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 […]
In continuing a long standing tradition of drowning in sarcasm I’d like to submit my latest installment. I’ve been guilty of all the rules at some point and likely all together a time or two. I stand behind none of this. Lessons for the “Rook” 1. Guides aren’t cool. Before you get started its important […]
Update July 2019: Since the early days of this restaurant Telly’s has been consistently smashing its records and continuing unrivaled local growth. With big plans for the future and continued customer satisfaction central, Telly’s remains a Bulkley Valley staple. When you walk into Telly’s Grill, you can already get a sense of what this restaurant […]
This last Fall I got a message from my neighbor telling me she had spotted some chinook salmon spawning in a pool on our local stream. It sounded hard to believe but she is one of the most fly fishing obsessed people I know and so I was pretty sure she would know the difference […]
A summary about the changes we’ve seen in flyfishing for chinooks, the misconceptions and the way it’s shaped how we now target the king of Pacific salmon. Although people have been targeting kings on a fly for many years it is becoming quite apparent that what we thought we knew 20 years ago was mostly […]
Fishermans 5- Tim Arsenault Arsenault (pictured left drinking large beer) has been a staple in the Vancouver flyshop scene and competitive casting circles for many years. Always the smiling face behind the counter and the commanding presence behind the long rod those lucky enough to know him rarely forget him. Recently he has started Bridge […]