Originally published in 2014. Since I was 10 years old there has not been one time in my life when wild fish stocks did not need our help wherever I was fishing. I grew up fishing in the Catskill mountain streams during probably the worst climate for native fish in the history of the region. […]
Throwback article Not too many holidays land smack in the middle of prime fishing weeks, but the biggest one of note is Canadian Thanksgiving. It is here this weekend, and if you live up north you are either hunting or fishing with your time off. Many of our fantastic American guests are quite curious about […]
We kicked this video out back in April, but heard from a lot of folks they wanted to see it again. Â The pandemic has been absolutely devastating for our business and our industry in general. Â However, there have been small slivers of a bright side through all this. Â For one, the fly fishing industry […]
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 river nestled in a grove of old growth cottonwoods within the Park Corridor. The Babine
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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. Â Tips can be very difficult to manage as you want to be heavy but yet stay off the bottom. Â You want to be deep in
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It can seem like every year a million more spey products flood the market and muddy the waters. Reinventing the wheel is a great way to sell gear but ultimately the new technologies are meant to make your time on the water a little easier. Most commonly spey lines will fit into the following 3 […]
This blog starts with one big assumption- you want to impress your guide. If not at least it will help you land more fish. Landing Fish with the Help of a Net The days are gone where nets were all bad and tailing fish was the only humane way to land your catch. Great soft […]
An excerpt from a great letter one of our Babine guests sent us. On this particular day the weather was overcast in the high 50s—balmy for this far north in Canada in October, when it can certainly be cold, wet, and stormy. We pretty much had the whole Babine river to ourselves that morning. It […]
The Bulkley River is home to one of the largest summer steelhead runs in the world. This fact, paired with timing, creates a unique opportunity to swing at these fish in a multitude of conditions. As with any species, steelhead are directly affected by what’s happening with the water. River bumps up from the rain? […]
Night on Earth: Streaming on Netflix It isn’t easy to reinvent the wheel in nature documentaries, but Netflix’s Night on Earth feels like it has done exactly that. It’s fresh, innovative content is absolutely captivating to watch, and isn’t what you picture. I assumed that it would look like Blair Witch, black and green like the […]