WEBVTT - Ep. 483: This Country Life - First the Bear, Then the Bite

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to this country Life.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot

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<v Speaker 2>lighting and just in general cuntry living.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to stay a.

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<v Speaker 2>While as I share my experiences in life lessons. This

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<v Speaker 2>country Life is presented by Case Knives from the Store

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<v Speaker 2>More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the

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<v Speaker 2>best outdoor podcast the airways have to offer. All right, friends,

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<v Speaker 2>grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I've got some

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<v Speaker 2>stores to share. First the bear, then the bike. We're

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<v Speaker 2>still in Saskatchewan and we've got a bear in the bag.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's time to fish. Join me at the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get started. I've described Saskatchewan, Canada as one of

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<v Speaker 2>my most favorite places on earth, and it's true. My

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<v Speaker 2>first introduction was a decade ago with the mule Skinner himself,

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<v Speaker 2>Clay Nucombe. I was up there following him around with

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<v Speaker 2>a camera, long before either of us went to work

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<v Speaker 2>for Meat Eater, him obviously being there longer than me.

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<v Speaker 2>But the first trip there for me was important because

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<v Speaker 2>it was the one that got me hooked. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the infamous five and a half hour boat ride of

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<v Speaker 2>Peril fifty five miles.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's like.

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<v Speaker 2>Six million kilometers on a dog's lid. Just not sure

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<v Speaker 2>what the exchange rate is to watercraft. Anyway, Clay and

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<v Speaker 2>the boat he was in beat us to the bank

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<v Speaker 2>by a few minutes, and when I got there, Clay

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<v Speaker 2>Bolt was standing on the end of the dock, grinning

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<v Speaker 2>like a baked possum. Offered me a hand out of

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<v Speaker 2>the boat and on to terra firma. As I took

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<v Speaker 2>his hand and stepped up beside him, I quoted my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite line from Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd had that.

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<v Speaker 2>Song playing over and over in my head from the

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<v Speaker 2>time we left the bank until mercifully coasting up to

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<v Speaker 2>the dock where my h'll billy buddy was waiting to

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<v Speaker 2>get my reaction to the start of our big adventure together.

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<v Speaker 2>For anyone wondering, I did the math fifty times from

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<v Speaker 2>start to finish. You can listen to the Wreck of

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<v Speaker 2>the Edmund Fitzgerald fifty times in five and a half hours.

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<v Speaker 2>But as I stepped up beside him, I said, with

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<v Speaker 2>the joy of still being alive, does anyone know where

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<v Speaker 2>the love of God goes? When the waves turned the

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<v Speaker 2>minutes to hours, they looked at me with the most

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<v Speaker 2>astonished expression, said, did you just make that up? We

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<v Speaker 2>saw a lot of bears on that trip, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of big ones too, and I got my first glimpse

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<v Speaker 2>of the Northern lights. It never really got dark, but

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<v Speaker 2>late one night we were outside by the fire and

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<v Speaker 2>saw them. They looked more like a little wistful colored

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<v Speaker 2>smoke than what I would eventually see almost a decade later. Regardless,

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<v Speaker 2>when the bear tags were filled, we all started fishing,

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<v Speaker 2>and that gave the cameraman the first opportunity to participate

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<v Speaker 2>in the action rather than just observing it from behind

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<v Speaker 2>the lens. We caught northern pike by the boat loads,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly on yellow painted spoon with five red diamonds painted

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<v Speaker 2>on one side like a playing card, towing a treble hook.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had learned that the regard for that bait up

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<v Speaker 2>there is second only to Gordon Lightfoot himself. Mister Lynn

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson started churning out that iconic bait back in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifty one in Abernathy, Saskatchewan, and for the last seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five years it's been handing out sword lips all over

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<v Speaker 2>the continent. Gordon Lightfoot was thirteen when the first one

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<v Speaker 2>rolled off the production line, and as of last count,

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<v Speaker 2>they've made more than fifty five million. Gordon has sold

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<v Speaker 2>ten million albums. Both are treasured Canadian originals worthy of

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<v Speaker 2>their lofty status. But if spinning reel fishing for big

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<v Speaker 2>pike was something to behold, I couldn't imagine what fly

