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Fly-Tying: Pinch Hitter

Phil Rowley·January 8, 2014

I was fortunate to meet Rob Texmo earlier this year. Rob is a talented tyer with a love for traditional Atlantic salmon and spey patterns, adapting the tying techniques and disciplines these flies require with great success for Pacific salmon and steelhead. Rob’s tying skill and attention to detail on...

Brandy Ladd holding a juvenile sturgeon. It's important to educate the public about sturgeon and the issues this species is facing.

What Does Conservation Mean To You

Kevin Estrada·March 2, 2021

In this modern era of aware fishermen and women, conservation has been re-defined. The Fraser River sturgeon fishery and the angling...

FN0941-RECREATIONAL – Finfish Fishing Boundary Change – Area 25 – Muchalat Inlet/Matchlee Bay – Effective Immediately until October 15, 2022

Fisheries and Oceans Canada·August 24, 2022

Effective immediately until 23:59 October 15, 2022, the recreational finfish fishing area within Subarea 25-1 will be changed to the...

Salmon Conservation Stamp

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·March 22, 2013

STATEMENT OF DR. BRIAN RIDDELL, PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATIONFederal Budget Calls For Salmon Conservation Stamp User Fees to Stay In B.C. Dr. Brian Riddell, president and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, made the following statement today responding to the release of the 2013 federal budget. When enacted the budget will return...

The Healing Power Of The Outdoors

Michaela Ludwig·March 16, 2026

By the time a hunter settles against a spruce tree at dawn or an angler watches the line drift through...

Strip, Pop & Smash! The Green Chorizo

Phil Rowley·April 24, 2020

The willingness of smallmouth and largemouth bass to crush surface patterns with unbridled aggression attracts many anglers, including an increasing...

Curing Roe

Garry Elgear·September 6, 2013

I’ve run my shop for over 10 years and have been here since I was fifteen. My physical reflection is now of a man with hair the color of salt and pepper; some call it distinction; some call it the sign of wisdom. I don’t know about either of those...

Slack Kills

Aaron Goodis·October 23, 2013

One of the most common mistakes in fly-casting is allowing slack. Slack Kills! Ever try to shoot a bow and arrow with a slack bowline? It doesn't work and your fly cast won’t either. You need to create good tension at all times during your fly cast. In order for...

Poachers Caught Fishing the Fraser River

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·August 28, 2013

During the 10 days precceeding August 25, nine boats and 60 nets have been seized from alleged poachers on the Fraser River by fisheries officials. Through that same time period, 30 investigations into these and other poaching activities have begun. The area of the the Fraser between the mouth at the...