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.”
Successful flyfishing is all about delusion, confusion and deception.
Fooling the fish is the key element to success.
When it comes to handing out the angling hardware hereabouts, it’s not a very crowded podium.
Cold-water trout, and rainbows in particular, perennially share the laurel wreath with their warmer-water cousins the walleye.
For the entry-level, first-timer flyfisher, dipping the toe of his/her wading boot tentatively into the water, the learning curve can be steep and intimidating. Gear, knots, casting, where to go, how to read the water when you arrive streamside, the challenges seem endless at times. And nothing is more bewildering when you arrive at the well-stocked fly shop and are confronted with dozens in not hundreds of bins on the fly table.
Every travelling angler – especially when they cast their fate to an airline – has experienced that sinking feeling in their gut when they place their rod cases on the oversized luggage rack.
As the snow months arrive, sadly, the angler’s window of opportunity closes to little more than a crack.
Fishing through the ice, getting out on the few open-water situations available, tying flies, or dreaming of sunny ways or yesterdays...
One sublime sunny afternoon a few years back I was fishing a classic northern Alberta grayling stream that tumbled over ...
Western Canadian fisheries biologists, when confronting the problem of declining walleye populations, must come to terms with our most popular game fish.
