A NUNAVUT NOMAD XI. “ANY CHANCE FOR CHAR!”

A NUNAVUT NOMAD XI. “ANY CHANCE FOR CHAR!”

A take off north out of Yellowknife destined for Nunavut came just a week after leaving Yellowknife and Great Bear Lake. Travel travel, I was beginning to unravel. Had received a 26 day contract in a familiar community named Taloyoak. Five years had passed since last...
IT ALL COMES BIGGER ON NIPIGON.

IT ALL COMES BIGGER ON NIPIGON.

Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotions” was the first tune to come on as Bren and I pulled out of the driveway early one Tuesday morning. Biggs & Barr kept us company until out of Ottawa’s radio range just a little ways beyond Cobden. Bren lays a rule that we must take only...
SERVING UP A LITTLE SPRING-BOK-JOY.

SERVING UP A LITTLE SPRING-BOK-JOY.

It has been some time since sitting down to write for the site, surely not once these past 20 years had there been such a drought of motivation. Leaving it so bloody long there is plenty to catch up on. Nunavut, Mexico, Nipigon and finally what’s been happening with...
IN THE LIGHT OF 2024.

IN THE LIGHT OF 2024.

It’s all planned out in the winter. I think for all of us fishing begins before each year in our thoughts. Slow afternoons in the office or long dark nights under lamp light, sitting with a calendar, pen and several different colored high-lighters I will considerately...