Canadian Fishing Trip 2006

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Canadian Fishing Trip 2006
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Skiff fueling the plane
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Skiff fueling the plane
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The Mississippi River at 5000 feet
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Beautiful, Beautiful Scenery
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Some Light Cloud Cover on the flight to Flin Flon.
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The Three Amigos at the Border
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Unbelievably quiet at the border crossing. We
had a little picnic lunch and listened to the
silence. A very strange feeling.
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Skiffs new GPS equipment. We listened to MP3s
for most of the flight, and there was no
in-flight beverage service.
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Arrival at the Flin Flon airport. Jim was there
waiting for us, and was a couple hours early,
confused about local time at the airport, versus
the Campground time.
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Skiffs plane, and in the background is a plane
used for fighting forest fires in the wilderness.
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Our original plan was to land on this grass
landing strip, but with a huge amount of rainfall
we changed our flight plan. Good decision.
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This is the most luxurious cabin available. Jim,
Chris and Jared stayed there and this is where
our meals were served. Running water from the
lake.
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This was our cabin. Skiff, John and myself slept
there. Most of the time we spent in the main
cabin.
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Shower and bathroom facilities. The shower
actually had hot water, but a key must be
acquired from the office to use. They keep it
locked, so that the Indians dont steal
everything.
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Sleeping quarters with single beds. Everyone
brought their sleeping bag to put on top of the
bed.
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Here are the three man fishing teams for the
competition.
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Skiff says, Where the fucowi!
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Fishing was pretty slow the first day, and John
I won the two man competition.
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Chris landing a nice one with John and Jared
watch.
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Portage day. Picture on the right is the reason
for the portage.
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The portage into the lake starts with a short,
but steep upgrade, followed by a long downhill
run. Taking pictures of this was quite
treacherous.
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As you can see, we made the trip with two boats.
This made the photography even more challenging,
trying to capture both boats.
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Not sure what the Indians in the background were
talking about, but I kept waiting for an arrow to
stick in a tree. Again the toil of photography.
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The three Baileys with their limit of Walleyes.
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The three-man competition winners are pictured
above.
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Cocktails after a hard, long day of fishing are
enjoyed.
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The rain came, and a card game broke out. Here,
Skiff is racking his brain trying to determine if
he has a good hand.
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John, feeding the local watch dogs. They do tend
to bark if a bear or Indian sneak into the
campground at night.
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Canada 2006
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