Fishing Tips, Tricks & Tech Talk

by Aaron Goodis We are so pleased to bring you our new column by regular feature author, BCO blogger and cover image provider, Aaron Goodis. In every issue of BC Outdoors Sport Fishing magazine, Aaron will bring you new tips and instructions on how to become a better fly caster. If you...

I was fortunate to be introduced to fly fishing and fly casting at a very young age, somewhere around 1978...

Fly fishing for westslope cutthroat trout in the East Kootenays of British Columbia should be on every angler’s bucket list....

First published in the July/Aug 2016 issue of BC Outdoors You have a pontoon boat, you read my previous article “Gearing up For Safe River Navigation” (May/June 2015, and online) and have all your safety gear, but now how do you actually get down the river safely? This article will cover...

With all of the different Skagit Spey lines out there, I thought I would try and simplify things a little.

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...

My summers as a youth involved lots of hiking into the high alpine lakes of BC where hungry trout were waiting for my fur and feather offerings. Once school was out, these lakes were all ours, that is, until school’s inevitable grip would pull us back to reality. Through the summer...

Leader setups for fly-fishing streams can be confusing to new fly anglers. Avoid any confusion and take a simplified approach...

There’s nothing like a pair of leaky waders to put a damper on your fishing trip. The following bits of...

Upon arrival at an unfamiliar lake, a variety of questions must be answered to make the fishing trip a successful...