Epic Waters Angling

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Spey Fishing Nepal

Coming into this adventure, my ultimate goal was to fish the entire country of Nepal and document what I saw.   Here is my epic journey – start to finish on one the best and most meaningful trips I have ever taken.…

November steelheading on the Skeena

It is easy to label November and December in the Skeena drainage as ‘late’ or ‘shoulder season’ times for steelhead. After all, they exist in the massive shadow of its famous summer-run fisheries where, over several months, big, aggressive fish…

2017 season rolls on

After guiding for trout for 15 years you come to realize how consitant the fisheries can be.  2017 was our 10th season operating Frontier Farwest and it is evident that one thing is for sure, there is no consistency to…

Troll vs Pole in saltwater fishing

It seems that flyfishers are constantly engaged in a struggle between our purist roots and technological advancement, and this rings true now more than ever before, as the speed of change continues to accelerate.  Both as a guide and flyfishing…

Anticipation

I try not to have expectations about a fishing destination to which I am about to travel.  But I do get major attacks of anticipation.  Especially when tying flies for new fishing waters.  Even with excellent advice about what to…

Cruelties of mother nature

We just finished up nearly two weeks of rare temperatures on Haida Gwaii. Just like Vancouver has been getting pummeled by unlikely snow storms, to our dismay, so have we. Our March fish are much like our guests from sunny…