Fly fishing for westslope cutthroat trout in the East Kootenays of British Columbia should be on every angler’s bucket list....
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I have lots of secluded fishing holes scattered throughout the north but one of my top destinations for rainbow is so big, bountiful and easy to access that there's no need to worry about keeping it under wraps because the pristine waters of beautiful Francois Lake, our province's second-largest natural...
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...
British Columbia is home to some of the most diverse and pristine freshwater and saltwater ecosystems in Canada, drawing anglers...
Once we have our rod picked out we are going to need a line that helps us cast and that is perfectly suited to the fly-fishing we plan to do. Are we going to lake fish for small trout with a 5 weight or throw big heavy streamers with a...
Big water fishing and wild food foraging are two of my favourite sports and pairing up the fish of my dreams with a top woodland pick such as in this recipe produces a gourmet feast that money can't buy!
I like to use salmon steaks for this particular recipe because they...
Along British Columbia’s coast, salmon fishing is as much about stewardship as it is about opportunity. In recent years, one...
Having spent my entire life living in the Lakes District region of northern British Columbia, I have spent a significant...
We really couldn’t ask for better ice fishing weather in northern BC. We had a few very cold weeks at...
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...