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Hey Guys,

Quick question that just crossed my mind...

I'm just wondering, can you actually use dry fly hooks for nymphs or is that taboo? lol

Thanks for your help,

Dave

If you're just starting to learn, I suggest going to a local fly fishing club like Izaak Walton's. Kitchener has one too but I don't recall the name. It's much more difficult to learn on your own, and other tyers can steer you clear of some of the errors. But if you're not just starting, sorry I don't have any sites off hand.

nope not starting out....just looking for other sources, thanks though

Hey Guys,

I'm looking for a decent website for fly tying patterns. I normally go on flyanglersonline.com.

Does anyone know and others that have good step by step instructions?

Thanks,

Dave

great, nothing like a snowstorm and a night shift....lol...another 2+ hour drive home!

Hey Snag,

was thinking the same thing when I went down to Punta Cana 2 years ago. I did some research and found out that the DR isn't the place to go fishing. Apparantly the guiding services aren't the greatest and neither is the fishing. The place to fish is Cuba. The DR is not the safest place, but when I walked the beach there were a lot of locals fishing in the water...

Hope this helps

Just glad Cal Ripkin was not on that list.

Joe

you'll notice that the true heroes of the game are not on that list....Ripken, Gwynn, Yount, Boggs, Ryan etc....i always had a suspicion with Clemens...hardly ever hurt until his 42nd bday when they started steroid testing

Here's the full list of players:

Manny Alexander

Chad Allen

Rick Ankiel

David Bell

Mike Bell

Marvin Benard

Gary Bennett, JR

Larry Bigbie

Barry Bonds

Ricky Bones

Kevin Brown

Paul Byrd

Ken Caminiti

Jose Canseco

Mark Carreon

Jason Christiansen

Howie Clark

Roger Clemens (In the report he is said to be injected, not the direct purchase of steroids like others named in the report)

Paxton Crawford

Jack Cust

Brendan Donnelly

Chris Donnels

Lenny Dykstra

Bobby Estallela

Matt Franco

Ryan Franklin

Eric Gagne (A lot of inside information in the Red Sox dealings in acquiring Gagne)

Jason Giambi

Jeremy Giambi

Jay Gibbons

Troy Glaus

Juan Gonzalez

Jason Grimsley

Jose Guillen

Jerry Hairston, JR.

Matt Herges

Phil Hiatt

Glenallen Hill

Darren Holmes

Todd Hundley

David Justice

Chuck Knoblauch

Tim Laker

Mike Lansing

Paul LoDuca

Exavier "Nook" Logan

Josias Manzanillo

Gary Matthews JR

Cody McKay

Kent Mercker

Bart Miadich

Hal Morris

Daniel Naulty

Denny Neagle

Jim Parque

Andy Pettite (In the report he is said to be injected, not the direct purchase of steroids like others named in the report)

Adam Piatt

Todd Pratt

Stephen Randolph

Adam Riggs

Armando Rios

Brian Roberts

John Rocker

F.P. Santangelo

Benito Santiago

Scott Schoeneweis

David Segui

Gary Sheffield

Mike Stanton

Miguel Tejada

Ismael Valdez

Mo Vaughn

Randy Velarde

Ron Villone

Fernando Vina

Rondell White

Jeff Williams

Matt Williams

Todd Williams

Steve Woodard

Kevin Young

Gregg Zaun

Albert Pujols

Pudge Rodriguez

He will obviously be declared a dangerous offender and be kept in out a luckitary confinement for life. I think that is much worse than death.

My thoughts exactly....

As good as people think these criminals have it in prison....really it's misunderstood....there is no cushy prison and where Pickton is going, it ain't gonna be fun....he'll get shanked one way or the other

Okay...bear with me lol,

I moved into my house mid-June and received a visitor from the Ontario Energy Corp. Anyway, they asked to see my hydro bill and gave me their shpiel about protecting consumers from rising energy rates. So they gave me this form to sign which said nothing about rates or costs etc. Just that the person came to speak with me. So a few hours later I get a phone call from the same person asking me to verify whether that person spoke with me. SO I verified it....Then in October I get a frantic call from my wife saying that there is a pushy person that keeps coming to the door and demanding to see our hydro bill...which she refuses and threatens to call the police....

Today I get a bill from my Hydro provider which is almost doubled what I normally pay and i start freaking about the amount of energy that we've used. i compare this to my last months bill and the consumption difference is like 0.002 kilowatts. Anyway, we call the provider stating that there was a problem with our bill and they said that the costs reflect the rates of the Ontario Energy Corp and that we should take it up with them. My wife informs the customer service person that we didn't sign up with them. We were informed that we did.....

So we called OEC and asked why we were signed up when we never signed a thing....They claimed that we signed a five year contract and that they had my voice recorded confirming that we agreed to their service. So My wife loses it on whoever she was talking to...in fact she informed the good customer service rep that we were harrassed by one of their representatives and she got so worked up at the fact that we were scammed into this....wow...she actually was crying....so the jackass on the phone says that it's a fixed rate and we basically were paying $235 a month for our usage for the next 5 years...which is a crock because our usage hasn't gone over $140 a month and that was with an air conditioner going!

