Fishing

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Looking for the Gifts that Wow?

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·December 18, 2013

Keeping the stories real for $299.99 We all know how frustrating it is to catch the fish of lifetime and have no proof. Resorting to tall-tale-telling in place of picture showing has become so tall in fact that we have even had to alter our understanding of the meaning of the...

Lowrance Elite-4 Gold

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·May 1, 2013

The Elite-4 Gold by Lowrance, a compact chartplotter/fishfinder designed to meet both the performance standards and the value demands of consumers, comes with a custom 2GB Navionics Gold micro SD that covers coastal waters and over 124 Canadian lakes, has the brightes LED backlit display and the exclusive TrackBack feature.

Properly maintaining your waders, and repairing them when necessary, means you’ll have them for many future adventures. Photo by Chase White.

Maintaining & Repairing Waders

Tom Johannesen·September 9, 2020

There’s nothing like a pair of leaky waders to put a damper on your fishing trip. The following bits of...

Making The Most Of The Catch: Using The Whole Salmon

Raeanne O’Meara·May 26, 2022

So, you have caught the salmon. Now the question remains, how do you use the absolute most of the fish?...

March/April 2011 Fishing Gear Reviews

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·March 15, 2011

Mepps Aglia BriteMepps continues to raise the bar when it comes to lures and the new Aglia Brites are just another example of this. The classic Mepps Aglia are now available with a brightly colored body, with the classic Mepps French blade in polished brass or plated with genuine silver.

We’ve all had the experience of looking through our fly boxes, not knowing which direction to go next. If matching the hatch isn’t providing results, switch it up. Photo by Chase White.

Matched Or Unmatched Hatches

Brent Gill·August 4, 2020

There’s a well-known motto amongst anglers, “Match the hatch.” Let’s back things up a bit, so even the new anglers...

Matching the Right Line for the Job

Aaron Goodis·July 3, 2013

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...