to leave Hollywood. I came along at a time when I'm starting out with Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Sterling Hayden and Gregory Peck.” “Who needed a guy running around in a coonskin cap?” he said. Parker had made his motion picture debut in Springfield Rifle in 1952. His other movies included No Room for the Groom (1952), The Kid From Left Field (1953), Them! (1954), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956), Old Yeller (1957) and The Light in the Forest (1958). Several of Parker's films, including The Great Locomotive Chase and Old Yeller, came from the Disney studio. It was Parker’s scene as the pilot who claimed his plane was buzzed by giant flying ants in the horror classic Them! that caught the attention of Walt Disney when he was looking for a Davy Crockett star. He chose Parker over another Them! actor, James Arness — who became a TV superstar in the long-running Gunsmoke. After departing Hollywood, Parker got into real estate with his wife, Marcella, whom he had married in 1960. He bought and sold property, built hotels (including the elegant Fess Parker's Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos and Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort Santa Barbara) and grew wine grapes on a 2,200-acre vineyard on California's Central Coast, where he was dubbed King of the Wine Frontier and coonskin caps enjoyed brisk sales. After its inaugural harvest in 1989, Parker's vineyard won dozens of medals and awards. The Parkers' son, Eli, became director of winemaking and their daughter, Ashley, also worked at the winery. Parker was a long-time friend of Ronald Reagan, whose Western White House was not far from the Parker vineyards. Reagan sent Parker to Australia in 1985 to represent him during an event, and when Parker returned he was asked by White House aide Michael Deaver if he was interested in being ambassador to that country. “In the end, I decided I'd better take myself out of it. But I was flattered,” Parker said. Parker also once considered a U.S. Senate bid, challenging Alan Cranston. But Nevada Sen. Paul Laxalt said it would be a rough campaign, and a key dissenter lived under the same roof. “My wife was not in favour,” Parker said. “I'm so happy with what evolved.” Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was born Aug. 16, 1924, in Fort Worth, Texas — Parker loved to point out Crockett's birthday was Aug. 17. He played football at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene but was injured in a nearly fatal road-rage knifing in 1946. “There went my football career,” Parker had said. He later earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas. Parker was discovered by actor Adolphe Menjou, who was Oscar-nominated for The Front Page in 1931 and who was a guest artist at the University of Texas. Menjou urged him to go to Hollywood and introduced Parker to his agent.