I like swinging flies for steelhead. Anywhere. Everywhere. I have been fortunate to chase wild steelhead throughout their range, from the virgin growth redwoods of California, to the stark deserts of Idaho, to the fabled rivers of BC. But the…
Steelhead fishing can be a torturous sport where sometimes it seems the entire universe is out to screw you. For winter steelhead fisherman this truth is echoed several times each and every week. After surviving the past couple difficult weeks…
Winter steelhead fishing on the Queen Charlottes Islands now known as Haida Gwaii. This trip is for intermediate to advanced anglers looking to target steelhead off the grid. The rivers are small walk and wades with fish up to 20lbs.…
A 1996 study of all anadromous or ocean-going fish stocks in British Columbia and Yukon documented that 142 separate stocks or runs have already gone extinct out of a total of 9,662. In the United States, which has endured far…
Although people have been targeting kings on a fly for many years it is becoming quite apparent that what we thought we knew 20 years ago was mostly incorrect. In modern fly fishing we are constantly redefining what is considered…
We just completed our first week guiding at Rainbow Alley fishing the sockeye fry bust. As the year old smolts migrate down river, and the fry hatchlings emerge from the gravel , the large lake rainbow trout residents move into…