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Yup! Got the idea from watching all the west cost shows. Kind of a combination mooching/fly rod idea that I'm sure other guys are doing. I ran it with smaller spoons at around 20-40 ft with long leads out in the blue zone. Put the line in the release a little lighter and only a slight bend in the rod. Only had a few hours with it late in the season but it'll get a full workout next year in 300 FOW. Can't wait for a big bow to hit it.

The Albright Bugatti I bought is now spooled with 14lb mono and has made 2 trips out on lake Ontario. With the drag system I'm able to set this reel up in the rigger on the 9.5 7/8 wt GP rod . Only problem in those 2 trips is I never did get a hit on it so I can't tell you how it stands up. Still too new but next season that rod/reel will be out on every trip to the blue zone. Looking forward to some bloody knuckles I've seen and played with the GPX reels, very solid and not too heavy

check out year end clear out at Albright Fly Reels. Decent prices Last year I picked what i figured was a low end 7/8 (Bugatti) for about $35. I'd say it probably a $100 reel at retail. I bought 2 GP Fly rods as well and they are really nice. They even sell some Spey rods. The 9.5ft 7/8 GP rod is really nice and at $59 USD a great deal. For what I was going to spend on trout/salmon outfit up here I was able to buy a 7wt steelhead set up and also a seperate 8-9wt salmon If your looking for small trout reel 4-5 wt PM me I have an Orvis CFO III that has not been outside for 15 years. I'd let it go for $150

Yep 6 inch auger and pick up the St. Croix ice combos - rod and reel for about $40 They make several different actions. There'll be a train of OFC'ers on Simcoe each weekend. I could live with only 6 ice fishing lures and that will cover most fish species. Hooks and minnows are primary bait for most of the season

gotta love a come back!!!

Welcome to the OFC Josh, I've been in Marketing for the last 20 years and this is a real and honest reaction of todays consumers. What I might have suggested is to get some actual positive feedback from a valuable source like OFC members (a lot of $$$ power here) is post a link under contest and provide 25 free copies of the latest magizine and then follow up with each member with a list of selected focused question depending on what type of information your looking to get feedback on. I spend my days sifting through market research and focus group feedback looking for the next diamond in the rough and fully understand how difficult and competitive some fields are especially when comparing grass roots companies to larger coproration in the same market. Everybodies looking for an edge to sell more product. Hope you find what you're looking at and here's my two cents. Your magazine has poor if any retail distribution up here. Can't say I've ever seen it on the shelf. As far as the show, I'd agree with most and say from an overall tone it's bit too much like a long commercial.

Looks like they did it again. A few weeks ago the Nanook was on sale for $279. In that flyer as well as this one they've shown the Nanook Thermal. I was there first day of sale and picked a Nanook up for $279 and at that time they had just received a truckload delivery. In the warehouse there was pallets of Nanooks everywhere, the regular one not the Thermal.

Made the mistake of signing up on line a few years ago to get a free DVD from them. Neat Muskie DVD but it was a 30 minute commercial for the Jackpot lure. Still have it and watch it from time to time, has some great footage of lure follows and boat side hits The problem was I could not get out of the endless loop of emails about surveys, sales, and so on and so on........ The number of emails was absolutely insane and no way to stop them. Even though I opted out I still get the odd one about signing back up - NO WAY! I just re-read their original post and it is exactly the tone and solicitation for ideas/thoughts of those emails I used to get!!!

best to do this with the engine running (need water mufflers). You basically spray into the carb until the motor starts bogging out ready to stall. Shut the motor down and then take out the plugs and spray a bit in each cylinder. I crank it over once more just to move the pistons around - don't fire it up again though or it will brun off the fogging. With that you'll be good till spring. Don't forget to add gas stabilizer to the tank too!

Water temp dictates everything. As it creeps down to below 40F fish will be hard pressed to take a spinner or wobbling bait. A couple of weeks ago when I was last out river temp was 52F still plenty warm enough for hardware. I bet it's dropped a bit since then

Brian I'm pretty sure transferring is only for group allocations like moose. As far as I know transferring of deer tags is not done.

