How To: Rig up your rods
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…
Category Steelhead
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…
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…
Leave the city for pristine wilderness
When we created this video, no one had ever heard the words Coronavirus or Covid-19. However, after what we have gone through the past 6 months it seems to ring true in a far more important way. We promote places…
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…
Check your expectations at the door
Article by Oliver Massey You can find yourself facing a wide spectrum of expectations in anticipation of a steelhead trip. This can range from being worried about the weather, concerned about the fishing, and anxious about how well the guide…
Teaching Kids to Spey Cast
One of the real joys of guiding is sharing our passion of fly fishing with the next generation. Watching young kids become enamoured with the sport is such a pleasure. Over the years we have taught many, many kids how…
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…