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Here
are some links that you may find useful. Included are sites where you
can learn about the folks who can fly you to our fishing lodge, Canadian fishing
regulations, local tide tables, weather, and more.
Our good friends at Kenmore
Air will fly you directly to Blackfish Lodge from their North Seattle
terminal. Their reliable DeHavilland Beaver and turbine Otter floatplanes
make the very scenic trip in about a 2 1/2 hours.
Vancouver
Island Air will fly you to Blackfish
Lodge from Campbell River. They fly DeHavilland Beavers and Beech 18's
on floats. Scheduled service is either once or twice a day--contact them
for specifics. Fares are about CN $165 (US $125) per person each way.
Pacific
Eagle will fly you to Blackfish Lodge from Port McNeill. Service is
twice a day at around 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM and costs CN $95 (about US $70)
per person, each way. They also do some fun local "flightseeing" tours.
Blackfish Lodge is pleased to be associated with Kaufmann’s
Streamborn, Inc.. Established in 1970, Kaufmann’s is a leading supplier
of tackle, supplies, classes, and fly fishing expeditions. Kaufmann’s
has retail stores in Seattle and Bellevue Washington, and Tigard, Oregon.
Kaufmann’s Fly Fishing Expeditions, Inc. specializes in worldwide exotic
travel. The staff is recognized as the best in the business. All have
traveled extensively, are innovative fly tiers and understand fly fishing
like few others. Expect honest, practical, no-nonsense advice on gear
and great fishing lodge destinations such as Blackfish Lodge. Contact them at
800.442.4359 or on the web at www.kman.com.
Sportfishing salmon retention
regulations for the Blackfish Lodge area.
Sportfishing packaging & shipping
regulations for the Blackfish Lodge area.
Current weather
conditions and forecasts for Port Hardy, B.C., the closest weather
station to Blackfish Lodge.
This regional
airline can fly you from Vancouver to Campbell River or Port Hardy.
Maps
and schedules if you're driving to Port McNeill or Campbell River
via Nanaimo.
Well known local
artist, Yvonne Maximchuk will instruct you, by the hour, in watercolor
painting, acrylics, and/or ceramics. She lives in the community of Echo
Bay, about 10 minutes by boat from Blackfish Lodge.
Maps
and things to do if you're driving to the north part of the island
as your jump off point to Blackfish Lodge.
Caught yourself a trophy fish at Blackfish Lodge? In Seattle, contact Burroughs Taxidermy. Todd Burroughs specializes in fish, and will even come down to Kenmore to pick up your fish right off the plane. He can do either molds or skin mounts. Contact him at (425) 481-7314. His address is 19118 29th Ave. S.E., Bothell, WA.
In British Columbia, Gordon Brown at Wildlife
Art Services can mount that fish for you. Gordon comes highly recommended by
one of our guests who used his services. He can be reached by phone at
(250) 296-4739 or by e-mail at wildlife@midbc.com. As yet, he doesn't
have a web site, but his mailing address is Wildlife Art Services, Box
269, 150 Mile House, B.C., Canada V0K 2G0.
G. Loomis, supplier of many of Blackfish Lodge's fly and spinning rods
and reels.
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