Northern Trails

In June of 1989, I travelled to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to take part in my first Outdoor Writers of Canada Conference. I was still...

We are still in the grip of winter here in the north, even if it hasn’t been quite as frosty as normal. Some anglers love...

It was a bluebird day in February, and I was sitting on a fold up chair enjoying the mid-winter sun while fishing for trout on...

The silver Williams Whitefish spoon danced as I lifted it, then dropped it back towards the bottom. The water was crystal clear, and I could...

My two sons were introduced to hunting at a young age. When they were quite young, I’d pick them up after school and take them...

When I began to hunt deer several decades ago, almost no one called or rattled—at least not in this northern region. You either pushed deer...

The days are getting shorter, and the leaves are falling. For the average angler, the appearance of fall is a sign to winterize the boat...

I’m not exactly sure when Shawn Perich and I first crossed paths. It was certainly sometime in the mid-1980s, when my top priority was getting...