If you have read any of my previous posts to Epic Waters you know that I am a little “old School” when it comes to my equipment. Especially, my reels. For all of my freshwater fishing I use a click/pawl-drag reel. My favorites are the old Orvis CFO reels (made by Hardy in the 70’s […]
Month: September 2019
Remembering the Greats
As a kid growing up in Vancouver trips to the river were rare but very welcoming. I had the bug and could never kick the habit. I spent long hours tying flies, watching videos and reading books – you know the stuff of cool kids. As a 13 year old my father took us on […]
Update From Skeena Country
This past summer we began fishing in early August for the famous Skeena River summer steelhead. Our guests had some success but had to work very hard for bites (no surprise this is steelhead fishing). River conditions were very good for about 2 weeks of the summer on the Skeena and then the rains hit. […]
Flashback Post: Twerk your fly
Although some of our runs here in haida Gwaii are big wide open gravel bars akin to the Bulkley or Morice with enough room to carelessly fling flies in any direction, others are quite opposite. With grabby trees above your head, and looming over soft bouldery buckets, each cast we make has to be well […]
Lost in Paradise
Thirty minutes is all it takes to hike into the untouched plunge pool. At first, you are surrounded by birches, hemlocks, maples, pine and ash trees. Shortly into the walk, a meandering stream and a series of small falls appears. Everything from the quartz veins to the sweet smell of peat makes this journey second […]