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On The River: Takeaways from My First Winter Steelhead Adventure

Now I am not a stranger to angling travel, or steelhead fishing. However, going into this latest adventure, I knew…

3 years ago

F3T Goes Virtual for 2021

Fishwest is stoked to be a part in bringing you access to the 15th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour is…

5 years ago

Greasy Summer Stories: A-Bomb Waders and Lemon Zest – Part 1

In the summer of 2010, three friends set off on an adventure of a lifetime. With only a British Columbia…

6 years ago

Best Days of Our Lives

The day started off different than most days I go fishing. I woke up at the same time I normally…

6 years ago

A Beginners Journey: Trout Spey

I was first interested in Trout Spey in the spring of 2017. At the time, I had visions of twirling…

7 years ago

Redington: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It

I was combing over all my photos from last season and came to a realization that I bought a ton…

7 years ago

Fly Fishing Etiquette: Part 1

When you live in a city (Calgary) with a population closing in on the 1.5 million mark, with a fishery…

7 years ago

Close Encounters of the Steelhead Kind On the Babine River

This has been an extraordinary season for steelhead on the Babine River in British Columbia.  I was fortunate to spend…

7 years ago

Lakes: Not as Bad as I Thought

Ok, so I will be the first to admit I was pretty much entirely against fly fishing in lakes. Not…

7 years ago

Exploration: Sometimes It’s Worth It

So I am sure that I am not the only one that spends hours on Google Earth in the evenings…

8 years ago

Fernie, BC: No Drift Boat = No Problem (BC stands for beautiful cutthroats)

About eight years ago, I fished the Elk River around Fernie, British Columbia and I really blew it. Just as…

10 years ago