Category Archives: British Columbia
Steelhead Fly Fishing on British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands, a.k.a. Haida Gwaii
Reprinted from Big Sky Journal—by Greg Thomas I first felt a need to step on the Queen Charlotte Islands back in the 1980s when a friend and I steered a 42-foot long wood troller, called the Cape Cross, from the … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Northwest
Tagged British Columbia, Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islands
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Pay Heed to This Sign
I have, like, 50,000 images in my library. When looking for specific shots I often come across others I’d forgotten about. That’s what happened today and I thought I’d share. I shot this sign on northern Vancouver Island along the … Continue reading
Upper Stikine and Nass—the Sacred Headwaters—Now Protected
This is huge news out of Canada. This may preserve some of the finest and most remote steelhead and salmon water in the world. It’s been a big issue for a long time, and it deals with wild place close … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, CANADA, Conservation, Northwest
Tagged Nass River, Stikine River
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Bad Deal: Senior Level Fisheries Job Points Toward Enbridge’s Northern Gateway’s Assured Future
If the Northern Gateway pipeline goes through, it could cause major damage to some of Alberta’s and British Columbia’s greatest trout, steelhead and salmon waters, and this new finding, leaked to the Vancouver Sun, suggests backdoor dealings make the pipeline … Continue reading
Top British Columbia Winter Steelhead Options
I am so, so easy. Watched a steelhead video yesterday and now I have nothing else in my mind but tying Pick-Yer-Pockets and swinging for big, bright coastal steelhead. It will be a while before I do so, but I’m … Continue reading
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Supernatural Steelhead Video
Thought all of you West Coast steelhead dudes would like to take a look at this. I love the scene where he’s swinging the tailout. Just looks perfect to me. I watch this short trailer and say, “Damn man, I … Continue reading
Nimmo Bay, British Columbia—where the plugged-in world melts away
Lately I’ve been thinking, How do I rate so high? That’s because I’ve enjoyed three trips of a lifetime in just a couple months, one on Oregon’s Deschutes River for steelhead; another on Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula for Atlantic salmon; and … Continue reading
Tying Sea-Run Cutthroat Flies
You probably know by now that I’m a fan of sea-run cutthroat trout, which in my opinion are one of the best fishes you can go after with a fly rod whether casting in fresh or saltwater. They are eager … Continue reading
Check out the Skeena Headwaters
Found this on The Cleanest Line, Patagonia’s general blog. Good stuff here. Thought all of you could take a few minutes break and dream a little.
Gearing Up For a Week at Nimmo Bay, British Columbia
Just back from a three-day jaunt to Seattle and now it is time to gear up for a week in British Columbia, a mix of remote, but plush lodge chillin’, at Nimmo Bay Resort on the mainland coast, and a … Continue reading