Author Archives: Brad Greaves
Happy New Year 2014
Happy New Year and all the best to our friends and guests. We are looking forward to another great year providing memorable and high quality Ignace Outposts fly in fishing trips in 2014.
2014 began in Ignace with a little coolness. This is what we woke up to this morning. I suppose temps can only go up from here.
Our 2013 Newsletter is now on line
Our 2013 Newsletter has been published on or website. Click here to read it.
This year there will be some changes in a few things which may be of particular interest to you when planning your 2014 trip. Please check out the newsletter for details. We have increased our rates for the first time in about 10 years, but our US guests will ...read more.
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Fish camp guide part 6
Sharing the shower
Before you leave my blog for more manly writings, hear me out. We have one man showers. No tag teaming required. To explain, the water systems in the camps are solar powered. Running out of hot water is not usually an issue; it is the pump power moving the water from the lake to cabin which has ...read more.
Fish camp guide part 5
Hair
At an Ignace Outpost fly in camp you will likely be wearing a hat for several hours of the day. It may be the lucky fishing hat, or it may be simple shelter from the sun or rain. From what I’ve been told, hats will flatten your hair in some spots and stand it straight up in other spots. ...read more.
Fish camp guide part 4
Beverage control
In short there is no such thing at an outpost. Just be safe and don’t take the adult beverages in the boat. It is the law. And oh yes, there is no such thing as “mine” at an outpost. A admirable way to make lots of points and to ensure a possibility of an return invite, is to ...read more.
Fish camp guide part 3
Dress code
Most of the civilized world lives close to or has access to a wilderness outfitting store. None of these stores has offered me any compensation for mentioning their names so I won’t. If you chose to spend lots of dollars at these stores for outpost clothing, feel free. Few rules apply regarding dress at an outpost ...read more.
Fish camp guide part 2
Learn the language 
Most of us are able to communicate in at least one language. In the outpost camp, language takes a beating and sometimes words mean different things, statements become questions and questions become statements. To help familiarize you with some fishing lingo and interpretations, here are some hints. When someone says “Are you gonna eat that?” it is ...read more.