Category Archives: CANADA
Lose Count—Fortress Lake Brook Trout
I was nine hours into the drive before I realized that Cline River isn’t actually a town and, instead , is a simple outpost in the Alberta wilderness that offers a motel, a campground, some old-school gasoline pumps, a small … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, CANADA, Northern Rockies, Travel
Tagged brook trout, Fortress Lake
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North America’s Most Interesting Hatches
I take a lot of pride in putting together what I hope all you would consider to be a great magazine. If you haven’t looked at American Angler in the past year or two, take a glance. I’ve changed it … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, CANADA, Culture, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Travel, Uncategorized, Wyoming
Tagged Fly Fishing Hatches
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Simms’ “Fish It Well” Motto Helps Tonic Get To The Dean
I know Simms would have preferred that I write about their new campaign, called Fish It Well, a month or more ago when they sent me a hoodie emblazoned with a logo promoting the campaign. But I wanted to wait … Continue reading
Great Days on the Dean River, British Columbia
I lied. Too much good stuff going on when I was fishing the Dean. Couldn’t find the time to write. Was up at 3:45 a.m. for the first couple days, grabbing Cut Bank before anyone else could. Then fatigue set … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Northwest
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Kings and Steel on British Columbia’s Dean River
Several years ago, after trying for about 10 years, I got an invitation to fish British Columbia’s Dean River, and I took advantage of that opportunity—I had 16 steelhead to the beach by day four and ended up wit Several … Continue reading
Image of The Week: The Things You See
Just ran across this image from a trip to British Columbia to fish Kamloops rainbows with the stillwater master, Brian Chan. We caught scads of solid rainbows on deeply fished chironomids, and laughed our heads off during our two days … Continue reading
British Columbia’s Thompson River Steelhead . . . are doomed.
I’ve followed this steelhead disaster for a while now and watched it slip away into the abyss. You may or may not know that British Columbia’s Thompson River steelhead are regarded as one of the best races of metal on … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Steelhead, Uncategorized
Tagged biggest steelhead, Canada steelhead, Thompson River steelhead
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Celebrating an Eastern Canada Atlantic Salmon on the Spey Rod
It’s the start of the new year and about all I’ve been able to do in 2018 is dream about fishing. I did get a good throw on Washington’s Bogachiel River in late December, but that was it. And, it … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Spey, Travel
Tagged eastern Canada Atlantic salmon, Gaspe Peninsula, Spey rods
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Giant ‘bows, big bulls on Field & Stream’s Hook Shots
I started working with Joe Cermele and Hook Shots earlier this summer and you really should get over to FB Hook Shots to check it out. I have two videos placed on Hook Shots, one of some big rainbows being … Continue reading
Fall Fly Rod & Reel Cover
Took a great trip to Alberta, Canada in early August and came away with a slew of great images, including this scenic that we selected as Fly Rod & Reel’s 2016 fall cover. I don’t think you can look at … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Culture, Northern Rockies, Travel
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