Simply good product at a good price
Have you ever wanted to take a trip doing something new? If it’s your first time doing something you are often inclined to buy cheap gear as you have no certainty on how many times you will use it. In…
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When things go from bad to WORSE.
Every so often in the fishing game, you are going to end up in some horrible and dangerous situations. Usually it is due to a bad decision somewhere along the way. Charging through water that manute bol couldn’t wade, rafting…
HITCHIN’ A RIDE
I was lucky enough to be one of the first fly fishers in Los Roques, Venezuela. There were no guides ; only local fishermen who would take us out to fish for raton (bonefish). I was with a video production…
BC’s best little secret, The Cable Cookhouse.
My love for BC spey fishing started in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island many years ago. This is why my road trip had me leaving the Skeena watershed to be among the great North Island rivers of my past. I…
THE DAY THE TRUCK SUNK AND THE BOAT BURNT
I guess if you fish long enough some pretty strange adventures await. One of my favorite saltwater bonefish areas for wade-fishing is Christmas Island in the Pacific about a 1000 miles south of Hawaii. I have been there a few…
Fishing BC? here are the Cana-dos and the Cana-don’ts
If you have finally saved enough money for the insanely expensive BC angling licenses, and the steelhead season up-charge for rental cars or fishing guides, you should bone up on the “Canadian” ways. To start you will want to load…
Epic in Movember
Mid-October While having coffee at the Packing House in Spences Bridge I said to my friends, ” Once I land my Thompson fish I’m leaving.” They jokingly replied, “You could be here for ten days or more,” as they looked…
Rio Marie Big Bass
Big Peacock Bass are the junkyard dogs of the jungle. They will defend their little piece of structure or bed or wherever they call home from any invader, for any reason. Pull a fly through their kitchen while they are…
I heard it through the grapevine
I was driving home from elk hunting the other day and I heard a song on the radio that beamed me (Scotty) into the past. In 1970, I was driving with a friend south from Seattle to fish for three…
Spey rod for the big ones
I have a new favorite setup for the big ones. It used to be that when we went after big salmon we had to fish 14 to 16 foot rods in 10wt. As a steelheader, I have gotten very comfortable…
King Salmon on the fly
Although we all dream of swinging grease lines, or skating dries, the reality of the game is if we plan on fishing often throughout a calendar year one has to come to terms with a sink tip. Once you get…
Haida Gwaii
For several years a friend of mine who lived on Queen Charlotte Islands, constantly told me stories of fantastic fishing in the primal streams flowing through the thick rain forests surrounding him. Another friend of mine and I decided to…