In this day and age of everything needing to be faster and farther it is not surprising that fly casting has followed suit. Fly rods and lines these days are designed to throw flies 70,80,90 feet and farther with very little effort. While casts of these lengths may impress the crowds at sports show they are not...
As spring approaches many anglers, myself included, start thinking about Stoneflies. Will this be the year that I finally hit the famous Salmonfly hatch on the Crowsnest River? Will early morning drift boat trips on the Bow produce magical Golden Stone fishing like it did a few years back? Should I make the journey to the Big Hole in Montana in hopes that this time my timing will be right? Fly fishing using stonefly imitations, both nymphs and dries, can be....
When it comes to angling much is made about rods, reels, line and lures. The same can be said about waders, protective clothing and headgear. But one of the most over-looked, but essential, pieces of equipment is the humble fishing bag.
The great Mike Tyson coined the famous phrase about getting into the ring with him.
“Everyone has a plan,” the former heavyweight boxing champ of the world once said.
“Until they get hit.”
And when you take a right from Iron Mike you know you’ve been hit.
Prize-fighting appears at first sight to be a long way from angling. Especially when it comes to executing “The Plan.”
There are many applications for fishing two flies at once. There are also a few ways to go about tying them on. Like most things, there's no single or correct way to do it, but there are ways that...
The sheer size and pound for pound strength of wild run steelhead are next to no other fish caught in freshwater. Yet even more fascinating is the mystery behind their saltwater migration. Little is known about where these steelhead go, and why. But to catch them in flowing waters as they return to their natal streams is truly something special. Over the last decade, the Skeena River has experienced a...
It is one of the least utilized, but also one of the more effective hard water presentations, especially for trout. I often think about how many fish I have caught on flies throughout the summer, and it's a lot, so by this logic, flies should still be effective when the water turns cold and the surface of a lake turns to ice. And the logic is sound. For many winters now, I have caught loads of fish using...
It's late in the season and my family and I are at our favourite trout pond, looking to squeeze out one more day of open water fishing before the water turns solid. The weather is cooperating and I would even go so far as to say that it is pleasant. It is a good day for fishing.
Gone though, are the days of...
The old saying “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” is especially true in fishing trips. Since COVID there has been an influx of new anglers to the sport and also a renewed eagerness to...
I had the opportunity this summer to cross another river off my fly fishing bucket list, the famous Green River below the Flaming Gorge reservoir near Dutch John Utah. The Flaming Gorge dam, located in the northeast corner of Utah, within casting distance of both Wyoming and Colorado, was built in the early 1960’s, creates a reservoir that ...
