If you have never thrown spoons for rainbow trout, you should! Spoon fishing for rainbow trout is a fun way...
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Shimano’s flagship spinning reel, the Stella FE, is loaded with high-end features. X-Ship makes the handle easier to turn with or without a load thus enabling the angler to feel the lightest of bites. A magnesium frame lets the reel be light yet tough and 14 ARB bearings help keep...
Despite Canada Day falling between salmon runs, and a forecast that looked very bleak, we headed out west for a...
This fishery notice amends FN0900 to clarify the Harrison River boundary description. The full notice follows. Waters: Chilliwack/Vedder River (including...
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...
The Steez uses an ultra lightweight corrosion-proof Zaion body and an air rotor of strong lightweight Zaion carbon composite. It has 13 bearings and a maximum drag of 15.4 pounds. The machined aluminum handle is capped with a cork knob and the bail constructed from hollow stainless steel. The Steez...
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...
The Speedster is a reel for when you want a super high rate of retrieval to recover line on the bottom of the boat or beat the fish that is charging you head-on. A narrow spool and large outside diameter combine to deliver speed that just can’t be matched in...
If you fish BC rivers you have likely seen a lot of these reels, and for good reason. Manufactured in Sweden, the Record features the one and only Carbon Matrix drag for smooth retrieves. The Record features five stainless steel HPCR® bearings and a corrosion resistant instant anti-reverse bearing. It...
The Lakes District (an area in northern BC between Prince George and Smithers) encompasses over 300 wilderness lakes of all...