Water World  

A fly-fishing trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness gets you away from the crowds...and into the fish.

Article & Photography by Brian O'Keefe

Photo by Brian O'Keefe

Boundary Waters - A canoeing vacation for the fly-fishing adventurer

Photo by Brian O'Keefe

In June, the waters have warmed up and both largemouth and smallmouth bass are on the grab. I got my first smallie on my second cast. The action stayed hot all day, every day. We could have fished with popping bugs and nothing else, but I tried some new subsurface bass flies around big granite boulders and rocky points with great success.

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Photo by Brian O'Keefe

June 2005

Joining the Pack

Paddling through the protected wilderness of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota is  adventure enough for many.  But those who really go wild take a trip with amiable Moose Track Adventures guides Jim Blauch and Chris Parthun. 

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Photo by Dennis Davis

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2005

Something to howl about

Stalk the elusive gray wolf on a week-long tour of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park in northern Minnesota.

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Photo by Dennis Davis

SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2005

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2005

Smallies on the Fly

Jim Blauch sent the orange and yellow popper toward a rocky point off the end of an island on this small lake. The fly landed lightly just inches from a rock protruding from the water.

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Photo by Jim Blauch

August 2005

The Boundary Waters  - Not always bound for glory

By Tory McCormick

....."There a real opportunity up here to catch a big fish (northern pike) on a fly", Jim Blauch, owner of Moose Track Adventures, who regular guides fly fishers in the BWCAW.  "It's very addicting, catching such a big fish on a fly.".....