A long road ahead
Even though little to no guests came through the lodge this season, the staff helped keep each others moral up and put some hard work into the operations. There was make work projects, general upkeep and a lot of optimism…
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EPIC Canadian Caesars!
Sure it may have been the great quest for Northern BC steelhead that drew you up initially, but we all know it’s the great taste of an EPIC Canadian Caesar that keeps you coming back for more! A bit of…
Cheating on the Babine with Logan Wilkins
With an unusual amount of days off this fall, our guide staff are getting to spend more time exploring each others waters. With the devastation that Covid has left behind time spent on the water with each other has meant…
Coming home to the Babine by Sonja Coates
by Sonja Coates To be completely honest, each season at the Babine Steelhead Lodge has come to represent much more of an annual retreat for me than simply a job I choose to return to every year. As someone who…
Babine Steelhead photo blog
Produced by Logan Wilkins sept 19/2020 I have always enjoyed taking photographs. This goes back to the first day I watched my Dad develop my first roll of black and white in the dark room at the camera shop he…
Check your expectations at the door
Article by Oliver Massey You can find yourself facing a wide spectrum of expectations in anticipation of a steelhead trip. This can range from being worried about the weather, concerned about the fishing, and anxious about how well the guide…
My First Season Guiding on the Babine by Tegan Baxter
This past fall I got the opportunity to guide steelhead on the Babine river, a place that had interested me for many years and it definitely didn’t disappoint. The babine steelhead lodge is located in the upper reaches of the…
How special is the Babine River?
An excerpt from a great letter one of our Babine guests sent us. On this particular day the weather was overcast in the high 50s—balmy for this far north in Canada in October, when it can certainly be cold, wet,…
Lupin, caught and released
This is a Guest Post from Copper Bay Lodge guide Evan Quaas’ father about an incredible story that took place during our winter steelhead season 2019. written by Bill Quaas The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told! Every great fish story…