Department Authors

BC Outdoors exciting & informative departments include:

Casting Off
Bird’s Nest
Weighing In
Reel Memories
Industry News

Tips & Tech - Garry Elgear
Garry has been the owner of Riverside Fly & Tackle for the past six years. He enjoys creating new innovative fly patterns and showing his customers how to tie and fish them. Garry guides on the Pitt, Squamish, Harrison and Fraser River systems. Garry fishes hard and works even harder for his customers.

Fly-Tying - Philip Rowley
Phil brings 20 years as a professional tier and published author to his column. Every issue Phil looks at innovative tying techniques using today’s newest materials and ideas.

Gear Review - editor Mike Mitchell
We review the latest and greatest in the outdoor world; fishing rods, reels, lines, nets, outdoor apparel waders, lures, flylines, fly rods, outdoor cooking gear, sunglasses just to name a few.

Cooking in the Rough - Linda Gabris
Linda brings her years of spending time in the backcountry to offer a fresh perspective when cooking wild fish and wild game. Every issue is a fresh approach on cooking everything from roasts to shore lunches.

Backroads - by Murphy Shewchuk
Murphy Shewchuck is an award-winning freelance writer/photographer and the author of more than a dozen books, including his latest, Cariboo Trips & Trails.

Back Cast - Dave Steele
Dave brings years of experience in the fishing industry to his humour column Backcast.