When ice fishing there is a lot of bending down and back up again. This makes it easy for your shirts to come untucked and that shivering cold air to sneak up your back! Once the chill sets in it’s hard to get rid of. One easy way to stay tucked in is to buy your top base layer of clothing in TALL size. This allows extra room for your shirt to be deeply tucked and not to ride … [Read more...]
Fly Fishing Sawmill Lake (Burnell Lake)
The interior region of BC is home to many world class lakes. One of these gems is Sawmill Lake (also known as Burnell Lake) near Oliver BC. The access road to this lake is somewhat maintained and depending on the time of year it can be daunting in anything less than a two wheel drive truck. There are some washed out areas and some large rocks in many places along the road. Once … [Read more...]
Grand Opening of Cabela’s in Nanaimo
I bet when all of the bigwigs of Cabela’s announced to their management staff that the next big opening for Cabela’s was to be in Nanaimo, BC, most of these people were thinking where is Nanaimo? Well, Nanaimo is Vancouver Island’s second largest city with a population of almost 80 thousand. It is a great point of access to West Coast fishing and North Island hunting. Most … [Read more...]
Basic Fall Flat Water Fly Fishing Tactics
Fall is nearing us and that means it’s time to prepare to target those big Rainbow trout in the BC Interior Lakes! Fall fishing offers some of the fastest and productive days on the water. As the cooler temps arrive it triggers the fish to start to feed up for the colder months ahead. Not only is the fishing great in the fall, but you will also find that you will sometimes be … [Read more...]
Youth on the Fly – Kootenay Trout Hatchery
Youth on the Fly day camp was a fishing success. The day long program held at the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC’s Kootenay Trout Hatchery started with the basics and evolved until the group of 12 to 15 year olds were all catching fish on fly rods. The first skill all effective anglers need to learn is what fish are eating, so we hopped into the stream to collect some … [Read more...]
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