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Fishing Tips and Facts

Fishing Trip Preparation
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Fishing Trip Preparation

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...

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Emergers

A fish feeding on the surface will have two distinct looks. The first is when it eats a bug sitting on top of the water surface. It will stick only its snout out of the water. You can often see a bug float into its range and anticipate the eat. 

woman sitting in boat holds a walleye close to her face with both hands
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Mono or Braid for Walleye

When it comes to fishing line and chasing walleye in our lakes, I choose both braid and mono.

wide shot of stream with man on the right handside standing in water fishing
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Rod Tip Positioning

In my capacity as a fly school instructor the one thing I find myself repeating the most to the students is rod tip positioning when fishing dry flies upstream.

man standing in the water with dog in river stream
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Fishing the Seam

Successful flyfishing is all about delusion, confusion and deception.

Fooling the fish is the key element to success.

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Tip: Pre-scouting river conditions

Alberta is littered with quality, accessible trout streams, but a lot of travel is involved in exploration. Your buddies and an online search can’t always prepare you for current river conditions, how do you know what to expect? 

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What Fishing Means to Me
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What Fishing Means to Me

Call it gratitude.  Fishing has provided me countless memories, moments that make me smile, that are meaningful, and have been the backbone for many amazing connections to wonderful people...

Hiring a fly fishing guide for beginners
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Hiring a fly fishing guide for beginners

Fly fishing can be a little bit of a daunting sport at first but one way for beginners to improve their skill is to hire a guide...

Getting There Is Half the Battle
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Getting There Is Half the Battle

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.

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