It’s been many years since I’ve fished the McTavish Arm, so this trip to Arctic Circle Lodge was going to be something of a homecoming for both me, and fishing partner Kenny Gold.

Just Once!

That’s right, just once I would like to check in at the airport without some sort hassle!

First of all I should make it very clear that I’m writing this from memory. And my memory is considerably shorter than it used to be.

Several weeks ago I received a message through Great Bear Lake Outdoors from a gentleman by the name of David Bouck.

From the fly tying bench of Josh "Jelly" Gelinas, a must Grayling fly for the purists coming up to Great Bear.

I’m pleased to present our newest contributor to Great Bear Lake Outdoors - David Bouck.

Given how everything ultimately played out, you could easily say that these were the “lost” papers about a partially “lost” week – but more on this later.

This is a story about a fishing rod – a fly rod to be precise -but not just any old fly rod either.