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#1 troutddicted

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 09:55 PM

I was spoiled this May.  Brookie fishing for me is everything and it has taken me into the most amazing places.  You immerse yourself in wild areas, facing the elements, finding yourself in potentially dangerous situations and brookies are truly a test of patience and endurance - often times the fish wins.  But the highs... the highs are something else. 

 

Dealt with...

 

1. Snow

2. Hail

3. Blackflies

4. Strong winds

5. Large animal outside the tent at night

6. 75 km traversing water - ~40 on a boat, the rest on a canoe

7. 23 km portaging - 18 of which were with the canoe on a cart

8. Brookies

9. Raunchy farts

 

Week 1 - work up north.  Not much fishing, hit a forest cold water stream - 4"ers hitting my swivel and not my spinner.  Drove by a larger river - top of a pool.  1.5 lb natural river brookie.

 

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Snow fell a few times.

 

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Week 2 - 3 days of cold, rain and hail. 5 hours of warm sun all weekend.  Spring has sprung - life starts emerging after the deep sleep.

 

...ate well.

 

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Lived under the tarp for most of the time but took a magical hike into a magical forest to see what we could find.

 

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Some lichen.

 

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...and a fish.

 

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#2 troutddicted

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 09:55 PM

Week 3 - pack light and go deep with a die hard brookie fiend.  Donate liters of blood to the Canadian Black Fly Association.  Saw some cool shiz.

 

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The brookies were in thick.

 

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Bugs were so thick that everyone ate well.

 

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Directions.

 

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Early flowers after April showers.

 

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80% of the trips were tackled with one ankle and one cankle.

 

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Waiting on a few pictures from buddies camera and that isn't a river full of brookies... they're suckers.  The quest for brookie Megaladon continues...


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#3 Swing4Steel

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 10:15 PM

Nice!!
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#4 Bow Man

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Posted 25 May 2016 - 11:20 AM

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing.


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#5 Diana Danger

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Posted 25 May 2016 - 12:46 PM

I love your reports!


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Posted 25 May 2016 - 04:29 PM

I was expecting a report about stalking brookies from a hot air balloon, but this was still good


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#7 finnigan

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Posted 25 May 2016 - 09:48 PM

darn dude! Beautiful fish. I have zero buddies that fish. Trips like these are pipe dreams.
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#8 troutddicted

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Posted 26 May 2016 - 09:45 AM

Thanks guys - still waiting for more photos :)

finnigan - all my fishing friends I met online from websites like this - forums double as dating sites.
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#9 Swing4Steel

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Posted 26 May 2016 - 05:35 PM

Don't fish with troutddicted. You will drive hundreds of miles,walk up and down huge gorges, and all you'll catch is a duck
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#10 troutddicted

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 09:27 PM

:lol:  ... a cool looking duck for the record


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#11 Swing4Steel

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 05:33 AM

You quack me up dozer
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#12 troutddicted

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 09:03 AM

Just winging it bro
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#13 creek chub in your pocket

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 10:20 AM

birds of a feather...flock together.


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#14 NADO

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 01:07 PM

Don't fish with troutddicted. You will drive hundreds of miles,walk up and down huge gorges, and all you'll catch is a duck

 

However you can be certain that the Polish sausage and BLL will be flowing a plenty.


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#15 Swing4Steel

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 06:16 PM

Mmmm starskys
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#16 salmotrutta

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 11:20 PM

Polish food warning: May produce gusty, foul winds. Be prepared for sudden campsite evacuation. 


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#17 PUMP KNOWS

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 11:41 PM

Wow

 


 

The brookies were in thick.

 

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#18 PBenson

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Posted 21 June 2016 - 07:58 AM

Incredible photos
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#19 Fishing Urban Ontario

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Posted 21 June 2016 - 03:28 PM

I love these stories! I just don't know which one I like better the beautiful duck or the long and harsh trip to grab the elusive brook trout. I think the Brook Trout, thanks for sharing that dude!


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