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Hatch Finatic

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·July 11, 2013

Hatch Finatic are absolutely beautiful machined aluminum reels loaded with features you would expect on a high-end reel. The spools fit into the one-piece frames very precisely and are locked in place with something Hatch calls the “power flower”. The result is a reel with almost no lateral flex, no...

FN0949-Salmon – Sockeye – Areas 11 to 29 – Fraser River Sockeye Update – August 26, 2022

Fisheries and Oceans Canada·August 26, 2022

The Fraser River Panel met August 26, 2022, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye run...

Three Kinds of Garbage in Our Water

Blake Johnston·July 5, 2013

There are three kinds of garbage in our water. The kind that floats: The stuff you can see. Plastic containers: 1. Can be reused as water bottles. 2. Water filled bumpersStyrofoam: 1. Avoid buying it in any form when possible. 2. Styrofoam in some parts of the world is being recycled for...

Pacific Region Management Area Map

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·August 15, 2013

The Fishery Notices refer specifically to Management Areas and sub-areas. Do you know which areas apply to your personal fishing? Click here to see the full Pacific Region Management Area map.

Krypto Caddis Larva

Phil Rowley·February 1, 2022

Stanton Jack is a professional classical guitarist and head of the Guitar and Harp Department for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s...

Sockeye Salmon Open August 1 — Osoyoos Lake

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·July 31, 2013

North of the bridge at Highway 3, sockeye will be open from August 1st, 2013 until further notice. Retention is set at two per day.See the full fishery notice here.

Fishing chironomids in rivers can lead to success.

It’s a Bug’s Life: Fishing Chironomids & Terrestrials In Rivers & Streams

Danie Erasmus·October 31, 2019

Most anglers match the hatch for mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies when fishing rivers, but don’t often venture into imitating midges...

Saving BC’s Biggest Salmon

Michaela Ludwig·April 8, 2021

The allure of being able to reel in a salmon over 40 pounds is what draws many fishing enthusiasts to...

Fly-Tying: Gomphus

Phil Rowley·January 8, 2014

by Phil Rowley From his Fly Tying Column One of the best dragon nymph imitations is Jim Crawford’s Gomphus. Although technically not a Gomphus imitation, Gomphus or Gomphidae are most commonly found living in slow moving sections of rivers and streams, and there is no disputing this pattern’s success. The spun and...