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Five Point Plan to Catch More Fish
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Five Point Plan to Catch More Fish

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.”

Bulkley River Steelhead
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Bulkley River Steelhead

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...

Last Chance Trout
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Last Chance Trout

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...

Road Trip - Green River Utah
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Road Trip - Green River Utah

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 ...

Night Fishing for Trophy Trout
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Night Fishing for Trophy Trout

There is mystique about the night. The silence. I cannot help to wonder what monsters stir, not to be seen in the light of day. Brown trout being nocturnal, it only makes sense. But to the advantage of all trout, night is when aerial predators are held mostly at bay. 

Walleye held by hand halfway above water
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Summer Walleye

It's a perfect summer day.  There's a light breeze, its overcast with some sunny breaks, and the temperature is comfortable.  I have lots of choices available to me.  There is great river fishing, good trout fishing, good pike fishing, and good walleye fishing.  I decide I'm going walleye fishing.

man standing in water wearing shorts and no waders a holding fish and fishing rod
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Wet Wading

One of the nicest things for anglers is the arrival of warm summer days and the opportunity to wade wet. Being unencumbered by the waders that make life on the stream bearable for the other 3 seasons.

clear river stream in alberta coniferous trees line the horizon
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White Knight of the Alberta Rockies (and Beyond)

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.

clear blue river with seagulls and ducks on river row boat and tree line in the distance
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Spring on the River

Spring weather lifts the burden of old man winter off southern Alberta and coaxes fly fishers from their vices onto open rivers. As some of the only open water around, early migrants bring the river to life. Franklin’s gulls break the silence of winter, ducks are flashing their breeding plumage, and soon swallows will fill the sky in a frenzy. Itching to just get back on the river, expectations are tempered with shaking the dust off your cast and soaking some rays in mind. Low water temperatures hold fish from being active early, but quality trout still show themselves.

dog pound greenery trees brown trout creek alberta
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A Beautiful Deception

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.

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