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<v Speaker 2>fishing for them would be.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>That was back when I was getting into fly fishing,

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<v Speaker 2>and with every turn of the handle on that spinning riel,

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<v Speaker 2>I longed for it to be me stripping a big,

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<v Speaker 2>single hooked streamer over an ambush point where a pike

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<v Speaker 2>was waiting to smash it with a violent take. That

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity came this month on the bear hunt with Dante

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<v Speaker 2>Tobacco Pilot's Lodge that I talked about last week. You

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<v Speaker 2>never you never know how these hunts will go. You're

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<v Speaker 2>dependent on a lot of things that you have no

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<v Speaker 2>control over, like the weather and the animals. But we've

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<v Speaker 2>tried to prepare for each scenario. However it played out,

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<v Speaker 2>bear hunting was priority to Numero Uno. If that turned

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<v Speaker 2>out to be a struggle, then the secondary story to

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<v Speaker 2>the project.

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<v Speaker 1>Would be how tough the hunting was.

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<v Speaker 2>With the primary remaining, me going from behind the camera

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<v Speaker 2>to in front of him. Now, if we tagged a

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<v Speaker 2>bear before the time came for us to leave, we'd

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<v Speaker 2>use what was left to fill out the story and

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<v Speaker 2>fish fly fish. We'd be targeting the big ones that

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<v Speaker 2>patrolled the cold waters of the Fonderlack in Bays where

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<v Speaker 2>they patrolled in a constant.

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<v Speaker 1>Search for food.

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<v Speaker 2>Before leaving on this trip, I googled Northern Pike in Saskatchewan.

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<v Speaker 2>The area where I was going was in the first

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<v Speaker 2>four destination areas to find them. I felt good about

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<v Speaker 2>my chances of getting an opportunity if the bear hunting

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<v Speaker 2>worked out. If you listened last week, you already know

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<v Speaker 2>that on day three, I feel my bear tag. If

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't listened yet, alert on day three, I may

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<v Speaker 2>or may not have filled my bar tag.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll just have to go and listen.

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<v Speaker 2>But I talked at length to Dante, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>owners of the Pilot's Lodge where we were staying, about

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<v Speaker 2>fly fishing there and whether I needed to tie any flies,

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<v Speaker 2>what sized fly rod I needed to bring with me,

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<v Speaker 2>and he assured me that he had everything I needed.

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<v Speaker 2>I was nervous about depending on someone I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>having the equipment I was used to using, but space

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<v Speaker 2>was at a.

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<v Speaker 1>Premium on the floatplane.

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<v Speaker 2>Flying in and between my bag and bowcase and Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Gardner's bag and camera equipment, we were having to count

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<v Speaker 2>and divvy up the weight allotted between all our gear.

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<v Speaker 2>Since fly fishing wasn't either of the top two priorities

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<v Speaker 2>to capture with the camera, I deferred to Dante's judgment

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<v Speaker 2>and didn't bring anything, and it was the right decision.

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<v Speaker 2>It was late when we finally caught all the quits

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<v Speaker 2>on the day I got my bear. The next morning

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<v Speaker 2>we spent skinning the bear and getting the bear meat

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<v Speaker 2>squared away, some of which we were going to have

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<v Speaker 2>for supper that night. Then, when all the chores were done,

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<v Speaker 2>we loaded up in the boats and headed up river

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<v Speaker 2>to the same bay where I'd gotten my bear the

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<v Speaker 2>evening before. There was a bald eagle nest on the

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<v Speaker 2>cliff face about twenty feet above the water in a

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<v Speaker 2>series of rapids, which we went by, and we could

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<v Speaker 2>see two fuzzy little eaglets staring at us, says. We

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<v Speaker 2>shot up the rapids in Dante's boat, pushed by his

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<v Speaker 2>new jet foot out board The fly rod Dante had

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<v Speaker 2>waiting on me was a nine foot ten weight, the

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<v Speaker 2>same length that I was used to casting, but twice

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<v Speaker 2>as heavy. If you're not familiar with what that means,

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<v Speaker 2>checked this out. Fly rod weights range from one to

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen plus and indicate the size of the fly line

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<v Speaker 2>the rod is to cast. The rod and line must

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<v Speaker 2>match for the rod to bend over or properly load.

