During BC’s Family Fishing Weekend free fishing events for anglers and families are held around the province. This is your opportunity to enjoy the...
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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.
Chilliwack, BC – After two years of anticipation, the BC Outdoors Show hosted its inaugural event. From April 8th through...
FN0492-RECREATIONAL – Salmon – Coho – Areas 11 to 20, 111 and Subareas 29-1 to 29-5 – Coho Management Measures...
by Phil Rowley. Originally published in the 2014 May issue of BC Outdoors magazine.It is probably safe to say that when targeting trout with chironomid larva or pupa patterns most stillwater fly-fishers focus their effort in shallow water less than 15-feet deep. For many, a floating line, leader and a...
Have you ever wanted to spend a day on the water with Phil Rowley and Brian Chan? Here’s your chance...
Giant Hogweed is an invasive species spreading through the province of BC. Visit this site on the French Creek Giant Hogweed Project for a wealth of information
Each plant produces about 50, 000 winged seeds that can float through the air for up to three days before settling in the soil...
BC Outdoors, with its history of change, is changing once again. This time back to its roots, back to what made this magazine the most read outdoor magazine in the west. With our new ownership, and the creation of Outdoor Group Media, we have put the fishing magazine and hunting magazine back together, back where it belongs, in one big magazine.
Early season spring fishing produces some quality Chinook Salmon in the 10-25 pound range. So far the best Salmon fishing has been close to Ucluelet so not a big run to the fishing grounds. Fishing the outside edge of Barkley Sound, Great Bear and out as far as three miles offshore. The fish are hunkering right on the bottom, so the gear varies between 110-150 feet deep depending on bottom depth. Using Spoons with Flashers or Anchovies with Flashers. Fish are biting on the tides but morning has been by far best.
By Phil Rowley
When I first learned to fly fish, as with other fly fishers, I dreamt of one day casting to rising trout while standing knee deep in one of North America’s blue ribbon trout streams. Rivers such as the Madison, Henry’s Fork, Missouri and the Green filled my imagination.