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kemper

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  1. Any spey guys here?

     

    Looking for suggestions for household type wire that would would double as intruder wire that I can buy for cheap.

     

    Apparently once you write "Intruder Wire" on the package the price inflates 1000%

     

    Cheers,

  2. not a big walker but after yesterday when guys were walking down icy sidewalks and less than 5 min later he fell 3 times and then run back and jump icy walkways because the piece of ice let go. this just cements the idea if you are dumb enough to play a dangerous game then you have to pay .

     

    I'm not following the parallel between icy walkways where you might break an ankle, to open water in the winter where you might die.

  3. not a big ice fisherman but after yesterday when guys spaded a hole not less than 1 feet from the edge of open water and less than 5 min later had to run and get his stuff and then run back and jump over open water because the piece of ice let go. this just cements the idea if you and dumb enough to play a dangerous game then you have to pay .

     

    Sometimes I wonder if we should just let people like that float away for a while...

  4. I would call 911.

     

    Really?

     

    What are the odds the rescuers show up in time unless you're on a Lake close to a major population?

     

    I think most of us would probably do our best to get someone out of the drink, even if we felt like drowning the guy anyway...

     

    Not that any of us sitting around our keyboards are solving the problem, I just think some opinions might change if it was your own life that was at risk because of someone else's stupidity (and yes, negligence as well).

  5. how many people drive their cars in nasty fog...when you can't see the car in front of you..you should stay home or get off the road till it clears up

    one could argue it is gross negligence caused by lack of common sense. if you cause an accident or get into an accident under those conditions

     

    so by you logic everyone on the road should be charged and anyone who needs rescuing should pay the price...........I see no less cars vgoing to work on foggy days....so it seems some people only see icefishermen as doing stupid things.....one price for all or no price for anyone

     

    I'm just looking at the other side of the argument, that's all.

     

    I choose to stay off thin ice, under warm conditions because I realize that there is a much higher risk of going through.

     

    Look at it this way - you're having your morning coffee at the cottage looking out over the lake in January when its +12C and some moron drives his truck out without checking and goes through the 4 inches of crap ice. Now it's up to you to risk your own life to pull pinhead out of the drink.

     

    Is the guy negligent or unlucky?

     

    Personally I would be pissed that I had to endanger my life because of someone else's stupidity.

  6. How is it negligence to go on the ice and require rescue?

     

    Rescuers are trained and paid to RESCUE.

     

    Is it negligence if you burn your house down (unintentionally) and require rescue from the fire?

     

    According to Jay M. Feinman of the Rutgers University School of Law, "The core idea of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care when they act by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause harm to other people."

     

    Reasonable care to me would seem NOT to include being on crappy ice after two days of +13 temperatures...but maybe I'm being unreasonable.

  7. He was on unsafe ice, and the public had been warned that area lakes and rivers were NOT safe.

     

    Seems like a no brainer to me, if you need a rescue skiing OOB in BC you pay the bill too.

     

    Scugog ice is sloppy at the best of times around shore because of the heavy weeds.

     

    **I believe this occurred on Jan. 13 correct? The temperature reached 13 degrees C on both the 12th and 13th, it can't be a "surprise" that the ice was bad...

  8. I still dont understand why someone would drive there vehicle on the ice.

     

    Wouldn't catch me on the ice with a vehicle, but I think I'm more cautious on the hard water than most - probably because I don't have a whole lot of ice fishing experience.

     

    Sleds and ATV's sure - but not until the sheet is THICK.

     

    I went through an ice sheet I was standing on while fishing bows in December one time - ice was plenty thick enough to stand on but river ice is never really safe. I knew I was taking a risk being on the shelf, but I also knew that the water was not as deep as my waders where I was standing.

     

    Try getting out of a human sized hole in the ice while you're only just past your waist in the water...I can't imagine trying to crawl my way out of a lake (or car) especially without the added benefit of being waterproof (waders).

     

    I'll continue to play it safe on the hard stuff, if I miss a fish or two there's lots of time left to get them.

  9. UPS is bar none the worst and most costly when ordering stuff and the only one's who've damaged blanks for me. :wallbash:

     

    I had a blank shipped UPS and the tube it came in was bent like someone used it as a baseball bat.

     

    You'd think for the price they charge they would at least make a half hearted attempt at not destroying every thing on the truck...

  10. whopper, thanks for trying to get me some help with some answers here. pretty brutal website, you'd think i was asking to borrow

    money or something from these pretty useless members. waste of time trying to get any help here. having said that, i bet i'll get

    some unintelligent replies now

     

    Uh huh...

     

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  11. It turned out great Brady :)

     

    I'll definitely have to give the 6wt Rainshadow blank a good look over. I'd like a light spey rod for medium sized rivers with a bit of pace.

     

    Thanks Mike

     

    It's an awesome rod built as intended as well, I've fished it on water as big as the saugeen and as small as the credit, and didn't find it out of place in either scenario. Chucks all but the heaviest iron, unless you feel the need to fish 5 inch weighted intruders you'll be fine...

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