Ok, so here's the deal...

...I mentioned a week or two ago that I was going to be doing something special in appreciation of the folks who take a few minutes from their day to check out this little piece of cyberspace... With your help, my blog is quickly approaching 10,000 hits which is a milsetone I didn't think I'd get near for a long, long time. So the deal is, way down at the bottom there is a counter which is currently at just under 7,000 hits -- whoever can send me a screenshot of the ten thousandth (10,000) hit -- or closest to it, will receive a half dozen flies I've tied via mail. I will allow 1 week after the ten thousandth hit for submissions at which time I will announce the winner. This could be very interesting as my audience is global with visits from Russia, China, Great Brittain, United States, Germany, Dubai - you name the country and they've been here =)

Once again folks, thanks for checking out the Wulff Den!

Another ugly bomber....

A couple more in blue and I'll be pretty much hanging up the bomber hooks for the season... in the mean time here's an ugly white with orange:

B.A.S.S. fishing on the Hammond take 2 ....

Paul and I managed to get out again last night on the Hammond - the water has dropped really fast after the 2nd big raise .... Not much fish activity of any sort, I can't imagine the fish that were waiting have already blasted through but you never know? One reason might be the warm water -- 64 degrees about a half an hour before dark! We were both surprised! I think bass fishing will slow down some now but I'll still be chasing them as long as I can stand it!

 A few pics from the outing that I posted yesterday to twitter/instagram: @nbsalmon1

B.A.S.S. Fishing on the Hammond...

The Hammond is spring high but the bass bite is still on.. I figured the little buggers would have dropped down stream but they're still sticking around.

Paul and Brandon at Smithtown Bridge pool:

Sunset at Smithtown Bridge pool:

Raising water at the French Village Bridge pool:

The weekend report... well, kinda...

I have a feeling I'll be achy for a few more days after playing woodsman for a day..... I have absolute respect for anyone who runs a saw or brushcutter for a living! I was up in the Miramichi area for a couple days this weekend with Paul and Brandon working on a good friends woodlot. We cleared a pretty good patch for being a bunch of city slickers - although Fred and Dale are likely still laughing! =) Massive thanks to the good folks at the Oxbow (Click Here) - I always enjoy my visits there and the new lodge is going to be awesome!

A few pictures from the Heritage section of the Oxbow website:

A couple pictures from the area of our woodsmen endeavours.... Dad, Joe and Bill popped by for a visit as we were finishing up.

We did manage to get out for a fish for a couple hours and the Elson-ator managed to hook up briefly - We raised a few more fish but no other hook ups - well except for the chubasaurus that took a huge blue bomber!

Fish on!

I did a little recon on the Hammond this afternoon -- things are looking MUCH healthier now!

And finally a Saint John sunset from today:

P.S. Brandon, thanks for explaining what 'Alt Tags' are and what they're used for! 

Heading to the 'Chi this afternoon....

I'm looking forward to getting up river today! I'm heading up with a few pals to do some work in the woods and we might even get out for a fish at some point. Dad and the crew are heading to the Den as well, they will be chasing silver for most of the trip.

I noticed how popular my last entry about shale gas was. It has more hits quicker than any other post to date. I'm taking that as a positive, and I'm hoping a few visitors are informing themselves about this controversial topic ... hydraulic fracking is a truly horrific process and people really do need to unite against this method of gas extraction...

If there's anything interesting to report this weekend I'll try to fire up a couple posts. And thanks everyone for reading my blog, i'm working on a little idea to show my appreciation which I'll reveal in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!