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| Michelle with shuttle clients Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Looking back along the Bow River - Season 2011
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Northern Gateway Pipeline, Pebble Mine/Bristol Bay and God
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| Charles Heit, a Gitxsan First Nation member opposed to the $5.5-billion Enbridge oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia port of Kitimat warms himself beside a fire at a camp outside the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Hazelton, B.C., on Thursday January 12, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck (click on photo for larger image) |
“Is there any set of circumstances, other than an assurance of God Himself, under which you would approve any pipeline going through our precious wilderness?”
By Rafe Mair
Jan 13, 2012
“Who are we to think we can play God with these places?”
By Headwaters: Fly Fishing History blog
Feb 10, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
A Tight Loop - No 4
We think you should begin this issue of ‘A Tight Loop’ by going to the photo essay “The Driftless Region” by Brad Eaton.
“The Driftless Area or Paleozoic Plateau is a region in the American Midwest noted mainly for its deeply carved river valleys. While primarily in southwestern Wisconsin, it includes areas of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. This region's peculiar terrain is due to its having escaped glaciation in the last glacial period.” - Wikipedia
The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T), which kicked off a couple weeks ago, includes a short piece “Reverb: A Punk Rock Love Story”. It’s part of a longer film, "Heart of the Driftless", which will be released this spring.
"Reverb" Trailer from RT on Vimeo.
Looking back along the Bow River - Season 2011
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| Jeep Rubicon heading downstream Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
Friday, February 10, 2012
Streamers & Archeology for Anglers
Sat Feb 11 (10 am): Mike Gifford will present on some of his most effective techniques for fishing streamers, from foot and from the drift boat.
Sun Feb 12 (1 pm): Introduction to Archeology for Anglers. Rivers were the highways of First Nations and Native Americans. A source of transportation and fresh water, the vast majority of archaeological sites are found in and around river drainage systems. With hundreds of sites in Calgary alone, come hear archaeologist Sean Britt talk about the nature of archaeological sites, what to look for and what to do if you encounter something while out on a float or a walk and wade.
Big win for fly fisherman
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| Gérard Bilodeau (left) and Patrick Vincent, Regional Director of Fisheries Management (right), congratulate Mr. Claude Bernard (centre) as he receives a 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award. |
Keith Ashfield, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced that Claude Bernard is a winner of a 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award.
“As Mr Bernard is committed to ensuring that recreational fisheries are preserved, so is our Government,” said Minister Ashfield. “We are proud to honour the efforts of such dedicated volunteers who make such an important contribution to this tradition.”
Bernard has made a rich and lasting contribution to recreational fishing and its legacy for all Canadians by introducing many students to fly fishing and fly tying, often devoting his lunch breaks to educate others.
He was also the driving force behind the creation of the culturally important Canadian Fly Fishing Museum in Waterloo and co-founded the Québec-Maritimes Fly Fishing Forum which attracts more than 2,000 participants annually.
In addition, he has contributed his knowledge and passion to the creation and maintenance of streams suitable for fly fishing, such as the development of spawning beds, fish passages and other work on the North Yamaska River. He is currently leading development of a manual for the Pêche en herbe programme for young sport fishers; a programme that introduces 9-12 year-olds to recreational fishing.
Canada’s National Recreational Fisheries Awards were created in 1989 to recognise outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations in areas such as recreational community leadership, restoring and enhancing fisheries and fish habitat or promoting conservation and sustainable recreational fishing.
LINK (Via: Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Source: Midcurrent via Fishneweu
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Flymage - No 11 Winter 2012
You’ll want to head straight to the Flymage Mag’s photo essay ‘In Our Memories’ which features some wonderful images from Quebec, including the Madeleine River.
After that, take some time for the feature article ‘Protecting the Magic of Bristol Bay’ by Kate Taylore (a.k.a. Rogue Angels).
In your choice of English or Spanish.
