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Another Happy Snowbee Junior Owner
I received a very nice email and photograph from Trevor Northan, Business Development Manager of Total Sea Fishing Magazine.  Trevor writes, “I just came across your article (ed. Snowbee Classic Junior Fly Rod) purely by accident, and I gave the same Snowbee rod to my Granddaughter who...
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Published 4 weeks ago

The New Ride Part Three �" Liberty Window Regulators Fixed!
As I wrote here and here, I recently purchased a 2006 Jeep Liberty that ended up having window regulator issues.  Turned out there were three window regulators that needed replacing. After some research and discovering that this seemed to be a very common problem with Jeep Liberty vehicles, and...
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Published 4 weeks ago

The New Ride Part II
The other day, I wrote about my purchase of a 2006 Jeep Liberty.  I wrote about the fact that I had a problem with the front driver’s side window not working �" the window regulator apparently needing replacement. I also wrote that I had discovered that this was a common problem apparently...
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Published a month ago

Some Sad News
Some readers may know that I have competed in the past in the annual Canadian Fly Fishing Championships.  Although it is a competitive event, there is something of an “Olympic Spirit” with most contestants, and we all come away learning new things �" and perhaps the most important of all...
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Published a month ago

The New Ride
The grand ol’ Caddy DeVille finally bit the dust.  I bought the car used about 8 years ago for three thousand, on the road, including taxes.  For that price and the fact that nothing hardly ever went wrong with it other than the usual stuff like brakes, tires and the like, it did me very [...]
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Published a month ago

Canadian Custom Rod Builders Finally Get RodMaker Magazine
Over the past few months, I’ve been working on a new business launch with a longtime friend and associate of mine.  It’s been a lot of fun and a lot of hard work thus far, and we’re still not quite “there” yet, but one of the things we’ve been able to do and can offer [...]
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Published 2 months ago

Hey Dad, I Did It!
That’s the “wee man,” smiling his little heart out after tying up our Copper Oval Tinsel Chironomid pattern.  This time, David did just about everything on his own.  He was pretty proud of himself as well he should be.  We went over our materials list first and  he recalled just about...
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Published 3 months ago

Waterproof Fly Boxes �" Who Cares?
I’ve been looking at some of the newer (and very expensive) fly boxes that are now available. It’s seems funny to me that many of them are being sold as if “waterproofness” was a big deal as far as fishing flies. One company says of their boxes, “These boxes have an absolute airtight...
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Published 3 months ago

More On Fly Fishing Scud Patterns
I know, it’s Christmas Day, and I’m writing about scud patterns! The “wee fella” is playing with a new X-Box and I’m just not quite into that sort of thing. He’s promised me that later on, now that he is feeling better today, he’ll definitely be wanting to try out his new smaller...
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Published 3 months ago

Christmas Eve Fly Tying
David, my “wee man,” has come down with a bit of a bug and Colleen (still seems weird at my age to call her my “girlfriend”) is visiting her mom in Nova Scotia for Christmas.  So, I’ve been tying flies.  David came down with a cough, a bit of a fever and was feeling lethargic [...]
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Published 3 months ago