From this point, straight line it's 235km of open water to the south. Some cruising around google earth however reveals some fetches of double the distance; also evident when looking at the rugged coastline from the water.

Glassy morning, while slipping out of the Slate Islands, Lake Superior.


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Vantage point



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Armed with the two hander, a box of small hooks wrapped in feathers, hair and fur i plied the swift waters of the St.Marys River that connects Superior with Huron in search of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) last week, while down in the Soo for work.

It's a bit late in the season for atlantics, but i couldn't resist trying. 30 knot winds on Thursday afternoon made things interesting too. All said, i had an arm jarring connection on thursday evening with what was maybe a 20'' atlantic that jumped and flipped like nothing i've ever seen. That fish was released in the air a good 80' down and across from where i was standing. I was pretty stoked and fueled to really slay'em on friday. Late or not, they were there.

Ha...on the river just after sunrise, i'd spend the entire day snap t'ing, double speying and roll casting, only to hook up with a handful of small rainbows and watch atlantics do aerial acrobats for a few hours in the afternoon. Fun time non the less.

Muddlers

The International Bridge...cars lined up from one end to the other, waiting to go through customs on both sides.

Back on home waters, Scotty turned this wild gem yesterday.



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Awesome week of working out on the big water.




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Good sighting on the way to the patch.

Insane clumpers

33 liters of blueberries on saturday. sitting pretty with a serious stash.


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I realized yesterday afternoon as i sat in the back yard on a beautiful sunday afternoon, combing the chaff out of the 18 25 liters of blue berries that we had picked on Saturday; that blue berry picking is more than just picking berries; it's deeper, it satisfies a major hunter, gatherer, forager ethos inside....one that our society has mostly come to forget. N's not about to complain about this love for fruit harvesting, nor am i.

The new secret patch found by fellow blueberry fanatics, produced. All i can say is that it's beside the Trans Canada Highway somewhere between Thunder Bay and Vancouver.






And...more berries to be had this weekend.


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Char-tasic.

e. and a beauty of a brook trout as Lutsen looks on.


Fun times indeed.



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Through the woods.


Oh brother, hot like summer this weekend. Perfect excuse for hangin out at the beach and swimming in lake superior with N and O. Windy as all get out, but all that cold air coming off the lake pretty much shuts down any good wave production. Strawberry picking followed by strawberry gorging. Leafy salads and a cold beer. Summer.

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June Emergence


Oskar, also a June emergence displaying his passion for bicycles (which we obviously and gleefully encourage). He is obsessed i tell you.


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