| Finally the long weekend in May had arrived. | | | | landscape is awesome. |
| Myself and a bunch of my buddies get together | | | | We made our way down this old logging road |
| every year to go to our cabin retreat, for some | | | | used earlier in time to transport logs out of this |
| great Ontario brook trout fishing. My cabin is not | | | | area and deliver them to the local lumber mill. |
| exactly like the log cabin you see in so many of | | | | Because of lack of activity at the local mill the |
| the pictures on the front of outdoor magazines. It | | | | road proved to be a bit rough because it had not |
| is not quite as elaborate as that, but it is very | | | | been very well maintained in the last few years. |
| comfortable and not much on cabin luxury. | | | | However the rough and not so traveled road had |
| This year was no different, we're headed to the | | | | a side benefit of causing fisherman to go |
| northern woods of Ontario. Northern Ontario as | | | | elsewhere, and by this happening it reduces fishing |
| some of the greatest fishing in the world. With | | | | pressure on the smaller lakes in this area. |
| over half a million lakes and streams and rivers, is | | | | On our way to the lake we came upon a mother |
| it any wonder. Fishing for brook trout can vary, | | | | bear with 3 cubs walking down the road. This is |
| from stream trout fishing all the way up to fishing | | | | not that unusual though it is quite common to see |
| the mighty rivers and lakes that populate the | | | | wildlife along these roads. We only seen the bears |
| northern landscape of Ontario. | | | | for a second, because as we rounded the bend |
| The smaller streams will mostly produce smaller | | | | they quickly disappeared into the woods. |
| trout with the odd big one thrown in just to keep | | | | Once at the lake we quickly unloaded the canoes |
| you coming back. The smaller streams offer a | | | | from our homemade trailer and set out to |
| great place to try some fly fishing for brook | | | | re-explore Cabin Lake. Of all the trout fishing lakes |
| trout. For brook trout flies mostly dry and wet | | | | in the area I have to admit my fondness for this |
| flies will serve you well. Now if you are looking for | | | | lake. It had served me well in the past, it seems |
| a world record brook trout you probably will have | | | | not to matter if I was spinning or fly fishing brook |
| to fish the larger lakes and rivers. | | | | trout. |
| We arrived in the early morning to our lakefront | | | | However the best trout fishing I had experienced |
| cabin. We took the shutters off the windows and | | | | was spinning with an ultra light so that was my |
| cleaned up. Our cabin pets (mice) had not got into | | | | choice. My buddy decided to do some fly fishing |
| anything over the winter. By lunchtime we had | | | | for these wonderful colored trout. |
| everything out of the vehicles and into place, | | | | I used some small spinners in the 0 to 1 size. He |
| along with most of fishing gear down by the dock. | | | | used some dry and wet flies. The Royal Wuff |
| It took about an hour to get the boats and | | | | performed well for him as did the muddler |
| motors together. They where in good shape and | | | | minnow pattern. For fishing trout in northern |
| seem to have survived their winter sleep with no | | | | Ontario either of these methods can and do work |
| problems. | | | | well. Depending on the day one method might be |
| There are so many options when it comes to | | | | better then the other. Trout river fishing can also |
| fishing up at our cabin retreat. The group of guys | | | | be productive using these methods. However I |
| divided up into groups of two. Each group doing | | | | personally like using live bait in this situation. |
| their own thing. We decided to take a couple of | | | | That day I hooked lots of small brookies and a |
| canoes and head down to Cabin Lake. | | | | nice large one around 16 inches. My buddy did |
| The lake had a history of producing some nice | | | | quite well with the fly rod also. We kept a few |
| sized brook trout. We where both full of | | | | brook trout for supper. Back at our lakeside cabin |
| excitement after a winter of dreaming about | | | | we cleaned the fish and got them ready for our |
| landing these colorful trout. A side benefit of this | | | | first supper of trout that season. |
| northern jewel of a lake is that the scenery and | | | | |