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Great family day weekend. Yes the longer days,are very nice. TFS Chris

I can multy task.And I just lit it up LOL

I was looking forward to fishing these last two days. Sunday was brutaly fridged,and only lasted about an hour out in the open. Sunday afternoon,Im reading about findings of dead fish on the bottom of lake Simcoe. White fish. White fish is the only fish I was looking forward to keeping for table fare,and got really turned off. Lakers are fun,but are not for me (too greasy/oily) I was pretty much decided I wasnt going to fish Monday. I had saltydawg asking to head out,but I was not going to commit, unless I was going for sure. Sinclair tells me he,s coming up and asked where. I give him a couple of options,and he says I,ll see ya there. Well I wasnt sure,as I had a little party to go to,and wasnt sure I was going to be there,so it was,I,ll txt if Im up. Turns out, the party was a dud,and I was home early to set out in the morning. Plan was to head out just south of BBP. As I,m heading out,I see a couple of buds parked at Timmies. Do a U turn for a quick coffee and a chat. Good thing, It turned out the shore line where we were to go out from,was broken up on Thursday and Friday. So quick call,and change of plans,to hook up. I even took a drive to see how bad it was. Yup,big hole only froze over for a couple of days,and there wasnt a car or truck to be seen. While I was there,the sun was coming up perfectly,soooooooooo picture time.LOL 120 degree Panorama. Off to meet up with Adam and his buddy. We meet up and they unload the bike and get their act together. Im all ready to go. Back pack and spud in hand,and say,see ya out there. Even though it was -21,the long 4 mile walk out was so nice. Sun shinning on your back and face at times. Walking was great,once you got past all the ruts. I can only amagine what it was like out there last week. But today,it was all tighten up and good for walking,and the sleds and ATV guys were moving with no issues. I stop about a mile out,spud a hole. 10" of good ice. That was a good work out. There was 40 fow under me,so jigged a williams half and half for about 20 minutes or so. Nada. Load up and off Im walking again. Reach about the 2 mile mark,and chip another hole. Buddy close by tells me there 93 fow. The same thing,jig for a half hour,and nada. Now Im thinking about this dead fish reports. So give Adam a call,and find out where they are. Oh I see ya,I,ll be there soon.1/2 mile away. You guys and your transportation.LOL It,s ok,I like the walk. I get to them and we sit and chat for a 1/2 hour,watching fish come up to look at our baits,but no takers. Move time. Now this where I cant believe what Im seeing. Adams cell is not just a phone,but has Lake Simcoe depth chart. but was to see.AWESOME. His budy talks about a break and points it out. They didnt know it,but I knew this break. Once we got there,well once they got there and buddy came back to get me,I knew where we were. I looked south,then north. Point to point. Yup,same line as it was last May. Drill some holes and start fishing. Right off the bat,theres fish down there. I switch up from the williams to a white tube. I have seen and heard how it seems to be the bait,so I gave it a go. We had fish chasing,well Adam had fish chasing his bait up as far as 50 fow,then turn back down. For some reason,his graph wouldnt mark my tube. Im thinking it was do to the lead head was burried in the glow tube, So this one time,Adam has a chaser that was belining his bait. Again,it turns and heads back down. I say to self,start reeling fast and see if it will attack. Welllllllllllll Here ya go. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0KjMsCj4lFQ?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Once this fish was landed,there didnt seem to be any others coming through. Adam and his buddy were making another move,but knowing I had a long walk back,and wouldnt dare ask for a ride back,as they came a ways to fish for the day,I thanked them for the morning and time together,and was on my way back for the 3 mile walk. Im loving the walking these days. Nice to meet another member and get to know him. The best part about this is,you may think of them one way on the board,they way they come accross. But once you meet them in person,it,s a whole new ball game. Adam,yer one cool dude bye. Fish with you anytime. Next weekend is the Tyler event. Looking forward to that.

Smart ,s

Nice of you to show up the guys J. Just got in. Will work on a report soon. I got a first,and am in need of a shower after walking miles today.

Sorry I didnt see that.

