Cabin 14

"Half Rods" Will Travel

28.07.2020 by Harold Ball

There is nothing, and I mean nothing, more frustrating than arriving at your fishing destination, opening your rod tube and emptying out a pile of material that looks a lot more like kindling than your prized fishing rods.

A Piscatorial Extravaganza!

11.12.2019 by Harold Ball

It wouldn’t be a stretch to label 2019 as the “Year of the Fish,”

Drone Video - Beaverland Camp - Marten River, ON

16.08.2016 by Harold Ball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgm5vBsRC4w&feature=em-upload_owner

Tales from Cabin 14 ... and other exotic places

3.02.2015 by Harold Ball

Now availavble as an eBook on iBooks and Google Play: Tales from Cabin 14 ... and other exotic places: Stories about fish, the places they frequent and the characters who persue them.

A Family Affair

25.08.2014 by Harold Ball

“Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!" ...from the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.

Nunavut Grocery Prices!

10.05.2014 by Harold Ball

The next time you are inclined to complain about grocery prices in Southern Ontario, check out these prices in Nunavut!

In Pursuit of World Angling Gold

17.02.2014 by Harold Ball

The possibility of holding a world angling record, never mind three of them**, was something I had never contemplated, even in my wildest dreams.

What Goes Up – Must Go Up: A Somewhat Humorous Look at Steelhead Fishing in South Western Ontario

3.01.2014 by Harold Ball

All too often we don’t take the time to try and see the humour in things, and make no mistake, if you look hard enough, most everything does have a humorous side – including Steelhead fishing.

Marine Electronics - When is Enough - Enough?

25.01.2013 by Harold Ball

One of the great things about having your own website, or blog, is that you have a forum, or soap box from which to inflict your views and opinions on others. Not only that, it can serve as a pressure release valve in the event there is something you simply want to get off your chest.

Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame Certificate

The Real Legend Behind the Urban Legend...A Post Scrip to "Toppling a Sacred Cow"

11.10.2012 by Harold Ball

Although I was able to piece together much of the overall history of the DC-6A that sat on the tarmac of the Yellowknife Airport for all of those years, there is a period of time that had remained somewhat unaccounted for.

Toppling a “Sacred Cow”…

6.05.2012 by Harold Ball

The demise of a “northern” urban legend regarding the possible whereabouts of the original Air Force 1.

Please Release Me...

7.03.2012 by Harold Ball

While for some, the jury may still be out regarding the overall effectiveness of catch and release programs, in my opinion the jury has completed their deliberations and rendered a verdict - that if properly designed, implemented and administered – they work. Consider this case in point.