King fishing Alaska
We reserved the peak weeks of the Kodiak Island King salmon run months ago to secure spots for our Epic guests. Our guests will be fishing the Ayakulik River staying at a camp run by Alpenview outfitters. They are the…
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It’s Okay to be Drifter… but Nobody likes a Creep!
From somewhere deep in my twisted mind is the best shirt design ever! It reads “it’s okay to be a drifter… but nobody likes a creep.” It would have the “drifter” face of Tom Hanks from Castaway months, NO years…
Epic Beer Blog
The Beer Blog As everyone knows, fall in the Bulkley Valley is hard-core steelhead season, and our families and significant others know not to expect to see very much of us. What you probably don’t know is that our family…
3 Epic fishing vacation fails and how to avoid them
Imagine this, you have just booked a trip to go trout fishing in BC at a beautiful lodge with a wonderful lake and river right out front. At the sport shows you saw video and photo proof that you would be catching…
Best New Thing: OPST Commando Heads
Best New Thing is a new section dedicated to products and services in our industry that switch up the game, make things easier or are just sweet! OPST Commando Heads- How Shorter Than Super Short Isn’t Too Short So here…
Full Circle By Babine Bob Wickwire
It was an historic time for Jerrie Lou and I to work at Babine Steelhead Lodge during the fall of 2015. 1984 was the last time we were there. It was because of Tom Derry that we were there. He…
A Dog’s Best Friend
Gawwwwwwwwwd!!!!! I have writer’s block. I have stared at this computer for three nights in a row without laying down a word. Not even a letter. This has happened before but not as severe as this. It is like a…
EXPLORATIONS
Ex-plo-ra-tion – To travel (in a little-known region) for discovery. To examine (something) carefully; investigate. Doesn’t it just send chills up and down your body to relate that word to your flyfishing adventures. It does for me. I can’t help…
5 terms to avoid when steelhead fishing
The quality of your steelheading trip is typically based on expectations. We often see anglers get so dejected from the sport that we have to put them on suicide watch, hiding all ropes, knives and pills. To avoid depression while…