Getting ready....

Crown water starts Sunday and after that the balance of my 2 weeks will be spent chasing silver around the Miramichi system... I'm tying up a few bread and butter patterns like the trusty Black Bear Green Butt....

Is there another word for anxious?? It doesn't seem quite strong enough!

Seeing a few fish at the camp...

... But the river is still some high. We fished the NW yesterday for a few hours. Everyone we spoke with didn't see any fish but I heard the Elson crew landed one on Thursday and hooked another on the NW while doing a canoe run. Today Billy and I went down to the rapids for a couple hours, no fish seen and the wading is dangerous. We are not what you would call 'fishing seriously'.

Oh yeah, If you need thermacell refills, get ahold of Syd Matchett at Trout Brook fly shop -- best prices in NB without a doubt.

A few pictures from the day..

Chances are there'll be no way to get close to a fish tomorrow on account of the high water but the scenery and the laughs will be second to none :)

And finally the view from the Den...

Lots of water and Mosquitos here this evening ...

And a bit more downstream..

Taken from the blackville bridge looking at doctors island ..

A wee bit of water in the system!

Taken from the Doaktown bridge about 2 minutes ago looking downstream.