Category Archives: CANADA
Being A Steelhead Junkie Just Got Easier
Being a steelhead junkie isn’t the easiest thing in the world—between tides, weather, river conditions, and the fickle nature of the fish itself, catching a steelhead often feels like a minor miracle. Just getting to steelhead country, with the epicenter … Continue reading
Canada Outdoor Travel: An Interesting Dilemma
Headed to New York for a conference that I look forward to each year, where 50 journalists are invited to meet with Canadian representatives, mostly tourism people, but also private entities including fly-fishing lodge owners. Last year, as a result … Continue reading
Vedder River Steelhead with April Vokey and Michael Gracie
I had to live vicariously through this one, with Michael Gracie telling me all about his upcoming trip to Vancouver and the Vedder River with hotshot guide April Vokey. He was as jacked-up as an angler can be, sorting his … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Culture, Northwest, Spey, Travel
Tagged British Columbia, Michael Gracie, Trout's Flyfishing
Leave a comment
Disease in British Columbia’s Farmed Atlantic Salmon
I know it’s a Monday and that you are probably as busy as I am, but it’s worth taking some time to watch this video about British Columbia’s farmed salmon industry and the government’s efforts to protect those stockyards. This … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Conservation, Northwest
Tagged British Columbia, Farmed Atlantic salmon
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
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
Leave a comment
Planned Logging Could Jeopardize Alberta Bull Trout
A quick follow up on a story I provided earlier this week. Looks like there will be fights to come as Alberta struggles with consumptive industry versus saving their provincial fish, the bull trout. Here’s the story
Posted in CANADA, Conservation, Northern Rockies
Leave a comment
Bull Trout Now at Risk in Alberta
Bull trout are one of my favorite fishes, not because they are tremendous battlers, but because they live in some of the most stunning scenery in the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies. I’ve fished them from Montana to Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Conservation, Northern Rockies
Leave a comment
Five Tips for Pacific Northwest Winter Steelhead
I haven’t been this excited about winter steelheading for a long time. Maybe that’s because I have some new gear to try out, ranging from Patagonia’s bomber River Salt Jacket to Thomas & Thomas’ DNA 12-foot 8-weight spey rod. Much … 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
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Northwest, Spey, Travel
4 Comments