Wedges and Switch Rods
In golf, wedges are one of your irons in the golf club family and designed for special use situations. They may not be the sexiest of clubs, but they’re certainly one of the most important when it comes to keeping…
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Throwback Thursday (2016): There are a lot of ways to get beat in this game
When you think of tough winter steelheading you think of high or low water, cold water, no water, snow, ice and freezing temps. Unfortunately for us we saw all of these at one point or another this season. As our…
Tips for planning your first trip to Steelhead Country
Excited and a little uncertain, I boarded a plane for Smithers on November 1st. Although my journey to Frontier Steelhead was not my first solo fishing trip, it was a first for traveling across the country. Beyond stoked for the…
Lost in Paradise
Thirty minutes is all it takes to hike into the untouched plunge pool. At first, you are surrounded by birches, hemlocks, maples, pine and ash trees. Shortly into the walk, a meandering stream and a series of small falls appears.…
Spring in Review
Normally when our winter steelhead program in Haida Gwaii shuts down we get some free time to catch up on things, but this year one program rolled right into the next. We worked with guide/outfitter Nomads of the North in Terrace BC and…
Telly’s Grill
When you walk into Telly’s Grill, you can already get a sense of what this restaurant will look like once it is fully completed. At first glance, you notice the details on the ceiling. Straps that have gone through a…
12 days of Christmas gifts for the fisherman
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves And a partridge in a pear tree.…
Wandering November
The end of the season is an awesome time of the year for the staff. It signals the time to step back from the draining season and get back to basics on the rivers. Great friends throwing some lines, catching a few…
Epic Waters Fall 2016 #PhotoEssay
This fall was as predictable as picking lottery numbers. The weather came in constant waves, boats died en masse, fish were there one day and gone the next and each day brought some new set of problems around the lodge.…
SILVER AND GOLD – SOUTH OF THE BORDER
I try not to build high expectations for any trip. But sometimes it is impossible for me not to attach some goals to another adventure. This trip had been 50 years in the making and 5 years of saving for…
