Fishing Tips, Tricks & Tech Talk

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...

by Ty Langford Perhaps you should. Following is a preview of some of the insights in our new column "Mechanical Maintenance". Sure, we all try to do our oil changes every 5000 kilometres, give or take 2000 for some of us, but what about some of the other crucial components that may have...

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...

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...

As fly-fishers we all know how important fly-casting is to our sport. Yes its true, we will catch fish regardless of casting skill. But lets face it, to achieve great catching success we need a good cast. No, wait! We need a great cast! I am fortunate to make a large...

Hello, my name is Trevor Shpeley and I'm standing before you today because I am a crappy caster. Yes I admit it, I am powerless over my crappy casting and my line has become unmanageable. I didn't always know I was a crappy caster. I started out as a budding young fly-fisherman...

I personally take lots of pictures with my iPhone, it's just so darn accessible! Having a camera attached to your phone sure doesn't leave room for excuses in the not-photo-taking department. I mean, why not snap it? Get at it! Grab that pic and share the pixels out of it!

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...

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...