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Don't get me wrong, I love the Leafs & will burst from my grave to join the party when they finally do win the Cup again. But you just have to appreciate the humour in some of these. Poor buds! Ontario Law: The O.P.P. are cracking down on speeders heading into Toronto. For the first offense,they give you two Toronto Maple Leaf tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them. Q. What do you call 30 millionaires around a TV watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs? A. The Toronto Maple Leafs Q. What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and Billy Graham have in common? A. They both can make 20,000 people stand up and yell 'Jesus Christ'. Q. How do you keep the Toronto Maple Leafs out of your yard? A. Put up a goal net. Q. What do you call a Toronto Maple Leaf with a Stanley Cup ring? A. A thief. Q. How many Toronto Maple Leafs does it taketo win a Stanley Cup? A. Nobody knows and we may never find out. Q. What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and possums have in common? A. Both play dead at home and get killed on the road p.-

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i use raven 10lb mainline green (cheeeeep and strong) and "phantom" (by redwing) fluorocarbon leader. i also use riverwood balsa floats, most of the time. i agree with all the other comments & can add that the best part is when the float goes down whatever pain you go through with this new discipline, keep dropping us the odd post & we will help. but it's worth learning the skill if only to see that float go down and have it come trailing a bright chrome steelhead post a pic of your stuff once you've retrieved it. we can tell you what it is you've got! and finally, welcome and good luck! p.-

Great fish! Gotta love those chunky smallies p.-

I got this in an email today and had to share. The HTML code doesn't transcribe well, so the images may be a little off kilter. Still looks ok, though. Enjoy! p.- Can you IMAGINE seeing this in person? Awesome........ Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters. Gliding silently beneath the waves they turned vast areas of blue water to gold off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula . Sandra Critelli, an amateur photographer, stumbled across the phenomenon while looking for whale sharks. She said: 'It was an unreal image, very difficult to describe. The surface of the water was covered by warm and different shades of gold and looked like a bed of autumn leaves gently moved by the wind. "It's hard to say exactly how many there were but in the range of a few thousand. "We were surrounded by them without seeing the edge of the school and we could see many under the water surface too. "I feel very fortunate I was there in the right place at the right time to experienced nature at his best." Measuring up to 7ft (2.1 metres) from wing-tip to wing-tip, Golden rays are also more prosaically known as cow nose rays. They have long, pointed pectoral fins that separate into two lobes in front of their high-domed heads and give them a cow-like appearance. Despite having poisonous stingers they are known to be shy and non-threatening when in large schools. The population in the Gulf of Mexico migrates, in schools of as many as 10,000, clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan. The whole article can be found here : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtm...24/earay124.xml cheers! p.-

tisk tisk. Jealousy is a wasted emotion, Mike. No worries, though: I know that by "hideous" you mean "gorgeous." Hopefully you get to admire my new handles first-hand, soon They are swweeeeeeeet! p.- p.s. for those who want to know, I used the macro setting for the shot(s ... took 4 quickly and this was the best one). With point & shoot cameras, it helps sharpen the focus on your subject, which brings out the colours a little more.

Not much to report, today, except that I had about an hour to kill in the afternoon and made the best of it. Near the end of it, the float shot down hard - no doubting what it would be. He gave me a great fight. No jumps but lots of runs. Just having him on was a treat, and landing him was a bonus. Having 20km an hour winds was also a treat, compared to yesterday's all-out wind assault! cheers! p.-

I just love this pic, Cliff. Good job! p.-

Sweeeeeet! As I continue to live vicariously through you, let me express the fact that it does nothing to relieve the serious case of green envy from which I suffer. p.-

Blown is right. But Guelp is close to the Grand... ok it's a bit of a jaunt to where the chromers are, but it's closer than the Shwa for sure.

