In 2016 preparations for a conservation arm of Epic Waters Angling began. Armed with the successes of previous environmental organizations and already with focus on some core conservation concerns we set out to hone our activism. We felt that that…
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From somewhere deep in my twisted mind is the best shirt design ever! It reads “it’s okay to be a drifter… but nobody likes a creep.” It would have the “drifter” face of Tom Hanks from Castaway months, NO years…
Best New Thing is a new section dedicated to products and services in our industry that switch up the game, make things easier or are just sweet! OPST Commando Heads- How Shorter Than Super Short Isn’t Too Short So here…
James Reid is a highly respected bamboo rod builder from North Vancouver, British Columbia. His rods have been described as “the closest feeling to graphite out there” which despite them being all wood and proudly so, is a testemant to…
To be a better steelhead fisherman you need to find an approach to fish the less than ideal pieces of water. Any novice can walk up to a run called “Gett’n Em 9000” and put on a show but elite…
This fall was as predictable as picking lottery numbers. The weather came in constant waves, boats died en masse, fish were there one day and gone the next and each day brought some new set of problems around the lodge.…
2016 has been really good to Epic. I’ve had the privilege to be involved with and spend time at every operation Epic owns, manages or represents. Over the past 8 months I’ve travelled to some of British Columbia’s most amazing…
An excellent Overview of the 2016 Salmon Season & Outlook for 2017 by Greg Taylor of DFO’s recent forecast. The conclusion? “Marine and freshwater environmental conditions from 2013 through 2016 makes it even more problematic than usual to forecast salmon…
Correlation between Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI) in farmed fish and Piscine Rio-Virus (PRV) in wild salmon. Can we call this a smoking gun yet? http://www.theprovince.com/news/local+news/deadly+disease+diagnosed+salm…