Signs Of Life

Even though we’re still hibernating in Canada, we’ve scheduled step one – snow plowing - in our open-the-lodge process. It won’t be long now before the sunny spring we’ve been enjoying in the South makes its way to New Brunswick and we’re picking fiddleheads and casting for hard-hitting Atlantic salmon.

Making sure Miramichi Black Rapids Lodge is in tip-top shape for our guests is a priority. Our guides and lodge staff have their assignments, we’ve confirmed booking details, including the all-important equipment, with our clients, and will put a buff and shine on our beautiful wooden walls and floors and throw open the windows (even though it might be a bit cool, and only then for a few minutes) to give the lodge its first breath of the season.

I began organizing my spring flies one evening last week, changing my line from fall to spring and putting those smaller flies toward the back of my box in anticipation of September, I was overcome with a shiver of delight and excitement as I thought of the upcoming season and how spring fever takes hold of us no matter how extreme our winter climates may be (or not be).

Have you changed your line yet? There’s just 16 days left until the official season begins!