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<v Speaker 2>As they say, the higher number means it's stiffer and

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<v Speaker 2>a heavy rod built for larger flies and fish. In Arkansas,

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm troutfishing, I typically use a five.

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<v Speaker 1>Weight rod, smaller number, smaller line than flies.

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<v Speaker 2>Coincidentally, that's the same size fly rod I grew up

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<v Speaker 2>fishing for brim with my dad, but a rod of

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<v Speaker 2>that size could potentially get wrecked by the fish that

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<v Speaker 2>inhabit the trophy class fishery in northern Saskatchewan. Dante asked

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<v Speaker 2>me if I knew how to double haul when casting.

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<v Speaker 2>I told him, in my mind I was a pro

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<v Speaker 2>added but in reality I could possibly kill someone with

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<v Speaker 2>my erratic and out of rhythm false casting. That looked

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<v Speaker 2>more like I was sword fighting a swarm of yellow jackets,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did fishing. I watched him and Nick Goff's

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<v Speaker 2>another guy in Campton I told you about last week.

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<v Speaker 2>They were standing at the end of the dock and

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<v Speaker 2>I watched them send a pike fly the size of

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<v Speaker 2>a small child effortlessly through the air with a minimum

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<v Speaker 2>of effort and a maximum of accuracy using the double

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<v Speaker 2>Hall method.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Ton of how to videos on the University of YouTube,

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<v Speaker 2>but I learned it while watching two childhood friends from Lloyd,

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<v Speaker 2>Saskatchewan putting on a clinic at the dock beside what

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<v Speaker 2>I like to call Fort Fondelot, our remote wilderness outmost.

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about what I saw them doing when

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<v Speaker 2>Dante killed the engine and we coasted into the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of that bay, the same bay where the evening four

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<v Speaker 2>we'd given a beautiful cinnamon colored BlackBerry. A ride back

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<v Speaker 2>to the Fort, I was handed a hearty fly rod

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<v Speaker 2>designed by the folks over in England who've been making

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<v Speaker 2>them for the last one hundred and fifty years. It

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<v Speaker 2>was the first one I'd ever held in my hand.

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<v Speaker 2>It was awful, pretty to look at, and it had

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<v Speaker 2>a match in reel with a turquoise colored fly line.

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<v Speaker 2>I spooled out some line and started false casting and

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<v Speaker 2>feeding the coils of line that had gathered at my feet.

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<v Speaker 2>As the weight of the line forward and backward pushed

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<v Speaker 2>that red and yellow fly further and further toward my target.

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<v Speaker 2>The first cast landed surprisingly where it I had intended

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<v Speaker 2>it to. I had initially been hopeful just to get

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<v Speaker 2>it out of the boat and into the water reasonably

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<v Speaker 2>close to where the fish were. I was more than

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<v Speaker 2>proud of the results of my first attempt. I repeated

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<v Speaker 2>the process, gaining confidence along with distance on each successive attempt.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't all look like what Dante and Nick had demonstrated,

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<v Speaker 2>but a lot of them did. And with Dave filming

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<v Speaker 2>and running his camera from next boat, less than a

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<v Speaker 2>dozen cast in, I hooked something I've been instructed to

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<v Speaker 2>strip set the hook, which is the counterintuitive to every

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<v Speaker 2>other method of catching the fish I've ever been taught

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<v Speaker 2>brim bass, crappy catfish, and trout. When you get a bite,

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<v Speaker 2>you try to put them on the bank with a

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<v Speaker 2>big upward pull, forcing the rod tip way above your head,

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<v Speaker 2>and burying that hook in the fish well. With the

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<v Speaker 2>strip set, it's just an extended version of stripping the

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<v Speaker 2>bait to entice a bite for whatever you're fishing for.

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<v Speaker 2>When pikes are the target, it usually doesn't take much

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<v Speaker 2>coaxing to get them chunk. They're always hunting for something

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<v Speaker 2>to eat. Nick explained it to me this way. The

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<v Speaker 2>water may look calm and nice on the top, but

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface it's the wild wild West twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>to seven. It's full of predatory fish, and nothing is safe.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how many took, but I had been

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<v Speaker 2>fishing for less than fifteen minutes when I saw the

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<v Speaker 2>pike hit the fly and swirl to leave. As I stripped,

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<v Speaker 2>set the hook as hard as I could.

