Dave Page puts down the rod and waders to tie his favorite 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 with a trout spey or at Lake of the Woods chasing giant Musky this summer. […]
Flying from Anchorage is pure Alaskan concentrate. It’s that kind of aerial imagery that David Attenbourgh narrates. Blankets of mountains, countless ribbons of water, and the sparkling Pacific sprawling to the west. Tarns cling to alpine and ice chokes the high country. An hour in, the mountain loosens their grip and Bristol Bays’ sweeping lowlands […]
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 tune with your rod.. Too big of a sweep and you can blow your anchor,
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In the multiverse of fly fishing, is there any other venue where anglers so obsess over the way a fish responds to their fly than in the world of swinging flies for steelhead? It must be one of the only categories of fishing where the “take” or its nearly ubiquitous synonym, the “grab” is so […]
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, incessant chatter about the old days, and jittery finger that always aims to get the […]
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 a 2 piece” is just her eating KFC, then this heading is justified. So then […]
Skeena Fishtrap – Piggybacking on the success of the Columbia Fishtrap pilot, a similar project on the Skeena will be built by Lax Kw’alaams Fisheries, the Native Fish Society and the Wild Fish Conservancy (banner picture). Using nonintrusive enclosures to corral fish for selective harvest, catch and release survival on non-target species is effectively […]
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 this heli trip once, but in the end we hit things just right. The river
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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 and a great attitude on the water it is Frankie. Frankie stopped by the lodge
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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 can catch a glimpse into the life of a Basecamp guide during the forgotten season.
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