Thanks Cliff, I knew what you meant. Disregard the rube Anyway, you're right. He should be crafting his report for us. Maybe he has stage fright... hehehehe

Very niiiiice! I LIIIIIIIKE! p.-

They'd better be good! Aren't you guys back my now? Where are our pics??????? p.-

If anyone is interested, I wrote an entry on my blog about this & added a few extra pics to boot. http://theaveragesteelheader.blogspot.com p.- p.s. have a coffee before you go! haha! I'm a lot chattier on my blog than here

Holy Mackinaw http://www.peta2.com/sea_Kittens/ I call that stretching it a bit. Read the bed-time stories. I mean, actually, who would read that to their kids? It doesn't even make sense! Aren't we blurring the difference between "human" and "humane" here? And anyway, how could you compare such beautiful and honorable creatures to.... argh..... CATS! meeee OW! p.-

Been there... done that.... With our little hooks, it isn't so bad. Here's the technique: 1) if possible place hooked digit in river until pain from cold exceeds pain from hook 2) during digit submersion if you have any old kleenex or Tim Horton's napkins in your pocket, have them handy 3) using forceps or needlenose pliers, firmly (firmly, mind... not too loose) pinch hook where it bends 4) pull very quickly, really fast fast fast. 5) apply napkin or kleenex (or band aid, if you're that smart) Note: if quikfish hook and not no 12 steelhead hook, god luv ya! Either upgrade material in steps 2 and 5 to gauze - or disregard entire procedure and go to the Hospital... yikes! p.-

too true... too true... LOL

Sweet! I know where you were I almost headed out that way, as I started my day close to there, but decided otherwise. It's nice to get them on a kwik fish. Didn't you wear your waders? p.-

Q & A from Health Canada Q: The Stanley Cup was recently on tour in my town, and I kissed and drank from it. Do I have to worry about being infected by listeria? A: You are safe. The Stanley Cup has not been in contact with any Maple Leaf product in over 40 years. p.-

Thanks for the compliments everyone. It's nice to be reading them from my warm chair Bly, that's 80% luck, 10% technique, 10% skill. I snap as many as possible, as circumstances permit - that's it. I actually need a new camera, since this one (Minolta Z1) is old and has had a little (uh... a LOT) too much water get into the lens. It went for a dip in the Credit river a couple of years ago. The camera miraculously survived, but the water left some nasty spots in the lens. If the sun is shining in the lens, the shot is a complete waste. Dooood! you have no idea! In fact you would've laughed your head off to see me trying to get that line out of there. I can't believe it held, actually. In fact, I have to put new line on my reel now. I must have scratched and scraped about 30 yards of it. Check out my blog (http://theaveragesteelheader.blogspot.com) sometime tonight or tomorrow for the official keystone cop routine... O great shirt-less bass man - ye of little faith! Can't you tell by the length of the shot? She was HUUUGE! ok ok... She weighed about 8lbs. p.-

Agreed. You could also take a look at the Rouge river. It's open South of hwy2 right now. p.-

Well, I was going to go to some of Solopaddlers favourite haunts today, but balked at the last minute. Instead, I fished a few rivers close to home. Weatherwise, duuuuh it was disastrous. Sometimes the wind was so heavy that I had to pull my rod apart just to cut down on the resistance. I had my casts blown back in my face several times! Nonetheless, I persevered and caught a few. Here are some of the results... First fish of the day: OOOPS! I almost stepped on this little guy. At first I thought he was a piece of bark on the shore, but my Steelheader senses were tingling. Lucky for him! He posed for the camera and I was on my way. Note the "Lord of the Rings" style finger nails. (Frodo? Is that you?) Here's the biggest fish of the day.... Believe it or not, in the middle of our epic battle, the above fish decided to jump straight up into the air and down into..... THIS: She landed right in that fork shaped spot. At first, I thought that that was it. But I managed to wade out to the spot & by pulling on the outer branch was able to squeeze the line out with my hands. I had to make several tries as, obviously, wading into the middle of a holding pool really spooks your fish! Finally, as I was walking through the woods on my way home, I came across this - as I thought - abandoned bird's nest. I thought it was kind of cute, took a few pics and was about to walk off when I heard ... like, little bells jingling. Was that pixie dust? Curious, I looked into the nest, and this is what I saw! Looks like I finally found my magical, chinook-roe-chartreuse-choker-bag source. Who says roe doesn't grow on trees ?!?! p.-

Nice post, Mike. Loved the fifth pick. That's a great way to present the subject. Please pass on my sympathies to Fergie. Regards, p.-

Sweeeeeet! Thanks Dave! Love those dollies! p.-

Mike, do you have any more pics dood? I keep surfing this post but would love to see new photos of this trip. Do you have a link to any pics that Joe took? Thanks p.-