If you're gonna be out in the cold nothing works as good as down. I wore my CG out after years of wear and when looking to replace it I came across a copycat coat at Marks in North Bay. Coat was on clearout for $75 and matching pants for $50. When it's Temagami cold out I can see the guys in the survival looking for shelter after a few hours. Most days I have to open up the coat to let the heat out. I have a survival suit and gortex and fleece but when it's cold it's down for me. The Marks coat has the zipper sides for riding atv/snowmobiles, a great hood, but no fur and the reflector bars. I'm sure I've seen these coats still on the racks at Marks.

none at LB's was there this week and they didn't know when they would be getting them in Mississauga store

like what?? Picked about 30 tonight while cooking steaks!

I'd pay $5 more a year per license if I knew funds would be used for CO hiring and equipment. At 175K that's 35000 license. Last I had heard there was almost 10x that in resident license sold and almost the same $ in non resident licenses.

What GBW said!! I was over this summer and hit Dicks and Gander mountain. Prices in Canada are just as competitve and I think in the GTA we have way better selection in the stores. I had the urge to buy when I was there but couldn't find anything worth while deals or in the quality range I wanted. Dicks has some interesing off brands but I don't think I saw any better Daiwa or Shimano on their shelf. Hit the classifieds here and check out some of the recent posts (hint hint!)

For cold water steelhead I'd get yourself a selection of small spinners up to #2 size, some flatfish/kwikfish in dark colors. One of my better big pool casting lures has been small sized hot shots. I also keep a few small crankbaits with me. Don't forget some maribou jigs and streamer flies. Better rigged under floats but I have thrown them on their own in warmer waters

If you were going to leave it out for the season I would cut 1x4" and screw in on top of the tarp going from the front to the back sides. Probably would take about 40 pieces but its the wind and piled snow that will wreck the tarp. The strapping will also help keep heat in a bit and take any snow load. At the beginning of the season take out the 12V drill and bang them on with one screw in each end and you're good for the season. Last time I looked a 1x4 8'ft long was about $2 at Home depot

correct, crossbows and compounds are not governed under the PAL

After reading a few lines I don't know what happened I turned into a 12 year old boy and can't stop giggling First beaver 7 beavers on a one night soak Frosty beaver record sized beaver Love these reports and what wouldn't I give to tag along for a weekend. Looks absolutely top notch guy fun. That area has some huge beavers.

I left out half of those hoity toity ingredients. Salt, brown sugar and just enough of the other stuff to not let the liquid get too overpowering and turn it into a poached roast. I like to precook the bacon a bit before adding to get the salt going. hate pulling soggy bacon out of the roasting pan. I can give another 2 thumbs up for BPS Cajun marinade sauce. It's more sweet than spicy and has been working great on ribs and such cooked in the oven.

I've doen this one before. feel free to improvise as list of ingredients is long. As long as the bacon is there it'll be fine. The other ingredients tend to be there to enhance making the gravy at the end http://baconshow.blogspot.com/2005/07/baco...oose-roast.html

I guess I'll be putting some miles on around Fort Erie. What I thought would be a Nov-Dec bow hunt has been pulled as the property I was working on getting access too has never called me back. I'll take this as a no!. Actually thought I might get out in the stand a few times this year. Worst luck for me. Over the last few years every place I've bow hunted has now gone off limits.

Saw a number of clearance signs on reels when I was there on Thursday night Pete Mania Muskie reel $69 BPS Pro Qualifier Spinning half price $49 (I have several of these already and like them) Browning Medallion Spinning (one size only) $39 There were a few others but I can't remember.

We'd catch dozens each night ice fishing on temagami. My wife hand lined up 2- 10 lbers, hooked both at the same time on a 2 way spreader with a salted minnow. Any of the hut operators on Temagmi can tell you there's no end to them when fishing at night. The scour the bottom in areas where the ice huts are as daytime chumming will attract them. I've caught 10's and seen a 14lb er on temagami but most are 3-4 lbs. One of the nicest fish I've ever eaten. side by side just as good as walleye or perch. Great bear bait too!