Posts made in February, 2015

I read a very amusing and informative article in the Globe And Mail recently, about fishing which prompted this note.  More about that, down the page. As a young lad enjoying the privilege of summer holidays in #Muskoka, I loved to get out in my little boat ( with a 10 Johnston on the back) and run about chasing waves.  Later, I was chasing girls, but often, it was all about chasing fish. Early, many mornings, I’d hop in my boat and run up to visit with Mrs. Cunningham (now Purk’s Place) by the amazing Bala Water Falls that tumble down into the Moon River.  Here I’d purchase my allotment of worms, so I could attempt to trick a bass or two into my boat with the help of a net-at-the-ready. Fishing at the middle train bridge on Bala Bay was, and still is a key location.  With three entry points for the water to stream from Lake Muskoka proper, into Bala Bay, the constant current, the train trestle concrete abutments, and the disintegrating cribs are an attraction for what many believe is, pound for pound, the world’s best, fresh water fighting fish: the small mouth bass. Fast forward forty plus years.  Now I take great pleasure in taking...