Winter tests even the most patient stillwater angler Winter is tough on most avid Stillwater anglers as they patiently wait for the ice to leave our numerous interior lakes. The first big decision to make when planning a trip in the new year is which lake to visit first when the lakes start becoming ice-free. […]
May Have Been Wrong All Along… When my fifth good sized Sea-run cutthroat came to hand in just one over an hour, my fishing buddy finally put his ego aside for just long enough to ask me what the heck I was using. As my productive little fly pattern didn’t have a name, I simply […]
If ever there was a fishery to test an angler’s patience, it would definitely be pursuing Coho in the ocean with a fly. Search for Shelter When Coho stage outside creeks and rivers they are often located around some form of structure where they can hide from seals and other predators. This protection comes in […]
After fishing BC’s interior lakes for nearly forty years, its not often that a fly pattern or technique takes me by surprise but in early June of this year, I had a real eye opener that I will not soon forget. Mission Impossible Continues… Throughout the first few days we throat pumped several fish and […]
Whiskey Cove Saturday Night Shakedown With a big old deck party, barbecue and Whiskey Cove Saturday night shakedown, summer has arrived in the Great Bear. A flavourful collective of Denny Island characters and some solid Heiltsuk Nation representation ushered in summer and enjoyed a casual local night not seen for years. The sunset was fine, […]
Buzzer Beater Tyee My father, like his father before him, introduced me to the great outdoors and the sport of fishing. One of my favourite trips together was a Friday after work, it was the last day of week 2 in the Great Ontario Salmon derby. The weekly leader was sub 30lbs (rare at the […]
Tough Slogging With holidays here, the one thing foremost on the fisherman’s mind is… “man when is all this rain gonna let up!” From massive flooding and atmospheric rivers on British Columbia’s Coast to the rainiest November in recorded history, Fall and Early Winter 2021 have been soggy and saturated to say the least. Blown […]
By Tom Johannesen What does sportfishing mean to you? This might sound like an odd question to ask an angler, but you would be surprized at the variety of answers I received from such a simple question. For some anglers, fishing is an important part of there lives for the sole reason of survival and […]
“To go fishing is the chance to wash one’s soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a […]
Hello Islander fans, In response to the Covid crisis, we have reacted like many other businesses and implemented social distancing measures to keep everyone safe. These include limiting orders to online only with weekly shipping to minimize face-to-face interactions at our factory, the suspension of all repair work and closing public access to our factory. […]