Minipi Camps Web Log

The latest issue of Fish & Fly: For The Adventure Angler, Tackle & Travel 2007, Vol. 7 Number 3, has a spectacular photo-feature on Minipi’s big brookies titled, “Here the ‘Little Trout of The Springs’ Grow SUPER SIZE.” This is in its EXOTIC WORLD ADVENTURES series. Run out and buy a copy. (We got ours at Barnes & Noble.) The photos are terrific—there’s one of a Drake sitting on the water. It’s one of the best closeups I’ve seen.

Here’s a picture of the cover...and I’ve inset part of one of the pictures from the inside of the magazine and their spectacular picture of the NEW Anne Marie.

The Minonipi Wullf is certainly one of the essiental flies for fishing the Minipi watershed. Lee Wulff designed this pattern to mimic both the Green and Brown drakes in one simple pattern. Although not a popular pattern elsewhere in the world, it is a staple in the Labrador anglers’ flybox. In a recent conversation with David Brandt from the Wulff School of Fly Fishing, he gave me the recipe to “cook” up some of your own Minonipi Wulff’s. By the way, Dave knew Lee Wulff and if you look in the Photo Gallery you’ll find a picture of Dave and Lee together. So this is from “the horse’s mouth.”

First of all, the original Mustad hook Lee used for all of his Wulff’s has been recently discontinued. The Daiichi 2421, however, is a good substitute. Most of the Wulff’s tied by Dave for my fly shop fall into …

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Dick Recchia from the UltimateFlyFishing.com staff recently wrote a short article about his experiences while fishing for Northern Pike at the Minipi Lodge. They were having a slow day, and decided to “huck” some big bugs for Pike. Check out the full story at the Ultimate Fly Fishing website.

http://www.ultimateflyfishing.com/news/dest_pike.html

Robin Cooper