Trout

FALL COLORS

To me, nothing says stillwater trout more than the short days and cold water of autumn.  So when I arrived…

6 years ago

Bull Trout: The Coolest Trout?

Everything about bull trout is cool.  They definitely look cool.  Their scientific name, Salvelinus confluentus, is cool.  It’s cool that…

6 years ago

Swinging up Kings on the K’tok

It’s been three seasons now of swinging up king salmon on the Kanektok River for me, mostly a steep learning…

6 years ago

Moving Away from Skagit

Skagit style shooting heads were a product of the “Skagit revolution” in the late 80’s, when at the time guides…

6 years ago

A Land of Ice, Fire, and a few Brown Trout

All fly fishermen dream of that trip. Bugs hatch endlessly. Fish rise to dries or crush streamers without a second…

6 years ago

Lakers On The Fly

Catching lake trout on a fly rod. It was something I had wanted to do for a number of years…

6 years ago

Chasing Dolly Varden in the top of Alaska

What amount of suffering would I be willing to pay for a shot at a trophy sea-run dolly varden?  I…

6 years ago

Spring Stillwater Brookies

(You gotta know when to troll’em…) I arrived at West Blue Lake in Manitoba’s Parkland region on May 19. The…

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

The Fish of a 1000 Casts

Dana, better known by his instagram handle, @kootenay_kid, summed up my latest visit to the East Kootenays perfectly when I…

6 years ago

Positive Experiences on the Water

After Jake wrote about the way we are stewards(Why Can't We All Just Get Along) of our sport on the…

6 years ago

Steeling My Heart

I never understood when I was younger my Dad loved steelhead fishing so much. He used to talk about all…

6 years ago