So to make a long story short, we got out of the "contract" and owe them 2 payments of $235.....based on this billing period and the next...

What a rip...don't get scammed by these con-artists

Hey Guido,

How do you tie the weed guard? What do you use?

I've got the ultimate diet, I swear. Give yourself over to me completely for 3 months and I'll have you in better shape than an olympic athlete.

 

The secret? Paddle and portage for several hundred km's, drink nothing but water and eat a diet comprising almost entirely of fish that you've caught.

 

1 month and you'll be in the same shape you were in at 20.

2 months and you'll be hard as rock, strong with good stamina.

3 months and you're in olympic calibre shape.

 

I'd be happy to help anyone out if you'll pay for my time.

Sounds like an easy trip! The hard part would be convincing my wife to let me go!

does it matter what u use for a tail?? i used leather cord (looks like a thin shoe lace) for my tails b/c it was all i could find....

what did u use for the weed guard???

You sure its not because of all the donuts your eatin there officer LOL

Hahaha....yes...i've only had 2 donuts since i've started and a couple of timbits but that's it, i've had McDonalds once in the last 8 months but that was because i missed dinner and McD's is the only place open at 3 AM.....

It's more like "I've just worked 12 hours, commuted 2 round trip and i'm too tired to work out" lol....and with a baby it's more like i'm too busy.....

But i've gotta start somewhere and cutting down my calories and the portion size will help!

Thanks for the support guys!

i'm only 5'8, but i'm getting to be 5'8 wide too lol......it's just the lifestyle that i have to change, i don't eat junk food very often, but my portions when i eat are beyond Denny's size lol.....

Well....it's time for a change lol....

When I got married I was able to drop 40lbs and that was through diet and a lot of exercise. After I had gotten married I was okay, about 10lbs heavier than when I got married....now, almost 2 years later i'm 190lbs and going up. I would like to say that it was from my workouts, but i'd be lying.

Anyway, here goes nothing. I'm going back on the diet and increasing my cardio with my workouts....basically, what i was thinking was scary. Gaining 30lbs in 2 years meant that i'd be dangerously overweight by the time my daughter went to school, i wasn't too happy that I was slowly killing myself,

anyway,

wish me luck, it's gonna be hard

Dave. I think that people are putting too much thought into detail these days. I think that the way that you present your mouse patterns are much more important than the fact that it has no ears. I think that you'll be fine. Let us know your success. By the way, mouse patterns are awesome for Brook Trout. Let me know if you could manage to tie a few on a 1/4 oz jig head. I could be interested.

Thanks Dan, I know brookies love mice, but I'm afraid there aren't too many brookies big enough around southern ontario that'll take mice.....

nothing on a jig head yet, i do have them on 4x, 2x and 4 and 6 streamer hooks

Hey Chris, any chance there is hide left for fly tyin'??????

Those are cool man, way to go!

Evenin' everyone,

I got a quick question. I have just finished tying my first 5 predator mice. Tail's and whiskers and all, but what I'm missing is the ears. Is is necessary to have them, or will a hungry bass or trout really notice that they're missing?

Any thoughts?

Dave

Never judged a group by the actions of a few, every agency is "different", as for your comment about the HTA and throwing that info out the door when you hit the road, my, my, people sometimes make comments when stressed or nervous, but to put that on a public board and try to get respect, as an ex, I'm embarrassed and I'll leave it at that.

It was a joke....an misunderstood, I meant that I didn't know the exact section of the HTA because when I was at the college I had it pretty much memorized.....gimme a break man

nice buck....mmmmm venison

hey i got one of those one year, but it's a baseball stadium

sorry to hear of your loss gary,

my deepest sympathies

Who intends to go out in traffic and kill someone?

 

As for judging, well I guess you wont officialy unless you are part of the SIU, but turning a blind eye wont help anything either. I cant believe some folks still think cops are above scrutiny.

We are far from being above scrutiny......we are watched closer than anyone and often treated worse than criminals.....people choose to hate us based on the uniform we wear and some will be happy to kill us based on that fact. Not based on who we are as a person, but for the uniform we wear. But who are the ones they call when they need help?

Yes, some of us make bad decisions and i'm not defending the O.Dot whatsoever because most of them are too intense....hell they give other coppers tickets including my deputy chief lol....hell they'd give Julian Fantino, their commish a ticket. But our job is like everyone elses, people make mistakes and sometimes they drive like idiots, but unlike your job, not everyone is watching everything you do. And when you make a mistake, it's not in every newspaper in ontario.

Oh and BTW, SIU are relentless. They investigate you even when you're not involved in an incident. I have been investigated just for being in the police station when something happened. Yes it's necessary because we need to be accountable, but sometimes they are absolutely brutal which is why we need a lawyer present whenever they talk to us.

Definitely not going to touch this one....obivously there is more to the story!