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August is many things: a time for berry picking, a time for camping, a time for relaxing and a time...
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...
It goes without saying that within the manifested ranks of fly fishing, dry-fly fishing holds the top accolade. There are...
With frigid temperatures over the previous couple weeks, ice fishing season is just starting up in the Lakes District. While...
One of the most common mistakes in fly-casting is allowing slack. Slack Kills! Ever try to shoot a bow and arrow with a slack bowline? It doesn't work and your fly cast won’t either. You need to create good tension at all times during your fly cast. In order for...
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...
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...
If you are planning to head out ice fishing for the day, a person wants to have a healthy supply...
Introduction When someone mentions jigging for kokanee in British Columbia, most people think about ice fishing. But this vertical method...