Quick Questions with Dave Page
Dave Page puts down the rod and waders to tie his favourite fly while giving us a brief bio. You know Dave from all things Babine, Frontier and of course Epic. Look for him soon chasing bows on the Columbia…
Category Deep Thoughts
Navigating Waters with Generation Z
Photos by Chase White At age 45, and with 25 years in the fishing business under my belt, I am certainly plugged into the old school OG category. Even using the term OG (Original Gangsta) dates me. My grey hair,…
Denied
I vividly remember that beautiful warm September day like it was yesterday. Those I had shared my day with, the run, the fly, and a steelhead that left such an indelible recollection some thirty years later. This fall after being…
Things to be Thankful for in 2020
What is there to be thankful for in this dumpster fire of a year? Not much and I’ve been dating papers 2021 for some time. I did however want a title you might read and if “Scarlett Johansson stuns with…
Culture is the most Promising Path to Preservation
Even thirty years ago catch and release was not widely accepted practice. For so many the tradition of angling they grew up with ended in harvest. Tradition is stale, transfixed. Even today, jurisdictions tasked with protecting threatened stocks run up…
End of season Heli day
The weather has been extremely unpredictable of late with extreme cold, than back to back snow storms into a warm pineapple express. This hasn’t been ideal for the rivers, but it certainly has had its moments. We had to postpone…
Wild fish or pass thank you
Originally published in 2014. Since I was 10 years old there has not been one time in my life when wild fish stocks did not need our help wherever I was fishing. I grew up fishing in the Catskill mountain…
Team Basecamp
The Bulkley Basecamp team are a rowdy bunch, and not the type to sit around the lodge crying into their beers. Trying to make the best of a bad situation they upgraded some nagging issues. In this video you…
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…
Emphasis on Experience
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…
