I left home where it was a beautiful 27C (80F) and i woke up in Alaska! 1C (34F) and windier than the top of the CN tower in November! The weather was miserable but the fishing was pretty good. And we ate well.
On the return we were crossing a larger lake and i was able to traverse at approx 9 km/h (5.5mph knots...without putting my paddle in the water! I was solo in a Kevlar Fusion 16' Swift. What a beautiful craft! It weighted about 40lbs, if that.
My pack weighed 61lbs. And together with the canoe total weight with paddles and rods secured to the thwarts was about 110lbs (im still old school when it comes to weight). Our first portage was 2300 meters (1.5 miles) up hill! The rest were all under 1 kilometer, thank gawd.
We left the beautiful weather behind on Thursday and it took us all day to get to out lake and campsite. We weer approx 11 miles in the boreal forest in some of the most pristine waters in the world that hold native reproducing brook trout over 6lbs. We never caught any lunkers, but managed some 3 lb'rs. I also hooked into a decent lake trout paddling up the gut of one small lake we decided to investigate.
Then Friday inclement weather rolled in that threatened our fishing time on the water. It started raining around noon and didn't let up until sat afternoon. Then it stated snowing and hailing! It went from bad to worse..lol Fortunately my gear is top of the line and my experience far outweighs my common sense. Ha!
So we decided to build a big fire, get into the Spiced Rum, and call it a day.
Sunday was brutal! Mother Nature put us through the torture test. She was an angry biatch that day. But we're northern boys through and thorough and we just smiles and dug our paddles in and actually fished on our way out and caught fish in that blizzard! It was our way of flipping Ma Nature the bird.
A good time was had, and no one was injured. We all returned to our families.
Here's a few photos..
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Originally Posted by Capebuffalo
