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The other day, a gentleman came into the store, walked up to the counter and proudly displayed an old cane...
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 combination of the melting snow and recent rains had turned any part of the trail that wasn’t a boulder...
I am a big fan of islands, particularly the Gulf and Discovery islands. They’re surrounded by water (which means fishing),...
If you have loaded up on rainbow trout out ice fishing this winter, you might find yourself with a healthy...
So many distinctly separate and rewarding factors separate fly-fishing from all other sports, especially the artistic or creative aspect of fly-tying. Little is as sweet as to create a fly and to have a fish take it or for others to catch fish it. Tying started for me at an...
Being from the north part of British Columbia, I have not yet experienced the excitement of albacore tuna fishing. While...
Fly fishing for westslope cutthroat trout in the East Kootenays of British Columbia should be on every angler’s bucket list....
From Phil Rowley's Fly Tying Column
In recent years European nymphing techniques have become dominant across North America. Not only the method itself but also the unique patterns fly fishers tie and use such as Spanish style nymphs. Spanish nymphs are small, thin and hard bodied. Designed to succeed in...