UPDATE: Easily one of our most talked about blogs, this feels as current as ever. Maybe not current is the waiting list… no surprise it’s longer. Time to get in line folks! James Reid is a highly respected bamboo rod builder from North Vancouver, British Columbia. His rods have been described as “the closest feeling […]
Since I have been guiding for trout in Chile I’ve found that the same techniques used on the rivers in the US and Canada generally apply, with the exception that here the fish are much less pressured and there’s usually not much need for very fine tippets or ultra delicate presentations, although like everything in […]
What is Coast to Clouds? C2C’s is conservation society that promotes to connect anglers to important campaigns that influence the fisheries they utilize and the surrounding environment. Lets call it appreciation for use. How are funds raised? Funds are collected from conservation donations at all our fall steelhead fisheries. The donations are strongly urged by […]
When creating the new site, I had never imagined that my first article would be this one, but here we are. Writing is cathartic, and helps me heal. Deaths in my family have become all too common over the past three years. I’d managed to escape facing the death of a loved one for over […]
The BC Herring Fishery The BC government divides the coast herring population into 5 categories and defines only the Straight of Georgia population as healthy. Despite closure on the rest of the coast, the commercial fishery there is still permitted a 20% harvest annually, a number in heated contest. In 2018 the fisheries minister famously […]
Everyone has different expectations when fly fishing for king salmon. For some folks, just catching some is enough. Whether stripping flies through sloughs, or swinging up older, colored fish, they are happy as long as there is a good chance they will hook at least one. Others prefer rivers a little closer to the ocean, […]
Considering the fact I was born in a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, I have a surprisingly and rather lucky diverse history in the fly-fishing industry. I grew up spending my summers in upstate New Yorks, Catskill Mountains, fishing the waters around our family farm. This area is the stomping grounds of the famous instructor Joan […]
There is one quality that no business owner or entrepreneur could survive without and that is the ability to adapt. We have always felt successful lodges are the ones most responsive to change. Catch and release fishing has always been seen as sustainable tourism, attempting to make a low impact on the environment […]
One of our Epic reps from Chile, Matt Nagler turned us on to the fishing on Kodiak Island. It was a fishery we had heard the legendary stories about but had never seen. Of course Kodiak is well known for catching saltwater freezer fish all day long, and the rivers are so chalked full of […]
Christmas time leaves most folks huddled around fly tying benches and computer screens pining away over photos. It’s not always easy to come up with that daily fish picture so many Instagrammers are striving for when things are iced over. If you’re like us, however, when you’re not fishing you’re acquiring gear, gadgets, and tools […]