The journey of two Alberta Sportsmen
Posted in Articles, Fiction, Fly Tying, Humour, Instruction, Tales, Trip Report, Video, gold panning on Jul 12th, 2008
A day. Just a day.
A day on the water can do wonders for the soul. Norman McLean wrote about the river as a metaphor for his life, and the natural ebb and flow that brings life, death and rebirth.
We returned to the river today, as we once did. Gear in hand and a [...]
Posted in Articles, Fiction, Fly Tying, Humour, Instruction, Tales, Trip Report, gold panning on Jul 7th, 2008
Apparently, those fish we spotted down at “The Bighorn” hole were “breaching” Sturgeon. No wonder we couldn’t catch them with the fly rod! Last evening Scratch had a nice one on for a while though with a spinning rod. He casted out and managed to hook onto a sunken line that happened to have a [...]
Posted in Trip Report, Video, gold panning on Jul 6th, 2008
Speaking of “Dragons” from far away lands, isn’t it supposed to be true (in the story books at least) that there is always some Gold or Booty to be found laying around the forest floor when the quest is done? Usually, with only a meanie Ogre or two in waiting to be slain that [...]
Posted in Articles, Humour, Tales, Trip Report, Video on Jul 1st, 2008
After hearing so many good things about a little place called ‘Swan Lake’ up in the North Country for years now, Scratch and I finally decided to go check up on things for ourselves. Well, we can confirm that everything we’ve heard about this place is indeed true (except that Pelicans now nest here instead [...]
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