It is easy to label November and December in the Skeena drainage as ‘late’ or ‘shoulder season’ times for steelhead. After all, they exist in the massive shadow of its famous summer-run fisheries where, over several months, big, aggressive fish…
A key to identifying common members of the genus Dux (guide) 1 – The Head guide – Dux primis Identification of Head guides is easy; they usually introduce themselves as such. Other tell-tale signs include ‘Guide #1’ stickers plastering their to-go…
It is that time of year again where we come up with some of the equipment, tools and gadgets that we just can’t live without these days. Fishing companies did well to stay in the zone this year and pumped…
Some years are better than others in every way. Some years you just want to forget and 2017 has been a very challenging one in a lot of ways. When it rains it pours, and we had endless bad luck.…
After guiding for trout for 15 years you come to realize how consitant the fisheries can be. 2017 was our 10th season operating Frontier Farwest and it is evident that one thing is for sure, there is no consistency to…
It seems that flyfishers are constantly engaged in a struggle between our purist roots and technological advancement, and this rings true now more than ever before, as the speed of change continues to accelerate. Both as a guide and flyfishing…
I try not to have expectations about a fishing destination to which I am about to travel. But I do get major attacks of anticipation. Especially when tying flies for new fishing waters. Even with excellent advice about what to…
Article written by Amanda Follett Hosgood My first impression: Brandi Collins has a pretty sweet office. It’s a bluebird June day, sunny but not too hot, and light streams through the wall-to-wall, floor-to-peaked-ceiling windows at Frontier Farwest’s Bulkley lodge. Outside,…
By now the CDC has probably dispatched some representatives to investigate reports of this recent epidemic, but it may be too little, too late. It was widely reported that symptoms of an attack of this year’s Tarpon Fever included increased…
We all know that industry is part of living in northern BC: logging trucks roll past on the highways, trains carrying cargo rumble through our communities, and thousands of tourists visit every year in airplanes and RVs. Even the fishing…
When you head out to fly fish the ocean you are completely at the mercy of the weather. Since we live and die by the weather for steelhead we certainly understand our trip was going to be a roll of…
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…