History Sooke is a small community located about 40 minutes west of Victoria along Highway 14. The town and surrounding...
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In the streams and rivers through much of BC, there is a feisty little game fish that can be abundant...
Once we have our rod picked out we are going to need a line that helps us cast and that is perfectly suited to the fly-fishing we plan to do. Are we going to lake fish for small trout with a 5 weight or throw big heavy streamers with a...
October 25-27, 2013 is Riverside Fly and Tackle's 11th annual Riverside River Daze event.
As part of the event there are two sturgeon derbies. The first is on Friday October 25, with the Jeff O'Neill show. You have to listen to the Fox radio station and earn your spot in this...
It goes without saying that within the manifested ranks of fly fishing, dry-fly fishing holds the top accolade. There are...
by Linda Gabris
Originally published in “Cooking Rough” May 2011 issue of BC Outdoors magazine.
Now here’s a meal that makes the “100-Mile Diet” – the commitment to eating local food grown within 100 miles of home – very appealing. The idea is not new to me because I grew up eating food...
Background Bait holders have been part of the salmon trolling scene in BC for six decades. Since 1954 when the...
I’m a bit unsure of where the summer went. If you had told me several months ago that I didn’t...
This article originally appeared in the July/August issue of BC Outdoors
It is a common belief that wet flies and nymphs are the most successful choice to catch a lot of fish. This does make sense as fish feed subsurface the majority of the time, and anglers will only open...