I LOVE CANADA!!!

It's like another state to me, only with colorful money.
We have all our dental work done up there. My kids take private swimming lessons up there and my wife spends all our money at Costco there in Abottsford.

I've never had my vehicle broke into. I spent 27 straight days up there in August on the Fraser.

When I first started to fish sockeye on the Fraser, the guy who brought me up didn't show me much. So I walked up to a group of Canadians and told them I didn't have a clue how to fish soxs, (I didn't want to spend the whole day trying to figure it out) Not only did they show me how to rig properly they let me use their rod!!!
After 2 hours, I had landed 7 sockeye! Yes, I only kept 2.
The guy who brought me got 1.
I had the same experience when I first fished the Vedder.

I have made alot of friends up on that river. They feel the same way as we do, "The Gov't sucks! They are ruining our fisheries. Why do the indians get special fishing openings??? Why do our license fees keep gonning up and our retention goes down. What another tax???" Sound familar?

The guys up there are SUPER COOL!!
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FYI...Their fisheries bring in, out of country fishing revenue, $31.7 MILLION every year!!! I wonder how much of that is from Washington alone???
Plus, it's pretty cool to only drive 45 miles away and to be able to catch a 40 to 50lb king!!!
I'll continue to spend my fishing dollars in Canada.

Travis,
you might want to recheck your figures? I believe Russia passed the US on daily murders and drug arrests.