Fly Fishing in the Boundary Water with Jim Blauch on AskAboutFlyFishing.com tonight at 8:00 pm Central Time

The LIVE show tonight on AskAboutFlyFishing.com is on Fly Fishing the Boundary Waters with Jim Blauch from Moose Track Adventures - Resort, Outfitter & Guide Service from Ely, Minnesota.

Jim Blauch has guided the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota for the past 20 years. If you want solitude and crazy smallmouth bass fly fishing listen in and Jim will spill the beans on this great destination.

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http://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/survey.cfm

Go to his 'ASK' page using the link below and ask him a question...

http://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/speakers/jim_blauch/

Tune in, Wednesday February 18th to hear his answers...

6:00 PM Pacific
7:00 PM Mountain
8:00 PM Central
9:00 PM Eastern

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http://www.askaboutflyfishing.com

One click and you're listening in LIVE.

Thanks, we hope you enjoy the show!

Bear Paw Cabin - the final lakeside cabin remodel

Cabin #1 or what is now known as 'Bear Paw Cabin' was the first cabin built at the resort in 1968. The original owners actually lived in this cabin while the main lodge/house was being built in 1969.

The original inside had wood paneling typical of the early 70's era. During our cabin remodels we use pine tongue & groove wood throughout the entire cabin - walls/ceiling and new pine 6 panel doors. To keep it light and bright inside the cabin, we use a natural stain with a gloss on the wood as one of the final steps in the cabin remodel.

Here is one of our remodelers. He is 'helping' dad out and saving his money for a new Star Wars lego set.

During this phase, we hired an electrician to change out the 'fuse box' to a 'circuit breaker box' just like in the other cabin remodels.

All the paneling and ceiling tiles come down and then Jim changes out all the electrical receptacles and switches (the original ones are black/brown) to 'almond' to go with the new lighter wood that will be used throughout the cabin.

We will keep you posted on the progress. It's 25 degrees and snowing today.

Jim and Gavin did go trout fishing on Saturday and caught this nice one which we had for dinner last night.

Winter's grip...But there is light at the end of the tunnel

Waking up this morning to 15 below zero made us realize that wither still has a firm grip on us. But with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees by Thursday there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel and it will not be long until the busy 'soft water' season is upon us. February is one of our favorite winter months because the days are getting longer and it is a great time to go skiing, snowshoeing or better yet - ice fishing.

Speaking of ice fishing, Jim and Gavin spent Saturday on Burntside Lake chasing lake trout during the 7th Annual Burntside Bash. They had a few lookers and chasers, but were unsuccessful at icing any fork tails. Thursday we plan to head into a remote lake to catch some splake and brook trout. Should be fun and we will post the results.

February is also the month to start 2009 remodeling projects. Jim is about to begin the gutting process in Bear Paw cabin. Everything has been emptied out of the cabin and the next step would be ripping the 70's wood paneling and kitchen cabinets out. This is the last of the original and final lakeside cabin to be remodeled and then it's back to putting new steel roofs on 2 cabins and the lodge. Lots of work and never ending projects.