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Nice looking stuff guys. Don't know much about fly tying but those look quite lifelike. The inline spinners are sharp.

Me, I tie bucktail harnesses and bucktail jigs

wasn't wearing a tuque and thought my ears were going to fall off

Need a bigger beard

Beats sitting at home Jacques.

that just made me really sick to watch, with all the efforts we make for conservation of the species, I guess someone would say it's a cultural thing but unless they are feeding the entire population of their village, this is just disgusting.

European fish farming. Can hardly be called wasteful. People on this side of the world have obviously lost touch. Better than a lot of N American netting operations where pike and other bycatch species lie in rotting piles on the shore. Saw enough of that up North.

After having owned an HT flip shelter, I would not reccomend their product. Thinner grade canvas, poor stitching and soft hinges mean a lot of repairs. I'm on my third season with the HT 2 man and I have spent a lot of time restitching seams and replacing pins every season.

I would go for the Clam

Nice looking whities. You're making me drool.

I think I'll stick to my old tin pot, grounds and all, first thing in the morning. The splash of brandy is the bonus.

I taught my kids to never start a scrap, but to make sure you hurt them before they hurt you. The daughter has a disability, and used to get picked on at school. After decking two boys she never had a problem again. The school threatened to suspend or expel Anna. I asked the principal what punishment the boys would be receiving. He said there would be no reprisal for the boys so I called the lawyers. problem solved.

Girls never got in the way of fishing! Might be still half drunk and not know the person in the bed beside me , but at 5 am I was still going fishing Part of that primitive Canadian instinct. Had booze, had woman, had to kill something for breakfast

I have never been accused of being stable.

There are days I've been told I should go live in a stable.

The only problem with running a sled all out is there is no room for error or reaction time. Friend of mine got killed last March on Couch on his sled. Was running full out and hit an object jutting out from the ice.

I used to trail ride a lot on the HCSA trails and we never ran more than 60kph on the ice even though our machines could do 120 ( yeah, yeah, I'm dating myself )

Costco in St Catharines fills 20 pounders for about $5 less than the truck stop or garage here in town. I looked into a small tank, 5 pounder, some time ago ago to run a propane cooking burner on for day trips, more expensive than a 20 pounder They seem to be priced like AAA batteries vs AA, pay more for less.

It all evens out. Think of how many trips to the chiro you won't make because you are lugging a 5# instead of a 20# tank.

Such a breathtaking view from up in a bushplane. Haven't been in a single in over 20 years and all I could do was oooh and aaah. I do envy you Wayne.

There used to always be icefishing and skating on Grenadier's, and you could also skate on the duck ponds. Of course, that was back in the 70's, before every mother's son was looking for the flimsiest excuse to start a lawsuit.

They have the look of Calabrese texture but it's hard to tell fer sure from pics. My wife made me stop baking bread of any kind cuz it was immediately gobbled. Man, warm fresh bread with butter ................

 

JF

Same happens here. Made 2 loaves yesterday and gone in 24 hours.

The folded loaf and the crock loaf both look great,

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A day of laughs, and fish! It does not get much better. Glad you had a good day.

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The floor plans are not quite filled in yet. Curious to know how much vendor overlap there is for both shows.

 

 

Any one from last years Fish and Boat show remember if vendors sold lure parts (0.062 wire, big Colorado blades, 4/0 trebles, powercoat paints, etc)?

Luremaking.com used to be there but not last year. There were no parts vendors at the fishing show.

Always thought it was a Pommey phrase. Know a few Brits who say "good on ya, mate".

Too busy playing with my ice gear.

Give angling sport or Lambeth rod and tackle a call. Also theres like 4 canadian tires in london and one in St.Thomas. I know in St.Thomas there's a variety store near the library that sells them which is about 4mins down the way from Canadian tire there.

 

On second thought, why does the OMNR not have a list of fishing license retailers?

Unfortunately, not all CTC stores, or tackle shops can issue licences. Only so many retailers within a specified area get a franchise. So a readily available list on the website would be great and make sense. We all know that the words 'government' and 'sense' are contradictions

You haven't had winter til your shovelling a foot of the white stuff. And I ain't talking cotton

Just build yourself a wee bonfire in the livingroom and all will be fine.

Just another extension of Darwin's law. Weak seed has to be removed from the gene pool somehow.

The motel rents out huts and used to run folks out to them on sleds a bit of a distance out. Believe it or not, there is only 2-3 foot depth of water from the landing to the channel.

Was out again Thursday, tougher bite, but good time with good friends. Got the son's better half out and she was first to catch a fish on her first successful ice outing. She certainly outdid RobD

Mind you, it took us 5 minutes to get Amie to hold the fish in her hand