Ebbs and Flows of Steelhead
This season has been a tough one due to very wet conditions. After the wettest August on record September was finally dry and sunny. The rivers were so high and brown that it took several weeks for things to fall…
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Epic Dry Fly Take
Oliver has had this shot in mind for quite some time now and he figured the best pace to get it was in the crystal clear waters of the Morice River. They took a few takes of it but ended…
Babine Steelhead photo blog
Produced by Logan Wilkins sept 19/2020 I have always enjoyed taking photographs. This goes back to the first day I watched my Dad develop my first roll of black and white in the dark room at the camera shop he…
Day Off The Water
Hunters and fisherman share many common traits. The main reason to participate in both sports is the beautiful places in the world that it takes you. Steelhead and moose don’t share too many things in common but they tend to…
My First Season Guiding on the Babine by Tegan Baxter
This past fall I got the opportunity to guide steelhead on the Babine river, a place that had interested me for many years and it definitely didn’t disappoint. The babine steelhead lodge is located in the upper reaches of the…
Spend more time fishing
We all love and prefer dry fly fishing but if you fish 8 month a year for steelhead like we do it is inevitable you will need to swing tips. Tips can be very difficult to manage as you want…
2020 Ground Hog day on Morice River
Every year Derek Botchford and Ray Makowichuk go fishing between Aug 17-20. If they raise a fish there will be 6 week of great dry fly fishing, if they don’t get a rise it means 7 more days without a…