I agree. BUT,he was there to sell flies. But he saved me time.LOL There was a booth there a couple of years ago,that was teaching how to tie flys. That would of been a great to see again.interactive. I really liked those big poppers he had,but I can tie them. It,s those wee ones that will make me go crazy.LOL

That seems to be the norm now. I don,t need to hear what it cost to set up a booth That,s their choice to do so. Knowing they can make or break or lose.,I want to know what they will do for the buyer/customer. Why bring in high end items? Why sell higher when they know, there are others that are lower? I hear the point about making a bit of cash,but be competitive.Not over priced. Those that buy a lot,know what a reasonable price is. Here,s a real time thing I saw there. A simple pouch of pink trout worms. $5.99. That has to be the highest price I have ever seen for them. Lowest being $3.99 at Sails. It,s a simple bag of bait, This booth was not a small dime store booth,it was a well known retail store. Like said,they are there to get your bussiness and bring you back. Well,that didnt work,well it did for one,The fly guy. Maybe the trip was worth while. I found a great dealer to use via the WWW.

2nd line . Tyndale is nothing special.

Thats awesome Rob.

Reports back today,if you go off the packed path,yer sunk.

You may want to wait until later today. Im sure someone will chime in. It,s been very slushy out there.

You got trouble. Last time I had that,it was new pc time. Huge virus.

GETTING CLOSE TO THE FINAL TABLE,SO NEED SOME MOOOOO Got to love the duct tape.LOL <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D3IZPBQEVDs?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> We need a toe stepp,n knee slapp,n emotion.LOL

It,s poker on line night,so I pick long playing tunes. This one is going on now. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FJPmYmCb5XY?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

First off,I would like to thank those that offered up free tickets to me.I did get a free pass to the show today.So I left work at 11 am and headed down to the show.Since I was going that way,I headed to brandt meats factory first to get some supplies of smoked meats. Once I arrived at the show,my first thing to do,once I was in,,was to find the Fish-A-Thon For A Cure booth,that Dan and Ryan were manning. Well I walked around,and around,til I found them. It was nice to meet with them and drop off a donation to this up coming years event.( I was waiting for ,YA WANT A BEER, but it never happen. LOL) After a quick chat,I was off to make my rounds. Met friends,that were manning other spots at the dealers. It was nice to see them after a year or so. Now heres where,if I was paying my bucks to enter ,comes in. Walking through the booths,I was seeing not many savings. Alot of prices were the same as going to the store it,s self,if not,higher. I was looking for river/stream fly fishing stuff . This is a fishing/boat show,after all.. Walking through I seen mostly bass and salmon stuff. There was a glass case of high end pin reels I seen and got glassy eyed at,but Im not there to spend 700+ for a reel. I was looking for a 6-7 wt fly rod,,but not for 600 bucks. If I want to spend that,I know where to go. As I make my way back to the north end of the building,I come to the boat section. Here I can say,if you are there to look at boats,well,there ya go. Lots of eye candy. Aluimcraft had some real nice boats. IMO But I wasnt there for a boat,but if I was,I would be happy. So on my walk back to find the place to meet the boss,I come across what I was looking for,FISHING FLIES,REEL FLIES. Everything from pike/bass and trout of many types. Finally find the glory hole. I waited til the guy running it was done talking to another customer,then get my chance to talk to him. I told him I was a newby,what,where I was fishing,and it was like he had been there . He pointed out many flies I should try. The one,s that caught my eye was the egg pattern for stealhead. Then there were the dry flies. So I grab about $20 worth. I thanked him,and now have an on line site to buy from. I also have an order in for a new pair of Korkers It was the last ditch effort to find the boss. Walk around,find the watering hole,and nada. Home time. So,is it me,or is it just the way the show is run.? IMO,If it,s going to be a fishing and boat show,it needs to direct it to all fishing. Like I said,I seen more bass and salmon,and very little to the rest of the sport of fishing. With that said Advance taxidermy had a great booth. Heres some pics.

Well I went,I saw,and waited for a cold one with ya,but didnt see ya TJ. seen Dan and met Ryan. Did the hour and a bit walk around,left with a bunch of dry flies. Think I,ll drown my sorrows now.

Great offer guys and congrats to the dude. See ya soon fellas.

I can think of one. Real nice work.

Everytime I see an old house or barn,I always wonder what a story it could tell. I like the black and white. Nice shots.