This past summer we began fishing in early August for the famous Skeena River summer steelhead. Our guests had some success but had to work very hard for bites (no surprise this is steelhead fishing). River conditions were very good for about 2 weeks of the summer on the Skeena and then the rains hit. […]
I learned how to cast a Spey rod to swing flies for steelhead. Steelhead have hands down been my favorite target species for a long time now and there is no option on method to use. Once you swing flies with a Spey rod there is no going back. The efficiency of Spey casting is […]
From the moment I leave Smithers in early November until the moment I return in August I am always thinking about Frontier Steelhead Experience. Every season poses its’ own sets of challenges. Whether it is low tyee net counts to abnormally low water. We as fishing guides must be able to adapt on the fly […]
Apologies to the Nickleback comment but here I delve into the beer scene of 2014.  Things have changed a lot but this all seems to hold true. If you are coming to BC to swing flies for winter or summer steelhead, or trying your luck for king salmon on the fly there is one very […]
Weather directly effects our lives in a ver intrusive way each and every day. Over the past year it seems we have hardly had any luck at all. The Bulkley season saw one of the most pervasive blow out seasons we have ever seen. Every time the river started to clear – along came another […]
Too many articles have been written about winter steelhead, so I shall tread lightly. As most readers know, this is a very difficult fishery for those who do it on a swung fly. Not to take anything away from indicator warriors or float fisherman, but swinging up a big, chrome tide fresh steelhead in absurdly […]
Some trips out on the river are easy pickings, while others are so hard it nearly seems futile. Fishing is very much like life in that sense. 2016 has been filled with ups and downs for both me and my family. During our winter steelhead season in Haida Gwaii, I received the call that no […]
The name says it all really. Its another egg sucking leech in classic Bulkley River colors. In case you’ve never fished the Bulkley, its a bit of a goldilocks river. The way it sets up for the swung fly in every sense is “just right”. The river is just large enough to fish a fun length […]
Make it Rain This is no joke. I am going crazy. It should be the heart of the winter steelhead season in Northern California, and I should be making all kinds of excuses to be on the coast, chasing big dime bright steelhead just coming in from the Pacific. But it won’t rain… This time […]
Winter 2014: As I look back at the lower Skeena, winter started on November 16th. That was the day I stopped chasing the summer steelhead run on the upper tributaries. My sights were set on the fall/winter run on the lower Skeena system. Unlike most anglers I was determined to stay with my long head spey lines throughout the winter. The reason for this decision was that I found the […]