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Old 07-13-2009, 09:49 PM
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Talking Went Fishing and found some balls

Hiked up into the back country for the weekend with a new friend to try out my new badlands pack. First on this list of things to get is a 4 piece 5wt fly rod.


Packed too much food as I never tire of eating these.




Still can't decide on a tent or a bivy sack ... but life is good in the hammock!


Found these small balls around the shore .. tons of them, blue & green ones. No holes through them. Any ideas what the are?

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Old 07-13-2009, 09:53 PM
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Are they the balls the air or spring guns shoot? The hard plastic BB style?
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Old 07-13-2009, 10:17 PM
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Probably hard plastic pellets from an airsoft gun.
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Old 07-13-2009, 10:22 PM
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nice pics! I'd say airgun pellets for sure
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Old 07-13-2009, 10:41 PM
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BRL,

Sweet trip, thanks for sharing!!

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Old 07-13-2009, 10:51 PM
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awesome looking fish, i'm really wanting a flyrod now!!
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Old 07-13-2009, 11:13 PM
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I bet you were at Allstones lake?
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Old 07-14-2009, 07:40 AM
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I've got a badlands pack too, but mines the day pack. Hoping to try it out in Banff next week and bug all the granola's with the camo!

You gotta try a Hennesey Hammock. I've got two and swear by them.



http://www.hennessyhammock.com/catalogue.html

They have the camo fly's available now too.
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Old 07-14-2009, 09:49 AM
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I've got a badlands pack too, but mines the day pack. Hoping to try it out in Banff next week and bug all the granola's with the camo!

You gotta try a Hennesey Hammock. I've got two and swear by them.



http://www.hennessyhammock.com/catalogue.html

They have the camo fly's available now too.
Those Hammocks are pretty sweet, I almost bought one, but decided to go with a Kifaru tipi insted. I felt it would be a little more versatile for my needs, plus the stoves that you can get for them make a HUGE difference in your level of comfort. Still, I almost feel that I need to have both, too bad the wife doesn't share that same feeling...
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Old 07-14-2009, 10:03 AM
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Those Hammocks are pretty sweet, I almost bought one, but decided to go with a Kifaru tipi insted. I felt it would be a little more versatile for my needs, plus the stoves that you can get for them make a HUGE difference in your level of comfort. Still, I almost feel that I need to have both, too bad the wife doesn't share that same feeling...
Yeah, they're only so-so in very cold weather. But the sleep is what makes the difference for me. I sleep better than at home. Been through some wild hailstorms and stayed nice and dry. I usually pack another sil tarp to sit and cook under when the weather is bad and you can hang out with whoever you're with.
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Old 07-16-2009, 12:00 AM
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nice fish but if you are not fishing in a lake that is stocked maybe consider catch and release? (very nice fish)
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Old 07-16-2009, 02:44 PM
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Huh? Do you think he keeps more than he releases? or he is keeping more than his limit alows?
Sorry your comment just seemed to come out of no where.
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Old 07-16-2009, 02:51 PM
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Default How strange is this!!!

I was down at the confluence of the Highwood and the Sheep rivers last week and I found this!!



Upon my first inspection I thought it was a downrigger ball...
But finding no wire hook for the down rigger cable, or any place that the hanger could've been, I thought it was a cannonball.
But cannonballs are traditionally made of iron or steel, and this is lead.
A good source told me it is a weight from a fishing net, similar to one used for commercial fishing, to hold the net on bottom.

SO WHO'S NETTING OUR RIVERS!!?????
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Old 07-16-2009, 03:09 PM
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Looks tasty to me, nothing wrong with keeping the odd one for supper when your'e in the back country. Kinda weird, that weight out of the Sheep. Makes you wonder?
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Old 07-16-2009, 06:24 PM
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[QUOTE=Albertadiver;349708]I've got a badlands pack too, but mines the day pack. Hoping to try it out in Banff next week and bug all the granola's with the camo!

You gotta try a Hennesey Hammock. I've got two and swear by them.

Kinda looks like a tortilla for a bear!
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