It was time to begin the journey home today and wouldn’t you know, there was no smoke and not a cloud in the sky. I was aggravated to say the least knowing that if today were yesterday we’d have flown to the Sand Dunes and Hunt Falls. But sipping coffee outside my cabin was Ron … Read more
6 AM came early but we had a full day of flying planned to some special places, the Athabasca Sand Dunes and Hunt (Lefty’s) Falls. There was some fishing involved too. The flats in front of the Sand Dunes for pike then Arctic grayling at the falls. But the venture began flying out in drizzle … Read more
RA and Austin got so much great pike footage for the movie yesterday that it took the pressure off. Everything on their list got shot and I mean SUPERB stuff. And the epic day must have worn us out as well because I stayed in bed this morning till 8 and RA and Austin slept … Read more
Ron knocked on our door at 7 this morning and said he was already called to fly and work. That was the bummer to start the day. Furthermore, Brennan was guiding. We had big plans and couldn’t waste the day so RA, Austin and I got permission to use a boat. RA showed up … Read more
We could have done better with our time today. It was no ones fault but we didn’t fish much. It’s simply that the fires down south keep getting worse and worse and closer as well. The smoke finally showed up here and its clogging the lungs badly. Ron got called to go fly supplies … Read more
We awoke to a spectacular day. There was hardly a cloud in the sky and regardless of being on the Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories border it was hot and humid. Down south the fires continue to get worse. They are evacuating at Missinipe on Otter Lake where we were earlier this week. We’re lucky we made it out … Read more
We woke up to a stunningly beautiful morning here at Selwyn Lake Lodge. The skies were a rich blue. Despite last nights late night of fishing and a few beers till 1 AM this morning, we were up and ready to start fishing and filming early. Unfortunately, not far from here the skies aren’t … Read more
We all bounced from bed with excitement this morning. The fishing and relaxing at Otter Lake was nice but the eagerness to get to the big pike has been killing us. The fires continue to get worse but our weather was excellent so after breakfast we loaded the Beaver and began the journey through the … Read more
It was another beautiful day at Otter Lake in Missinipe, Saskatchewan. When I sip coffee on Ron’s porch around 7 AM it’s nearly 70° and mid day is upwards of that. The only bad thing we have in northern Saskatchewan right now is smoke from numerous lightening started forest fires. The fires are starting … Read more
It will be getting dark earlier tonight – probably about midnight here in northern Saskatchewan. I think we can live with that but it’s still sad that days get shorter starting the first day of summer. In a few days we’ll be further north at Selwyn Lake at the top of Saskatchewan and bottom of … Read more
This trip to Canada caught a few by surprise. The reason is that I haven’t known much about the trip myself. Back in about March, right about when I was headed to the Middle East for five weeks, friend RA Beattie shot me an email and told me to block off June 20 to July … Read more
I was home a mere thirty hours from Michigan before catching an early flight for Denver then another to Calgary and on to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For the next two weeks I’ll be the angler for a segment in an RA Beattie Outdoor film. From what I understand we’ll be traveling with a bush plane pilot … Read more