Category Archives: CANADA
Angler’s Tonic Visits Hawk Lake Lodge, Ontario . . . for walleye and bass
Just spent five days at Hawk Lake Lodge in northwestern Ontario, trying to figure out how to catch walleye on the fly, and spending the rest of the time slamming smallmouth on poppers. In the evenings it was all fun … Continue reading
Northern Embridge’s Pipeline and Oil Tankers Spell Doom to Northern British Columbia
This proposed pipeline is a disaster. It’s not a matter of if, it’s when. This company, Northern Embridge, has a history of mishaps and they are not even thinking that a disaster wouldn’t happen. They are just judging that the … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Conservation, Culture, Northwest, Videos
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GASPE PENINSULA WRAP-UP: A week in Atlantic salmon heaven
I had friends telling me all summer to not set myself up for the anadromous appocolypse, that being the mistake of expecting salmon or steelhead, or any other fish that runs from the sea to freshwater, to behave the same from … Continue reading
DRINK OF THE WEEK: Screech Rum’s Dark & Dirty
You might want to whip up a few drinks with Screech tonight, not because it’s always best to party on a Monday, but because there will be Monday Night Football on TV and because, if you are an Oakland Raiders … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Cocktails, Culture, Drink of the Week, Travel
Tagged Dark & Dirty, drinking in Newfoundland, Newfoundland rum, Petitie Cascapedia, Screech Rum
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The Monster of Matane
One of my favorite elements of travel is listening to the stories from locals, about their little patches of earth. Last week I was in Quebec and the discussions ran the gamut between fishing, hunting, girls, guides, economies, pickup trucks, … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Culture, Hunting
Tagged Hunting in Quebec, Matane Record Book Moose, Moose Hunting Quebec, Trophy Moose Quebec
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Your Top Five Steelhead Books
Was perusing some blogs the other day and came across a thread that listed a bloggers top five steelhead books of all time. I know what mine are but I thought it might be fun for all you fellow chrome-heads … Continue reading
Gaspe, Grand Casapedia Day 2
Pretty amazing to walk into some of these runs to see dark shapes scattered across the bottom, sometimes five or six side-by-side. In some cases there a hundred or more fish in each run and if you’ve fished steelhead in … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Spey, US & Canada
Tagged Gaspe Peninsula salmon rivers, Grand Cascapedia, Petite Cascapedia, Quebec Atlantic salmon
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Fast Start on the Gaspe Peninsula
Can’t say much right now. Other than . . . what a start to a week. More tomorrow.
Posted in Backcountry, CANADA, Culture
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CONTEST: YOUR Top 5 Northwest Steelhead Fly Fishing Tips
I can spew info on Northwest steelhead all day, but I know my audience and some of you get to spend more time chasing chrome than I do, these days. I thought it might be interesting to know what your … Continue reading
Yukon Lake trout video
This is just as amateurish as the last video, but this one is of a lake trout. Had a 35mm hanging around my neck and just hoped it was pointed in the right direction. At least you get to see … Continue reading