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Working the stretch of rock rip rap behind the radio towers, east down past Place Polonaise, the truck stop and the water treatment plant is very good early for browns in tight to shore. Be careful between Murray Street Park and the mouth of the Forty, there is a shallow red clay flat there, if you go farther east. Even shore casting pays off good in this stretch, off the ends of the dead end roads.

Streamer flys, tied with bucktail/ imitation polar bear hair/ crystal flash/ tinsel , long slim sparsely dressed in patterns similar to the McNally Smelt, with greenish bluish on the back are often a hot ticket for bottom bouncing.

The old Fenwick Riggersticks of the 80's were not a special blank designed for that use , they were simply fibreglass Fenwick/Woodstream 9 foot 10 wt fly rod blanks tied up as a downrigger rod, still got a couple I put together with the twist guides. Also went lighter with a 9 foot 8 wt blank for spring fishing and have 9 foot 12 weight tied up as well, that was a higher modulus Fenglass blank, think they were marketed for a short time as the " Kingstalker " model. Bet if you laid your hands on some fibreglass flyrod blanks of current manufacture you would have something very similar to those old sticks.

OH MAN, now Backbay has gone and done it with the Ry Cooder " Chicken Skin Music " been watching clips all morning now, I've always liked best when he teams up with Dave Lindley <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ebj_e4VagcA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Lindley is also a supremely talented player, don't think there is a stringed instrument on the planet he hasn't mastered <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PJw7EeozDIY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I've installed a couple for my own use and my parents, I always understood that a second run of coax is required for a second receiver. Each dish mounted outside has coax connectors for 2 runs of coax making a second dish necessary if you want a third receiver.

The gimbals on the butt make me think they are designed for salt water. If you are a Lake Ontario salmon fisherman I would think the longer 2 would make a pretty good rod for running dipsey divers with braid line or if you add a twili tip with wire, the diameter at the tip would make them too stiff for me anyway in a downrigger. Could make a muskie trolling rod I guess but no experience with that.

Actually, I think the far bird is indeed a Canvasback while the near bird is a Redhead.

Exactly X2, retired in May 08 with the TSX hoovering near 15000, took a bit of a beating over the summer and then the bottom really fell out of it over the years have learned to hang in there, when I figured the rebound had started changed up the portfolio of mutuals from conservative to more equiity based, today, ahead of what GIC's would have paid if I'd dumped my money in them at retirement. Banks love GIC's give you 1-2 % and loan it out at 5+%.

Going back further, found this, I always liked Richard as the best vocalist in the group <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qg-aPpQbrec" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Too bad we couldn't return to the late 70's when a group of us hunted them for pelts, we got $50 to $70 a pelt and the going wage at the steel mills in Hamilton were I worked was $7/8 a hour, that was a days pay. Now those same jobs pay 4X as much and the worth of a pelt is actually lower now I believe

Thanks for that Grimace, big fan of Warren/ Gov't Mule/ Allman Bros, Trucks isn't bad either I'm sure you will like this, never figured out why Rory was never more popular this side of the Atlantic, he was a majour blues/rock player for years before his death in Europe.

If any of these new braids are flea proof for the diver rods out on the big O, now that would bbe a BIG PLUS.

There seems to be a spring run also in the Niagara River. I've got a few good size ones offshore trolling for yellow pickeral on Lake Erie in the summer, I think they would be hard to target other than the known spring runs as probably the schools seems to suspend offshore in deep water during the summer.

This is probably my favourite live performance of all times, almost 42 years ago

From what I gather the smaller Merc's are Tohatsus, with an inflated price tag. Anyone confirm?

The 80's pretty much a void in the playlist of my life that spans 5 decades, of course there was one guy, I would give anything to have been down on Spadina this magical night sitting under the golden palms edit: OOPS that should have been "neon palms" think the mind is going

At almost 61 quite a few things fit in that category. My first computer was a 386 with a whopping 127 MB. hard drive, no internet just a 2400 baud connection to a local BBS, paid $1700 for it too , now a 29 dollar mp3 player has way more memory. Fishfinders are a bargain, outfitting a salmon boat 30 years ago I bought the best there was, a Lowrance 1510B paper graph, paid more for it than a new HDS5 and it ate a 5 dollar roll of paper a weekend, the kicker used less in gas . TV's, pretty sure I paid over 300 for a new 20" portable in the late 70's and don't even think what a new VCR cost then Cable was only $8 a month, now there's a big ripoff Majour appliances are a deal, when I bought a house in 83 I bought new fridge stove washer dryer, basic units that could be replaced today for very close to what I paid. The house is another story, thank you real estate values Retired at 58, luckily I was able to save early in my worklife when you actually got decent interest rates, but if mortgage rates ever hit today what they were then, the banks would own half the homes in town. I feel for you young guys

I watch prices and like quality too, some of the stuff I use Costco for Coffee- Kirkland Columbian, best coffee for the money Propane- 5 bucks cheaper than anywhere else Jeans- best jeans under 20 bucks Sunflower Seeds-I feed the black oiled sunflower in bird feeders 5 bucks cheaper than anywhere for 40 lbs Burgers- the 1/3 lb Kirkland frozen sirloin patties are handy and excellent Meat- more of a quality issue but sales are good Baked Goods- excellent in store bakery and prepackaged meals Photo shop- can't beat 15 cent prints and 29 cent 5x7's

Go with only 2 downriggers and get a pair of wire diver rigs to make a 4 rod setup. Look at some good gunwale mounted rod holders, possible one of the track systems. Also, go with a second battery and the larger HDS7.

Aren't eels an endangered species now or a species of concern and have a protected status?

I listen to this a lot, best rendition of a Canadian classic, but then I like blues stuff the best

Went to this this guy a couple of years ago, still watch this vid a few times a week in complete awe, IMHO the best player out there today, 1 man , six strings and you'd swear it was an orchestra at times. Like one commented the dynamics are insane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxqYoZiYPU

aren't the beaches here legally topless as well ?

Not a small engine mechanic, but I think possibly the crankcase is over filled, 1/2 a litre is lot unless it was down quite a bit. I know my rototiller and any 4 stroke engine needs to be kept fairly level. Couple of time I hit a tough spot with the roto and it tried to tip and belched some smoke, was told oil from the crank got into the combustion chamber I'd check the dip stick on the crank and remove some, maybe a large syringe with a piece of small diameter hose to suck it out, don't tip it out.

I support my local economy Forty Creek " Barrel Select " is excelllent.