Photos and video by Chase White and Asher Koles /Often during a fishing trip the level of success can be gauged upon how many fish were landed or how many chances at fish were had. Is this really the only things we should be taking away from a fishing trip? Having the chance to work […]
The Truth behind Canadian Thanksgiving
Throwback article Not too many holidays land smack in the middle of prime fishing weeks, but the biggest one of note is Canadian Thanksgiving. It is here this weekend, and if you live up north you are either hunting or fishing with your time off. Many of our fantastic American guests are quite curious about […]
Back by popular demand
We kicked this video out back in April, but heard from a lot of folks they wanted to see it again. The pandemic has been absolutely devastating for our business and our industry in general. However, there have been small slivers of a bright side through all this. For one, the fly fishing industry […]
Explaining Steelhead Water in the very simplest terms
The question is constant. “What are you looking for?” For me it’s money, health, happiness, waders that don’t leak. Oh you mean when I’m looking for steelhead water! Well this quick clip is the easiest place to begin. Simple? Yes. Too simple? Probably. Head, gut, tailout. KISS – keep it simple stupid. […]
Basecamp Staff Hike
With the disruption of the 2020 fall Steelhead season its been a challenge to keep everyone busy and active. A normal guide program leaves little time for anything else and requires full dedication to the schedule. It also gets you outside in nature where we excel. With all that in mind, we have been trying […]
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 History Although we can’t take all the credit for this drink as the Bloody Mary
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Techniques from a Liberal Guide for Talking Politics with Clients
So 3 anglers show up in your boat. Young, lots of Patagonia and a flat brim or two. They’re from Oregon and you know Portlands there – clear cut liberals. So you dip into your best bleeding heart material but this turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Well camouflaged in progressive plumage […]
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 more than ever. Follow along as Dave Page and Logan Wilkins attempt to skate up
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3 keys to catching more steelhead
Join Epic guides Corwin Trent and Danny Hollins as they share some on the water lessons on how to catch more fish. Catching fish is always the bonus when you chase anadromous species but you may as well put your best foot forward in the pursuit. This new video shares 3 quick things you can
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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 has spent much of the past decade travelling & living outside of Canada, in lands
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