Fishing Tips, Tricks & Tech Talk

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...

by Garry Elgear Originally published in “Tips and Tech” March/April 2011 issue of BC Outdoors magazine. Kicking back in my boat waiting for my guests to arrive I pull out my binoculars and start scanning the water for activity. Two hundred yards in the distance I see the surface erupt in the...

There are three kinds of garbage in our water. The kind that floats: The stuff you can see. Plastic containers: 1. Can be reused as water bottles. 2. Water filled bumpersStyrofoam: 1. Avoid buying it in any form when possible. 2. Styrofoam in some parts of the world is being recycled for...

We really couldn’t ask for better ice fishing weather in northern BC. We had a few very cold weeks at...

By Tom Johannesen I’ll be the first to acknowledge the fact that we have lots to do over the summer months and finding time to go fishing is, many times, not a top priority. If a little time can be freed up between working around the house and holidays, lake fishing...

by Linda Gabris Originally published in the "Cooking Rough" column in the January/February 2012 issue of BC Outdoors magazineClick here to print the original printed version Here’s a delicious, versatile salmon pie recipe that always makes a big splash at the table. Without doubt, you’ve heard of British codfish pies, Cajun catfish...

So here we go, this is the first post in a series of blogs devoted to fly-casting techniques. I plan to start with good old fashioned single-handed fly-casting and then move on towards spey-casting and double-handed rods in later posts. However almost all of the casting pointers discussed will be...