Fly fishing is a game of inches, and subtleties that ultimately determines success and failure. Actions typically need to be small, subtle, and never too exaggerated. From casting, to mending, to fighting the fish, you need to really be in…
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…
One of the bright spots this season was having our old guide and friend Frankie Blanchet up to the lodge for a quick visit. If there is a person that can instantly cheer up an entire staff with big smiles…
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…
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…
Vdubs is one of the original members of the Frontier team. He was an integral part of setting up the lodge platform and turning a plan into action. Mike and I started working together in 1998 at Mackenzie Trail Lodge…
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…
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…
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…
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…
