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Hi all,

Starting to get requests for other ties . Some are from BC. I am always willing to try and please customer requests. It,s a new challenge for me,but once I got rolling, it,s alot of fun. Was on the river this morning and trying to fly fish the last tie, but the wind was brutal . There was a guy very curious on what I was using. He was so impressed with it, he ordered 6 of them along with 6 of the pink. I was wowed. Did not even know this guy. 20241101_083929.mp4

Those look great Chis! HH

Those look fantastic.👏

Oh man I miss those days of Owen Sound Splake, "finned mule" or not, mega fun from the boat or on the ice and so good on the plate, smoked, pan fried ...... yum!

This has been going on for years, I call them my pet pike(s).

Speaking of far,I mailed out a package today that will be heading to Ecuador . A package of trout flys.

Thanks Doug. Any purple of pink ones hanging around? LMAO

It happened again(kinda) tonight.

Yeah, it’s a Diawa Accudepth, it telescopes from 8’6” to 6’6”. Apparently it’s a trolling rod but I used to use it for casting lighter spinnerbaits for musky. Not rated for lures more than 1oz but fires those small Savage Alien Eels ok, can also fit it in the passenger side of the truck better than my other pike/musky rods.

Ya that was not even a cast. Amazing

Was that a collapsible rod?

no worries this time of year with the cooler water they are pretty tough, probably took off like a rocket.

That's my dad with our St. Bernard we had back in the 60's. His name was Tiny...the dog, not my dad... and he was an absolute fantastic & lovable pooch. The colder it was outside the more he loved it. Sadly he only lived 7 years but left lots of great memories.

I would call it a toss-up between char and the splake we used to catch in Owen Sound, Wiarton, Meaford, etc. Lots of them were 8 to 10 pounds, and delicious!!! Even if Darryl Choronzey used to rail against the "finned mule"! 😄 They were awesome smoked, and smoked and canned! Doug

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FBIW590ZLv_Q%3Fsi%3DafVL_RX7eAymCG5B%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3wmSozy5Ov_d0SvwPqv_mz8p9ZsM7Qts_WdSHv890pL-FrZULN-5ffsek_aem_bSDhF6JAbLLevcbkQOHFRQ&h=AT0DbuuSHnoHK2AXo83FUUSPSUG9wwOW9ivkhPH4BWzLCi_nT0Nacz4TpXvYfdfyDrkZ4LSczge8M-MhcEAo20S4fZruTYCOjbrRfADd98GFjI25H8u9pZbUpc2dv9NuIArB2A Here's the link if anyone is interested, Cliff very kindly sent it to me on Facebook.

I tell people that smoked steelhead can last for months in the freezer, weeks in the fridge, and minutes on the plate. Looks delicious! Doug

It's that time again to give my Big Chief smoker a good work out. A couple of weeks back both Atlantic Salmon and Steelhead trout were on sale at half price for $10/lb and it's been a too long time since I did fish so I couldn't resist, best birthday gift I could give myself. Around 7-8 lbs. Put them in the freezer as frozen fish smokes better and took them out a couple days back. Made a gallon of brine yesterday and they spent the night in the spare fridge in two pots. Took them out at noon, patted them dry and the 29 pieces completely filled the five racks. After running a fan on them for an hour they developed a nice shiny, sticky pellicle and then it's that time to go outside for a 6 hour smoke I figure, maybe a bit less for the thinner pieces. Wood chips of choice is Cherry. This is where the fixed 160 degree temp comes in perfect for smoking fish at low temps over a longer period. The last couple of hours I will be brushing them with maple syrup for an extra sweet treat. This is going to be oh so good. EDIT: I was way off on my time guess. Between a windy cool day and water in my drip tray which I don't normally do at six hours the fish was still mushy so I did the syrup brush, removed the drip tray and it took eleven hours total before the fish was nice and firm but still plenty moist. It was worth the wait, I had family over the next day and a everyone was raving about how good it was. Now the hardest part is having enough control to not pig out on it too much and freeze some for later. Cheers

I shot a ruffed grouse on Saturday at my hunt camp. And since my wife is away, I got to eat the whole thing myself for supper last night. The tastiest part was actually the breast bone piece. After I got home Saturday evening, I had three mallards, one teal, 2 black squirrels and a grouse to clean. Some good eats there! Doug