Roderick Haig-Brown, one of the most praised and respected fly-anglers, not only as an active angler in his time but as a legend in ours, had a very solid belief as to how an angler should carry himself and he led unwaveringly by that example. As a self-proclaimed disciple of...
I will be the first to admit – tying knots has never been my forte. Despite knowing that it is...
I was fortunate to be introduced to fly fishing and fly casting at a very young age, somewhere around 1978...
By Garry Elgear
Originally published in the Tips and Tech column of the 2014 January/February issue of BC Outdoors magazine.
With fall over it’s time for the silver ghosts make their way home. These sensuous fish are each different, like a fingerprint, from the spots on their backside to the rosy hue...
Well, I participate in internet fishing forums and write articles for fishing magazines so in the eyes of many I am emblematic of what they see as the decline of the fishery due to over-saturation of information in the media and on the net. Maybe because of that I'm not...
August is many things: a time for berry picking, a time for camping, a time for relaxing and a time...
Halibut is such a treat for us to enjoy! As avid salmon fishers, we usually don’t have a large stockpile...
Winter may have held onto us with its icy grip for longer than normal, but it felt as though we...
Introduction When someone mentions jigging for kokanee in British Columbia, most people think about ice fishing. But this vertical method...
From the Cooking Rough column by Linda Gabris
The name burbot (scientifically known as Lota lota) comes from the Latin word barba, meaning beard which sums up the funny looking barbel, or "ugly mug whisker" as dad used to jokingly call it, that sits on the fish's chin.
When I was a kid,









