While Great Bear Lake can certainly frustrate you at times, it is also capable of producing the kind of fishing experience that most of...
“Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!" Those of us who fish likely know a few people that...
After many years of planning, the stars and planets were finally in their proper alignment, and I made my first trip to the legendary...
Guiding for Plummer’s Lodges has literally been a dream come true for me.
There are different techniques we use. Swinging flies, drifting beads under an...
Often times, one of the best, and most reliable ways to acquire a “lunch” fish, is to target the drop offs along the shoreline...
In late June of 1976 a group of 4:
John Zigarlick Jr.: President and CEO of Echo Bay Mines
Bill Compton: Mine Superintendent " " "
Ted...
Everyone likely knows at least one person whom to put it kindly, is directionally challenged.
This Bear Tale features three individuals who not only had a great...
Many years ago, there were a couple of guys – brothers I think - who fished out of Trophy Lodge, that were known to...
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The Eldorado mine, which eventually became known as Port Radium, was located on Great Bear Lake’s McTavish Arm, where it played a very significant...
This is a story about a fishing rod – a fly rod to be precise -but not just any old fly rod either.
Most fishermen...




































