Depends on what you're into, but most of the interesting stuff is west of downtown these days. Keep as far away from Yonge St. as you can.

Intersection of Dundas and Ossington is surrounded by...

Bear. Could be grizzly or black, hard to judge size. How big is the carabiner?

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Found a place near downtown, and will give the 'city' life a shot before I start to look outwards. The position is also temporary, at least for now, so I'll wait for more permanence, then decide...

I'll be working for Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Hence, looking for something in somewhat close proximity.

Thanks for the information everyone, onward with the apartment hunt.

That's about where I had narrowed it down.



I think it may be time to invest in a DH rig. I'll be bringing the XC regardless.



Excellent. I'm mainly a flowing water person, but would be...

[cross-posted from hook up, seemed a little dead over there]

I'll be moving to Kamloops from Edmonton in the next couple weeks, and am looking for a place to rent starting June or July.

Any...

I'll be moving to Kamloops from Edmonton in the next couple weeks, and am looking for a place to rent starting June or July.

Any Kamloops mags have a line on anything? Prefer a 1 bedroom...

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Sadly, sometimes knowing I'll be that much closer to coffee is my motivation to go to bed.



French press. 65 g beans (v. coarse grind, right before brew) per litre of 95 deg C water. 4 min...

Yeah, might work for the electronics. But there are too many mail-in gold/jewelry services out there for them to risk it at a pawn shop. So say the pawn shops, at least.

Solid advice. I'll keep it in mind when I move from the anger stage to acceptance. Realistically, the jewelry was the only thing that mattered, and that is long gone.

In the meantime if I see a...

They said there were 5 detectives working on it down at the station... in shifts.

Yeah, the last one was mostly what I was thinking. I kind of figured that anything other than rekeying the cars is...

No chance. Only set of spares was with a friend. And the backdoor is basically 3" screws and 2x4's on the inside for the time being. There was some serious door/deadbolt/doorframe smashing.

Though...

My place was broken into yesterday while the gf and I were out, and the piece of shit made off with a couple cameras, some electronics, my fucking running shoes and down vest (none of which are...

Amazing country.

Cities/places to look into:

(keeping in mind I was there in 2001, and things are always changing, which is why I'll just give the name, and you can look for current info)
...

Bumped the Westcomb thread to respond.

Moved response over from ArcTeryx thread, seemed to make more sense here.



I'm interested in both, but the lighter weight of the Mirage, and $100 price difference makes the Mirage a bit more...

Thanks, good info.

Unfortunately not a medium, or I'd be all over it.

Okay, I am in the hard shell market, and this thread seems to be about as close as it comes to my question/quandary. I want something for touring, and also the winter bus/walk to work in...

TRUE.


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Tried a new place tonight, as the old standby was closed. Home run.

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schwerty had some solid advice on NW Montana in my earlier thread.

Nah, no bull pics unfortunately. The camera was the least utilized piece of equipment on the trip...

None of them were monsters, though I know there are a few sharks along that stretch.

Awesome. It is nice to have the occasional reminder of why I am continuously applying for (and being rejected from) environmental jobs up there.

Some friends and I ducked out of the city this weekend, drove to the end of a forestry road, and found a nice stretch of a river to ourselves.

Beers were drank, and the cutties and bulls were...

Awesome. Just what I was after, thanks.

Any fly shop recommendations? I assume that would be the best place to get the low down on access to various stretches/hatches/so on, once I'm in the area.

Thanks, good info. I think we'll end up doing some of that in the reverse order, as we'll probably lay down a bunch of miles right away down to the AB/MT border, by Waterton and Glacier NP.

Any...

My father is flying out to Edmonton next month, and I've set aside 8 days or so for a quick road trip down through southern AB, to MT, ID, then BC (he's flying out of Vancouver). I have to be in...

My knowledge is limited mostly to a few downtown areas, but here's what I recommend:

Burger Quality Meats for really damn good burgers.
There's one on Ossington & Dundas, and one I think near...

Heh.

I was following the smell of food, taste of beer, and babes. They always lead to the same places...

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Much prefer the vibe at St. E's to St. Sulpice. Sulpice tends to draw a much younger, drunker, angrier crowd on weekends in my experience, particularly as the night wears on.

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Indeed.

And a bit of additional advice: Googling symptoms is just about the worst thing you can do to yourself. I've been there too, and it is a bad road to go down that pretty much guarantees...

My folks have a SodaStream. They run through seltzer like mad, and got sick of all the 2L bottles ending up in the recycling bin. The love it, and it has been going strong for the past year.

They...

Very, very nice.

I miss playing with the brookies in the tiny creeks back at my folks place in Ontario.

I wish it wasn't still snowing in Alberta...

That is some gorgeous water...

This one in particular really gets me:

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Yeah, this too. I used to live a block from there. They sell these little glasses of draft beer for like 2 bucks. Goes great with the strangely small burgers, or fish and chips.

Did not read all of the above replies in detail, so I may be repeating:

Food:

1) Schwartz's deli, on St. Laurent. Not to be missed. Order the smoked meat sandwich (medium fat) with a pickle and...

Just picked up the WJ Confluence pack. I haven't had it on the river yet, but I like how high it sits, and it can cinch down for a snug fit. It doesn't hold as much stuff as the standard...

Good call Capt. Planet, they're such a nuisance, and you can help make room for the Asian carp. :nonono2:


Edit - Back to the point, that is one fucking huge burbot...

Congrats man... minor revisions seems to be as close to clean as it gets with most committees.

T-minus 21 days and counting for me...

That footage from The Cove.

No tuna for me since watching. I knew it was bad before, and ignored it. This tipped the balance for me.

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I fish a 7'9" 3wt St. Croix Legend Ultra on small creeks, and love it. I've had it for 7 or 8 years now. The length lets me get low with the casts, and the action feels more med. fast than fast...

This is exactly what I wanted to hear :yourock:

That jaw is ridiculous.

Gorgeous greens on the buck.

I love these boots. Never had an issue, but I also haven't been in real thick slime ever, mostly freestone to slick mud bank situations.

They hike really nicely too.

Well, I pulled the trigger on the Nativerun, so I'm pretty stoked.

On to the reel question - I want something that will hold up to salt and big fish. Any thoughts?

And having spent more than...

I am thinking I'll be picking up a 9'6" Loomis NativeRun GLX. I've got a good price on a very gently used stick.

Line question, now: Anyone have experience with the Rio Versitip system? Seems to...

I have a line on a 9'9" GL3 8 wt, but I'm a bit turned off by the fact it is a 2 piece. Any thoughts on how a 9'9" 8 weight will treat me if all I've ever cast is 9' 5 weight? Or will it be any...

No - wait - Octobar? Yeah... that's the one you're thinking of.


Enh... on second thought Octobar was kind of off to the left when you walk downhill.

I'm out of ideas.