Spring Trout Camp Part II. Waterfalls, Fish and Epic Weather.
Oct 11, 2026
Come along with Tosh, Wolf and I as we complete our paddle down the Sand River in LSPP
We encounter epic weather, waterfalls and lots of fish.
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You're a big guy. You're a good dog.
What a good boy. Good boy. It's okay. It's okay.
Good boy. Good boy. You got it. Good dog. Yes.
What a good boy. You did it. Good boy. You did it.
You did it. Good dog. You're a good boy.
I almost just
ran off on
these two guys.
You're okay.
It's okay. Stay.
We're at a decent sized waterfall, Cowan Falls.
And there's a nice drop off here.
So even Tosh is portaging this one.
We're too far
by the boats
down and put
him in
instead of
portaging
around real
cool spot
though
Comfortable pillow
fish. What's it fish?
Oh she gone. She gone.
It was a good fish
Well, that wasn't too bad. I got this nice fish.
We're gonna eat. I got this nice fish
We're gonna eat. Yeah, these two smaller fish
We're gonna eat all over that hole for
trout in like five or six casts
so that was pretty cool this one the first one i showed
you here is the biggest one of the trip
so far by quite a bit so i've got some
corn and and beans green beans
and corn i'm gonna rehydrate tonight and then i'll do the
fish and eat that with that share some tosh if he wants it
and wolf there's plenty to go around
very happy very happy we're gonna love
this river the old sandy river right the
old
freaking
sandy
river
that
was
a
sweet
little
snack
spot
hung
out
there
for 15 you know and we're gonna make
a push to Lady Evelyn Falls in a little
bit of research for this trip we both heard
that there's a couple nice sights
there on the portage to Lady Evelyn
or on Lady Evelyn so we're gonna try that
that it's uh we're at Colwyn Falls now
so it's a it's a decent ways away but that actually puts
us in a good spot for tomorrow too
to get out we booked five nights i didn't know we didn't know
definitely not even rushing and two
and a half days well two nights for sure that's a bush plane
bud smell something
in there don't you he's down in there he
smells some bugs getting to you bud
coming
out aren't
they all
squared
away a lot
of black
flies
bug spray
on for
the first
time this
here i got this musk
dog spray i cooked that
trout up gosh got a nice
fire going together
i've
got
a
few
Wolf
too
decent
size
black
flies
are
gonna
be
like
30
black
flies
oh
they'd
be
like like like trojan horse trojan horse black
but i think like black flies are claustrophobic
or something yeah every time you get
in the car they like go to the window same yeah with the
tent wolfie won't eat it for some reason
so i got this on the fire for a couple seconds
he
will
eat
it
now
i'm
sure
of
it
i'm
gonna
blow
up
my
mattress
and
stuff
but
this guy's ko'd have i mentioned how happy i
am with him and this trip and today really great
really really really great all right folks
i'm gonna go to bed it's uh it's bright 9 45
i got this uh sweet little flashlight hanging
a little disco ball action going on plenty of
room for wolfie
and me boy good
boy you did
a good job
today little
andypaws
Smokes
it
turned
out
to
be
epic
Prince
yesterday
comes
a
couple
from
not
just
anyone
Just woke up
We had I had wolf on we knew there's people here
because the last time we came to take this spot
Saw people here left. I had wolf on the leash just
in case I didn't want him coming and rummaging through your stuff
Try to get your tent stuff
like
it
looks
fine
you
guys
have
a
good
run
yeah
then
they
look
too
my
boat
good
that
spot
how's that pemmican treating you
i inhaled mine about an hour ago
you're a good boy wolf wolfy
Wolf or Rooney, big normie, ignore me completely, don't look
at me no matter what, pee pee poo poo
food
treats
snack sit
good boy
here's
up Sandy
sandy site
we're
almost I
just I got
a handful
left but we'll be at the car probably a few hours
still wolf somewhere, somewhere not to be found
speak of the wolfie, well we're coming up to the
last portage and the rain started so that's all
right we did pretty good on the weather, just sprinkling now
but it seems like it's gonna
pick up we're gonna have to do a little shuttle across
and Tasha is gonna stay with both the truck
the the canoes I had to get the truck
and drive it up a separate road so that we don't have to
Portage like three kilometers down to the cars
So hopefully that all works out.
I'll take Wolfie with me. There's a big drop
There's the last waterfall last portage here
Big old drop and we're switching sides for this one
Because the hiking trail is on the other side of the river
and the road is up here
And I'll I'll get Tasha shuttle me back over to that side
and Wolfie and I'll hike the trail because it's
uh as the crow flies it's shorter
and it'll be nicer than walking on the road and then i won't
have to walk on the road to get back
to the truck type thing on the highway this says Sand River
129 distance 135
the end says the end
it says the end i've
never seen that okay
good boy the end
just rolling three deep you know three deep in the canoe
getting sent around this waterfall no it
do go down it do go down you ever
see
that
video
that's
some
legit
water
it's
pretty
much
over from here amazing trip we literally booked five
nights not knowing what the variables were
hearing about reports people doing it in four
or five nights type thing so
anyways better safe than sorry but we did it in two
started at 11 or 12 a couple days ago
and it's noon now i'm gonna take wolfie and i a little bit
to get back to the car and then drive back
to Tasha hopefully the road is open the whole nine yards
adds a little bit more of an adventure to it
but like i said extremely happy with this trip
extremely happy with wolf how he acted
um in the rapids getting hung up on rocks catching fish
um seeing those moose very close up i think it's
gonna work out i think he's gonna work out as a
canoe buddy um i'm really i
was so scared you know because a tripper
but anyway very good time
and i think i'm gonna have to get out with wolfie
for a longer period of time just him and i maybe
about a week or something like
that up north Wabakimi somewhere like that and uh he doesn't
like the bugs he does not like the bugs
but you know i think that he would given the choice
excuse me he would rather deal with the bugs
and be out here with me than be at home with no bugs
you know he's
so independent you know he's
just off doing his own thing
and don't really have to
worry about him doesn't bark at people doesn't get startled
by things he will take your food
he will certainly take your food hey bud coming
to check on me that's my good boy that's a good
boy one
you're
good boy
there
you go he
made it
buddy no
parking
ticket