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<v Speaker 1>I stripped it twice in a row and held a slack.

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<v Speaker 2>Firm as I as I went to the rill and

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<v Speaker 2>cranked in the loose line cold around my feet as

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<v Speaker 2>fast as I could while maintaining pressure on what I

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<v Speaker 2>thought was a pretty big fish. He made a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of runs, peeling line off the riel as the drag

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<v Speaker 2>sang out loud that whatever was on the other end

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<v Speaker 2>of my line had no intention of giving up easy.

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<v Speaker 2>Two or three runs later, I was holding a forty

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<v Speaker 2>three inch version of est soox Lusius, the northern pike.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything forty inches and above is considered a trophy class

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<v Speaker 2>pike and estimated to be beyond fifteen years old. I

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<v Speaker 2>had just landed one three inches beyond that mark, the

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<v Speaker 2>first specimen of such on a fly rod. We got

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<v Speaker 2>our photos and released her back into the cold water

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<v Speaker 2>to rest, recover, and resume what she was built to do.

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<v Speaker 2>The feeling of seeing that fish swim away unscathed after

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<v Speaker 2>the fight was just as satisfying as landing it. Fished

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<v Speaker 2>for a while longer, and as we worked our way

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<v Speaker 2>back toward the river, I hung another one. My casting

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<v Speaker 2>had improved and I was way more comfortable on the

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<v Speaker 2>second hookup than I was on the first, and that

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<v Speaker 2>was the biggest fish of the day and the longest

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<v Speaker 2>fresh water fish of my life. A massive dinosaur of

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<v Speaker 2>a pike that measured forty six inches be pretty hard

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<v Speaker 2>to top that one. So we called it a day

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<v Speaker 2>and made our way back to camp, filming different scenic

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<v Speaker 2>things along the way. The next day we fished for walleye.

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<v Speaker 2>In the span of less than i hour. We had

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<v Speaker 2>more than enough to feed the five of us. The

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<v Speaker 2>rest we caught that afternoon received a pass and we

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<v Speaker 2>returned to the chilly depths of the river. Our trip

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<v Speaker 2>was now nearing the end, and with our departure, Fort

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<v Speaker 2>Foondelock would be boarded up and secured. A few months

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<v Speaker 2>will pass before Dante and his crew returned to guide

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<v Speaker 2>other folks on the quest for.

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<v Speaker 1>Big fish and bull moose.

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<v Speaker 2>But along the river between the camp buildings, the day

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<v Speaker 2>to day activity will continue, just as it has for

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<v Speaker 2>the last ten thousand years, following the retreat of the

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<v Speaker 2>last glaciers that formed this wilderness mecca, a place that's

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<v Speaker 2>been home to bear, moose and the Thenesoline people for

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<v Speaker 2>just as long. I don't know when I'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>physically return to Northern Canada, but since I've come home,

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<v Speaker 2>catch myself going back whenever my mind gets idle or

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<v Speaker 2>something subliminately reminds me of.

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<v Speaker 1>It, and for a moment I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel the air that has never been breathed before, the

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<v Speaker 2>wildlife that no one has seen before, in a place

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<v Speaker 2>with the oldest exposed bedrock on Earth, and for that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right back there among the newest, oldest things. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much for letting me taking your fishing with

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<v Speaker 2>me north of the border. Next week We're heading south

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<v Speaker 2>of the border, the border of Arkansas. We'll be fishing

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<v Speaker 2>for flathead catfish on the Washita River in Louisiana with

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<v Speaker 2>my good friend Bradley Smith, the man behind the YouTube

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<v Speaker 2>channel God's Country Hunting and Fishing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm sure you've probably heard.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you have the bear grease overalls lost yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>If you fancy yourself a pair.

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<v Speaker 2>You might want to get over to the Meat Eater

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<v Speaker 2>dot com and get them order. Thank y'all so much

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<v Speaker 2>for listening to all of us here on the Bear

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<v Speaker 2>Grease channel that includes Clay bow the Professor and Yours Truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Until next week, this is Brent Reeves. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>y'a'll be careful.