Billy - Curtiss

Thanks for the help guys. So, looking at the regs, it seems everything between Highway 2 north to the south side of the 407 is fair dinkum? Maybe it would be better to come down the 407 and work the creek south? Is parking available up around the 407?

I loves me some Leadbelly. That footage is amazing!

I'm planning on hitting some tribs over the next few days that I've never hit before. Bronte is one I'd like to check out. Would anyone be so kind as to let me know where parking would be readily had if I am heading there from Toronto? Also, how deep / big is this trib? Is it fairly safe to walk with waders?

Nice fish dude! I'm hitting the tribs hard from Friday to Sunday. I hope my efforts prove as fruitful as yours!

Nice work dude! Where can a body purchase those jigs? I've never tried them before.

Has anybody had any success drift floating this stuff for steelhead? Or any other similar products? I'm looking for a viable alternative when roe and inline spinners aren't producing.

You're on dude!

Is that a Mesa Boogie Mark III or IV? I love those heads. They produce some crushing tones!

My friends and I are also old-school and use sticks as well! We mainly ice fish for lakers and run 80 lb braid.

Nice set-up Cliff! I really need to take a bunch of good pictures of all of my gear. But here's some of it...

My girlfriend just suggested this hilarious number!

This is my good buddy Chris' song and that's me in it with that pike!

You can technically run any electric instrument through one of those units even if they are made specifically for guitar. For acoustic instruments, just play into a microphone and then run that signal through the processor. A good friend of mine is always messing around like that with his fiddle! I don't see why a squeeze box wouldn't be just lovely as well!

Soundmen in smaller clubs are initially mortified. But I use this set-up sensibly. I never compete with the headroom of any given P.A. and I certainly don't want to drown out the drums. I basically adjust my volume according to the volume of my drummer, who incidentally, pounds those suckers like a savage! I also don't even need to go through the P.A. (and prefer not to) with this rig. It moves plenty of air on it's own. My volume is never louder than 4 on a 100 watt head. It's more for the fullness than excessive volume. One Ampeg SVT Classic through an Ampeg 8x10 is more than enough. Those bad boys are 400 watts! And lastly, any effects that I have tried and/or purchased I either play through an equivalent set-up at the store or else get permission / pay a retainer so I can sample it at our rehearsal space.

I hate to be a stick in the mud but I've always found multi-effects processing units to be lacking. True, you get a variety of effects and they are great for home recording, but if I want high gain, I'd rather just get it from the amp itself. If I want delay, I'd rather have a single delay unit dedicated to just that. The same goes for any other effect. I find those units to be 'jack of all effects, master of none!' I've also used the Pod a lot, and using the JCM 800 setting doesn't even touch actually using a JCM 800. They don't move air the way a real amplifier does. That said, I don't use a whole lot of effects now be it live or in the studio. For my metal band, I have a JCM 2000 and a JCM 900, and I either run one or the other through 2 Marshall 4 x 12 cabinets, or I run both simultaneously using an A/B box. Other than that, all that I use is a Crybaby wah pedal and an Ibanez Tubescreamer for leads. I find the less you have in your signal chain, the easier it is to troubleshoot when something goes awry. Still, you'll definitely have fun with that unit! Sorry for ranting....

Bump. Anybody?

Electile dysfunction! Ha ha ha ha!

Nice work dude and way to remember your tourney sign this time! More inches for the team!

Some real nice looking smallies there dude.

I lived in Bonfield for 2 years and then spent another year on the other side of Nosbonsing in Astorville. And my Mom currently lives in Corbeil! I can't seem to escape....not that I'd want to! You're right, the pike fishing is awesome as well!

Learn where Grand Desert is. Then get your hands on the MNR stocking list for that area. There are oodles of stocked lakes in that area and in addition to lakers, you can also find meaty specks and splake as well. I will say, what you should do is get out and fish Lake Nosbonsing which is the lake I grew up on. It's a world class muskie fishery.

Any of you northerners ever fish this lake? I'm looking for any information regarding boat access and camping as well. I know the island is entirely privately owned, but I had read that Mr. Fielding at some point had a free public camp site on the lake. I think he died about 4 years ago and cannot find much further info. Also, if someone owns an island with lakes, does this mean they also own the islands on the lakes on the island?! Or would you be free to camp on them provided there is public access to the lake?

Yeah...I can't wait to see what sort of a debacle of a season my beloved Leafs are in for this season! I'm stoked for tonight's season opener.

You conquer? What do you conquer? You mean 'concur' there frenchie! I can't wait to try my jointed Wally - Diver on some salmon!

'Not too bad for a UL rod with 4lb. test in strong current eh!' Spoken like a true Canadian! Nice pics dude. Looks like a great afternoon o' bassin'!