I think anyone who likes to swing flies for chinook has had moments of trying to justify why they do it. Folks who do not Spey fish or even fly fish clearly have a hard time understanding the passion and desire for this sport. Once they find out we like to “swing for kings” and […]
This summer, Epic Waters Angling will be hosting a fishing expedition on the lower Togiak River. We will be working in conjunction with the only permanent lodge on the river: Togiak River Lodge. The Togiak River area has been a prime gear-fishing destination for many years, and the spey fishing opportunities for experienced anglers are […]
It is, once again, another EPIC Christmas. Each year, the team at Epic meticulously combs the retail world to find the best gift ideas for your loved ones obsessed with fishing. In this year’s edition, we offer advice for those of you with children wetting their feet in the guiding industry. Did our romanticized editorials […]
Still on Atlantic Standard Time and beyond eager to get my fly in the water, I awoke before my alarm on the first morning at Frontier. Curled up and cozy under the thick fleece sheets, I contemplated what the day may hold. I made a coffee and peeked outside from my private cabin. Everything was […]
In 2019 we officially changed our name to Frontier Steelhead Experience. Our program has grown to something far beyond what the original Farwest was doing. With additions to Morice river lodge and now heli trips to upper Skeena, Babine, Upper Copper and beyond our guests get a very wide range of opportunities to explore on […]
1- Greed– Greed is an excessive pursuit of steelhead. When is enough enough? You are fishing with your best friend; you just hooked and lost two fish without him seeing. You know you will probably hook one more if you keep fishing, but heck—you didn’t land them. If you want to appease the steelhead gods, […]
If you have read any of my previous posts to Epic Waters you know that I am a little “old School” when it comes to my equipment. Especially, my reels. For all of my freshwater fishing I use a click/pawl-drag reel. My favorites are the old Orvis CFO reels (made by Hardy in the 70’s […]
As a kid growing up in Vancouver trips to the river were rare but very welcoming. I had the bug and could never kick the habit. I spent long hours tying flies, watching videos and reading books – you know the stuff of cool kids. As a 13 year old my father took us on […]
Although some of our runs here in haida Gwaii are big wide open gravel bars akin to the Bulkley or Morice with enough room to carelessly fling flies in any direction, others are quite opposite. With grabby trees above your head, and looming over soft bouldery buckets, each cast we make has to be well […]
Curious about sheefish? To most this is a very unfamiliar species. A member of the whitefish family, the sheefish is nicknamed the “Tarpon of the North” due to its silver-scaled torpedo shape, elongated head, and deep, cavernous mouth. Many years ago sheefish were a subsistence food for Inupiat Eskimos and still today they harvest them […]