Golden Trevally at Ningaloo Reef
Another look at the wide world of fly fishing from 'Kevin of Central Alberta'!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Behind the scenes - Inside look at Bell Let's Talk Day
Enjoy and inside look into the filming of the Let's Talk Day campaign, and hear the stories of Olympic champion, Clara Hughes, comedian, Michel Mpambara, and musician, Stefie Shock.
See how you can help break down the stigma associated with mental illness. Visit http://letstalk.bell.ca/ today!
The Contemporary Sportsman – Winter 2012
There’s plenty in this issue of ‘The Contemporary Sportsman’
to entertain the fly fisher.
‘Taimen Fishing in Mongolia’, ‘The Perfect Fly’ and ‘Taking the Sky Out of the Equation’ will appeal to many.
But for local Bow River types, especially those who attended the recent Country Pleasures Steelhead Night featuring Jeff Bright, the starting point will be ‘A Spey-fishing Primer’ and ‘The Sea-run Angle’.
Both are written by Jeff and include some of his great images.
Connect: What do you know. A video with a message.
Connect: What do you know. A video with a message.
Are you getting what you need with your ad dollars in video? In Connect you do.
AnglersTonic.com
Posted on February 8, 2012
by Greg Thomas
There are a lot of dollars being sprinkled around fly fishing today, mostly to support video projects that may or may not give a company some air time at one or more of the film tours that roll across the country each year. Their presence on the tour, of course, depends on whether they are even good enough to make the cut. And many of them aren’t.
This support of video isn’t bad news because the potential for that market—and more importantly the potential to reach outside our core people and draw newcomers into the sport—is huge. I’m just waiting for some consistently good material to rise to the top. What I’m getting at is this: fish porn is ok, but that doesn’t make the cut unless your showing it around a group of guys, fueled by some hard stuff, with music pumping out of high-decibal speakers. Don’t get me wrong. I’m down with that crowd. I’m just asking, what are you going to do the rest of the time? Rest on the couch by yourself or invite a new girlfriend to sit down and watch? Can you say death sentence. Going to whip up some popcorn for the kids and let them listen to a procession of f-bombs and watch a bevy of scenes where anglers are throwing back the whiskey shots after landing an 11 inch trout, celebrating as if it’s the birth of their first child?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Most Canadians leery of fracking, poll shows
Most Canadians leery of fracking, poll shows
6 Feb 2012
Calgary Herald
NATALIE STECHYSON
POSTMEDIA NEWS
The majority of Canadians oppose hydraulic fracturing — better known as “fracking” — and would support a moratorium on the natural gas extraction method, according to a new poll.
The environics research poll, commissioned by the Council of Canadians, found that 62 per cent of the Canadians polled supported amoratorium on fracking for natural gas until all federal environmental reviews are complete.
British Columbia residents were most likely to support a moratorium, at 67 per cent. B.C. was followed by Atlantic Canada, where 66 per of those polled supported a moratorium, and then Ontario (65 per cent), Manitoba/ Saskatchewan (64 per cent), Alberta (57 per cent) and Quebec (55 per cent).
“The poll results send a strong message that Canadians are really wanting the federal government to put in place a moratorium until the reviews are complete, and so we’re hoping that the federal government will take up the call,” said Emma Lui, the water campaigner for the Council of Canadians. “One of the biggest concerns are the impacts on water sources, in terms of potential contamination and the amount of water that’s used for fracking, but there’s also greenhouse gases and then impacts on public health in that we don’t know for sure what chemicals companies are using.”
Twenty-eight per cent of Canadians opposed a moratorium on fracking. Opposition was strongest in Quebec (36 per cent), where the practice has already been halted.
Fracking sees a mix of water, sand and chemicals pumped underground into drilled wells to break apart shale-rock formations, freeing gas to rise to the surface. Critics have connected the practice to groundwater and soil contamination and earthquakes.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers maintains that the practice can be done safely and reliably, and released a new set of fracking guidelines in late January.
There is no federal legislation on fracking, and regulations on water and drilling permits vary from province to province.
The Environics Research survey was conducted by telephone during the period of Jan. 5 to 15. The survey used a random sample of 2,000 adults age 18 and over, living in Canada, split evenly between males and females. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.19 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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