SO… you’ve seen the road up to Grizzly Swamp and what the lake itself looks like and I know you’re itching to actually see some fish but first things first! It’s time to introduce you to some of our gear. There’ll likely be a post like this for every trip I take you on… it’s CampxHype!

First, the rig and base camp. We met my parents up at the lake for this particular excursion and this is their current setup. They just got a new truck (a Chevy) and they’ve been rocking that camper (a Slumber Queen) for a few years now:

Here’s my dad’s outdoor kitchen setup: two Coleman stoves that he runs off of propane. He just got the one on the left and he’s really stoked because it’s got three burners and I guess they only came in two burners prior to this year. I’m really stoked on the one on the right because it’s got a built-in pancake grill on it:

My wife Katie (my fishing partner who you’ll be meeting soon) and I don’t have a camper, we just pitch this tent wherever we go camping in the summer and it does us good. It’s made by a brand called Woods which isn’t exactly top of the line but it’s all we need:

Katie’s mom gave me this dope Swiss Army knife last time I saw her. It’s got pliers, a de-scaler and a fish logo on it so you know it’s good:

My dad likes to put huge batteries on his radios so he rarely has to change them. This is one of three Panasonics that are kicking around camp:

Katie and I share a Flambeau tacklebox that’s filled mostly with spincasting lures. These are our spincasting rods (a cheap Zebco and a Shakespeare), I’ll show you our fly rods another time:

One of the best lures in the tacklebox is Worden’s one and only original Flatfish, which is perfect for slow trolling. I think the coloring on this one is supposed to look like a frog:

This is a cushion that my dad has for the seat of his canoe. It reminds me of Todd Bratrud, it’s like they drew the illustration off of a photo they saw of Todd on his blog or something:

So there’s two things that a self respecting CampxHype post can’t do without. One is at least one pair of Nikes (Air Max 90’s were pretty much built for angling as you can plainly see here):

The other thing that a CampxHype post can’t to without is limited edition shit that only the coolest guys can own. My dad is basically the coolest guy in the world and he’s one of a handful of dudes who own one of these contraptions that haul a canoe onto the top of a camper by way of some sort of pulley system. His friend makes them custom:

All right, that’s it. Next post we’ll actually get our lines wet, I promise!

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