After a day trip of spectacular fishing at Little Minipi Lake, we arrive back home to the Lodge at Anne Marie at sunset.  A hot gourmet meal awaits us.

I shot this photo just after breakfast on our way out to “Lover Boy” on a perfect August morning.  It’s actually a sequence of photos stitched together.  The water was so calm you could see the ripples from a drake’s wings.

If you’ve visited the Minipi Photo Gallery you’ve seen pictures of big pike. Well here’s the story behind one of them told by a skilled Oklahoma angler named Kevin B. Joyce, who caught his pike while fishing with Minipi Chief Guide Raymond Best. Together they landed that 17 pound, 38 inch pike (check it out at the Photo Gallery, “Big Pike on The Fly"), on a Sage XP 5 wt with a 4 x leader and no steel wire on the tippet. 

Here’s Kevin’s story:

“It was August 3rd, 2005, a pretty hot day on the lake [Anne Marie] and the brookie fishing was a bit slow. My brother John and I were in the boat with guide Ray Best. We pulled out of “Lover Boy Run” to see if anything was happening near “Lilly Pad.” When we got there, I cast a Porky’s Pet (red/white/black Deer …

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Here’s a comprehensive review of the accommodations, the fishing and the guides at Minipi Camps. With pictures! And it’s written by one of America’s notable anglers, Ed Jaworowski of Temple Fork Outfitters. Ed is a well-respected fly-fishing writer, rod designer, and expert caster, author of “Troubleshooting the Cast,” a must-read book describing 32 common casting problems and their solutions.

His review of our Lodges can be found on the American Angling Gear Guide website.
Read it for yourself at:
http://www.americananglinggearguide.com/coopersminipicamps.html