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. […]
In the face of these unprecedented self-isolating days, our Field Team Members Fishing with Rod and Reel West Coast just launched some full-length content to help you and your families stay busy during these quiet days. Check out both videos below for some of the finest B.C. salmon fishing you’ll ever experience… Enjoy! Reel West […]
We make reels, but what good are they if there’s no fish to use them on? As a business based in British Columbia, healthy stocks of wild salmon in our ocean and rivers for generations to come is a subject close to our hearts and it’s why the work of the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) […]
From generation to generation, fishing is often passed on like an heirloom. Hear Islander friend Jessica Haydahl tell the story of how her earliest memories with her father helped set her on a course to personal and professional passion in the fishing world in her new short film “Fishing Memories.” Enjoy.