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Net is sold - someone take the shirts off my hands!!

Brian and I couldn’t manage a meet up (sorry Brian) so everything is still up for sale Cheers Richard

View Advert Steelhead/trout beads and plastics Large selection of trout beads and pegs (bbq brushes) plus worms for steelhead, perfect for the fall run!! $50 - pickup in Oakville Cheers Richard Advertiser cuzza Date 10/02/2019 Price 50.00 CAD Category Fishing Classifieds

Thanks I wasn't sure about posting the shirts but I'm trying to avoid stuff ending up in landfill just because I don't want it any more, I only wore them once in Alaska so plenty of fish mojo even after one day on!

Y View Advert Fishing shirts and a big net Four fishing shirts - all worn once on a trip and now just taking up space. They're Bass Pros Worldwide Sportsman brand, three in size Large and teh blue one bottom right is a Medium but fits the same as the others. I'm a large in "street" clothes and they fit me nicely so they're true to size $10 each or take them all for $30 These are the closest i can find to them on the Bass pro site https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/world-wide-sportsman-freecast-long-sleeve-shirts-for-men -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net is sold All pick up in Oakville Advertiser cuzza Date 09/05/2019 Price 30.00 CAD Category Fishing Classifieds

Price dropped - happy to listen to reasonable offers. Great boat for getting away from the crowds during steelhead season!

View Advert Scadden Assault X - price drop! Hi All, I'm moving abroad so need to start unloading some stuff and first up is my Scadden Assault X raft - probably used half a dozen times so it's in great condition, no leaks/patches/scrapes that I can see. The whole thing fits in a hockey bag (included ) and comes with a manual pump and a 12V inflator along with everything in the photos - oars, seat, two bags, standard foot bar and a Scotty anchor mount. Looking for $650 but will listen to reasonable offers - I'm located in Oakville and while I'm happy to ship (negotiable) pickup/in person deal would be a lot easier all round! Not really looking for trades (I'm meant to be be getting rid of stuff!) unless you have a nice Ultralight rod to part exchange. Cheers, Richard Advertiser cuzza Date 08/19/2019 Price 650.00 CAD Category Fishing Classifieds

From the looks of your sig, you already have a reel so why not just use that on the telescopic rod? You then have about $50 to spend on lures/plastics etc. which will probably make more difference to your catch rates. If you really want a combo Canadian Tire have a few around the $30 mark but you'll probably want to budget to change out the line as it'll probably be cheap stuff that has lots of memory and tangles easily, something like a spool of Trilene XL would be fine. Telescopic rods are all pretty much the same performance wise unless you're into the $100+ ones but they're great to keep in your backpack/car/desk/locker to be handy. I've had a few over the years and they all worked just fine for anything from trout to sea fishing.

Dan, Congrats on the trip, you're going to have an awesome time! I went to Alaska a couple of years ago (which was awesome!) and thought about kitting myself out with a GoPro to capture it. I ended up deciding against it and bought a point and shoot camera with a good zoom on it and I'm glad I did. The waterproof cameras are great but the pictures they take aren't as good - the guides at the lodge used waterproof ones and were taking pics of fish with their cameras and mine, at the end of the week we all turned in our memory cards to pool the photos and the one from mine were way better in both clarity and colour. The camera also shoots video but I hardly used it. While it wasn't waterproof, I bough a decent case for it to keep splash and rain off it and at only $200 or so, it was risk I was prepared to take, we took loads of photos in the rain and it didn't miss a beat. It seems you've ordered something so this post is redundant but the camera I have is a Sony DSC-WX350. The lodge owner was so impressed with it , he ordered a couple for the guides to test. Edit>> It appears it's now $300 or so - I think I got mine on sale from Henrys and it was a couple of years ago Enjoy the trip!

Search called off for now - thanks to all for the offers and advice Richard

Gents, Thanks for the responses. Snidley, the Calcutta is a nice piece of kit but I was hoping for one of the low profile reels such as a Curado/Citica type design. msp - I have a Clarus spinning rod I like but not keen on the idea of telescopic I appreciate you both taking the time to respond though Richard

View Advert Baitcaster rod/reel or combo No longer looking Advertiser cuzza Date 02/06/2019 Price Category Fishing Classifieds

I have the 13' float rod and really like it, picked it up from Sail a couple of years ago

I have a pair of Simms Skeena neoprene gloves which would keep your hands dry, looks like they've replaced them with the Kispiox. I can fly fish with them and even tie knots, I just waste more tippet as it's like tying them with super-fat fingers! The only thing that doesn't work is palming a reel as they're too "grippy"

Thanks Chris - can confirm the walleye as we got into a few along with plenty of smallies. A good time was had by all - thanks again for the tips guys

Thanks a lot for the info guys, bass and perch sounds perfect for the kids, heading tomorrow - looking forward to it!

Hi folks, Have family over from the UK and we've booked a cottage on South Lake, just outside Minden and my niece and nephew want to do some fishing and of course I'm happy to oblige I don't do much lake fishing (I spend most of my time on the rivers), but from what i can find, it's bass and panfish, which I think I can cover with spinning rods and some plastics or a fly rod and a popper but I was wondering if anyone has any local knowledge they can share? We won't have a boat, just canoes. Thanks! Richard

I'm a member of the Hamilton Fly Fishing Club - we have a bass trip on the 29th if you're interested, plenty of good fly fisherman to help get you started The link in my sig should get you to the website, PM me if you want more info Cheers, Richard

I'm sure you'll be OK especially early morning but worth keeping an eye on especially if you fish lower down the stretch later in the day.

Brian, the access points are here https://www.friendsofthegrandriver.com/maps/ If you don't have a stream thermometer, pick one up from Grand River Outfitting (Troutfitters used to own a store but is now just guiding), I stop fishing if the water gets over 68F/20C as trout don't recover well above that. Fly-wise, I've done well in summer on scuds (16-18) or midge larvae patterns (18-20), soft hackles will work too. Have fun!

Only difference in castability is that rabbit holds water much more than deer hair so the flies get heavier but it looks great in the water, deer hair builds a profile well so flies aren't very aerodynamic. As others have said, different material for a different purpose really - my favourite streamer pattern, the zuddler uses both....

Sums it up perfectly I'm playing around with the single hand Skagit lines at the moment which are super short shooting heads (the 6wt one is 13.5ft but you need a tip on top of that), easy to get good distance with no back-cast, great for big streamers/mice

Hey Bill, I go south of the border a lot for work so normally grab stuff but I couldn't even find any in Texas. I haven't tried the services like CrossBorderPickups, will look into it - thanks!

Thanks Dave, looking for some to try as part of a nymphing leader setup - I like how easy it is to get it to straighten out. I have some blue Stren I can use for now and I'll keep an eye out. Love fishing shooting heads, not delicate but easy to cast - have them as options on my 6wt and 8wt I use the coated running line as it's a bit easier to manage when you've got line all round your feet

Just wondering if anyone knows where I can get some in the west end of the GTA? Sail don't carry it, nor do CT and everything online is in the states and $10 shipping for a $5 spool Cheers Richard