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December Fly of the Month: Spark Plug

December Fly of the Month: Spark Plug

Simple but deadly is a mantra I often embrace at the vise.  It's not unusual to find myself over-programmed, short on time and long on desire to replenish my fly...

December Fly of the Month: Spark Plug

Simple but deadly is a mantra I often embrace at the vise.  It's not unusual to find myself over-programmed, short on time and long on desire to replenish my fly...

Fly Fishing Report: December 2024

Fly Fishing Report: December 2024

We seem to say it every year but it's hard to believe we're nearing the end of another lap around the sun.  The year is certainly winding down on a...

Fly Fishing Report: December 2024

We seem to say it every year but it's hard to believe we're nearing the end of another lap around the sun.  The year is certainly winding down on a...

Fly Fishing Report: November 2024

Fly Fishing Report: November 2024

November has, for me, long been a fascinating month.  In A River Never Sleeps Roderick Haig-Brown wrote of November as "a grey, stormy month; the salmon are dying, and the year is...

Fly Fishing Report: November 2024

November has, for me, long been a fascinating month.  In A River Never Sleeps Roderick Haig-Brown wrote of November as "a grey, stormy month; the salmon are dying, and the year is...

November Fly of the Month: Balanced Squirrel Leech

November Fly of the Month: Balanced Squirrel Leech

In my mind, November is unofficially egg sucking leech month.  With various salmonids all doing their thing in the fall, eggs in the system seldom go unnoticed by finned carnivores...

November Fly of the Month: Balanced Squirrel Leech

In my mind, November is unofficially egg sucking leech month.  With various salmonids all doing their thing in the fall, eggs in the system seldom go unnoticed by finned carnivores...

Fly Fishing Report: October 2024

Fly Fishing Report: October 2024

There's nothing quite like those fall colors and they've grown more dramatic by the week.  Whether it's the fiery red and orange vine maples, the bands of golden yellow western...

Fly Fishing Report: October 2024

There's nothing quite like those fall colors and they've grown more dramatic by the week.  Whether it's the fiery red and orange vine maples, the bands of golden yellow western...

October Fly of the Month: Coastal Bugger

October Fly of the Month: Coastal Bugger

The Coastal Bugger is an offshoot of the variety of small, sparse Sparkle Buggers that we've been fishing for coho salmon in our local and Lower Mainland BC rivers for...

October Fly of the Month: Coastal Bugger

The Coastal Bugger is an offshoot of the variety of small, sparse Sparkle Buggers that we've been fishing for coho salmon in our local and Lower Mainland BC rivers for...