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 estimates of up to 72 million sockeye are expected to return to the Fraser River.
Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail writes in his article titled "Anticipated salmon run could overwhelm Fraser River this summer, experts say" that the experts, such as Mr. Les Jantz, DFO's acting director for...
Gabriola Island is one of those places where people live a quiet life and the problems associated with big cities and big industries seem far away. However that has all changed as the Pacific Pilotage Authority has a proposal in place that has the residents of Gabriola...
Gibbs-Delta, Canada's largest devoutly Canadian tackle manufacturer acquires Rhys
Davis, a BC company that has been producing quality fishing tackle
since 1954. Gibbs-Delta CFO, Rob Alcock, stated that it was "a perfect fit
for us and one we are excited about." This transaction adds to
Gibbs-Delta's line of fishing tackle and products.
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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...
I’m going to take a quick break from the casting blogs for a minute here and remind everyone that it's a Pink year!
What is a pink year? Here, along the British Columbia coast, primarily our local waters surrounding Vancouver we see a major pink salmon return every two years falling...
Funds raised through game banquets and rifle raffles have squared off against the profits from a corporate sports and department-store...
Controlling Unwanted Transplants: Zebra Mussels
North America’s industrial, agricultural and municipal water supplies, freshwater shipping, fishing, and shellfish harvesting are under a multimillion-dollar threat from the zebra mussel, first found in the Great Lakes in 1988.
The spread of zebra mussels to other waterways can be prevented by boaters who flush their...
The Fraser River Panel met Friday, September 10, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye and...
It's easy to think sometimes that "no one ever gets caught", but they do. Often, it's frustrating to see others breaking the rules and regulations and having the sense that nothing ever comes of it for them. The following link shows the opposite, a Wall of Shame if you will...









