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Yup, this one is all about endangering other people. Anyone who thinks there is nothing wrong with it would probably reconsider if it was happening close to your hut...

On my 6wt Skagit rod I run a 9/10 Hardy Uniqua, fantastic little reel. This picture is the reel on my 9wt - the Hardy holds my 625 grain skagit head as well... Have fun, and watch out for early season chinnies....they're angry

Not always about catching a boatload, I switched over to skagit last fall and had an absolute blast while catching far fewer fish... I still get they float rod out as often as I can, but if it's a trip to nice spey water that's the rod I'm bringing.

You don't have to go all out and buy a "spey" reel, all you need to do is make sure the reel has a solid drag and the capacity to hold the large diameter line. Are you going to be running a Skagit, Scandi, or traditional setup?

I did some work with a start-up who was trying to enter the market with a control product...last I heard they were working on getting emergency license to operate within Canada. Its a long a gruelling process to get pesticides approved here, even if they are bio based

I've always been a fan of using glow jigs (ice fishing size) for crappies at night in the softwater season.

In many cases Bill the "agri-based" materials are actually cheaper than their petro based counterparts. I've worked with several start-up companies that could turn agricultural by-product into baits fairly easily....although I never considered it. Consider it considered!

Lookin excellent gents

I can't see it happening, but it may cause some tackle companies to really buy into biodegradable plastics - which is good from all angles.

Awesome! Those shots through the clear ice always give me the heebie-jeebies...

Just watched that again...I wonder if they managed to escape without serious injury? That is a huge impact.

Lookin good TJ, best of luck!

I tried to catch a few of those thru the ice once, all I caught was a cold. That's how most of my ice fishing stories go actually... Nice fish!

Sad to see, we really need to get a handle on this runoff problem - the Kawarthas have seen some serious algae lately as well.

With the warm temps and rain we just had I would say stay off river ice (if you can even find any). All the rivers and creeks near me blew right out last week.

Commuted from Whitby to Brampton for a while and saw all sorts of great stuff. From full blown applying of makeup, to guys shaving (more often than you'd think), to eating impractical things like a bowl of cereal. There was one guy I saw most days that would read a newspaper every morning on the 401.

Who thinks this is already being discussed in 2 other active threads? I do!!

Why did my wink smiley turn into 3 regular smilies?

Nope, I Spey fish because I got bored of catching so many on the float ð In all seriousness though, it is a fun new challenge

That last post was from my iPhone - apologies for spacing and or spelling errors

Depends which time of "Spey" fishing you are talking about. The type of fishing I do, and which is becoming increasingly popular both on the west coast and the Great Lakes is Skagit casting. Skagit casting uses a shorter than traditional Spey rod (12 foot to 14 foot) to cast under conditions where a normal fly system or long belly Spey system wouldn't be of much use. For example tree lined banks, tight quarters etc. The skagit line is a short, heavy section of Spey line (between 20 and 30 feet depending on rod length) that lets you chuck big heavy flies (intruders) that would otherwise be unfishable. Essentially you are using the weight of the skagit head and the friction of the water to load the rod and send the fly out there. It can be difficult at first, but once you get the hang of letting the rod cast the fly and not forcing it its actually quite easy.

Some people can sink ANYTHING Bill

I was always taught to at least gut the fish before freezing, so I've always done it that way. Never really questioned it either way to be honest...

The browns tend to cruise around in shallow(ish) water this time of year, as do the pike. For some reason I've found winter browns to be more willing to chase down lures than pike to be honest... Had some good days on Lake O in late winter/early spring chucking small raps and spinners for brownies