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 […]
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 […]
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 denied access to British Columbia I have since longingly reflected on my time there. Of […]
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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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Today I’m going to introduce you to part one of the three part series. In this first segment we will be going over how to rig up a Skagit rod from the start. Obviously having a good quality reel and rod are a very important first step. After that many are left asking themselves “what […]
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 into what we like to call “perfect”. This video was shot on a day
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