3 Essential Stillwater Ice-Off Patterns
Finally back and settled from a long day of travel that started at 5:00am in Houston, Texas returning from Tarponville Fishing Lodge in Costa Rica. Tomorrow there will be a full recap of the trip, safe to say it is
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Stillwater Fly Fishing: Early Season Shallow Water
It’s official, ice-off is coming and each day that passes we are closer and closer to putting the boat in open water! Fishing the first few days of ice-off can be excellent, and can also become challenging. I love fishing
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Stillwater Fly Fishing: Using Throat Samples to Determine Depth
Throat pumps are one of the great tools of stillwater fly fishing. When used correctly, they do not harm the fish at all and allow you to see exactly what was on the recent menu. They become very effective during
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Fly Tying: The Cranberry Larva
Though it was -9C when I got in the truck this morning, I know that we are almost halfway through March and ice-off is not all too far away. Laying eyes on an ice-free interior lake you’ve been dreaming of
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Michael & Young Chironomid Fishing Courses – Saturday, March 24th
Find chironomid fishing frustrating, boring or downright futile sometimes? Have you had some success but still want to further your knowledge?
Calling all of those on the Lower Mainland of BC, don’t forget about the two upcoming “Intro to Chironomid
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Stillwater Fly Fishing: Three Tips on Fishing Two Rods Simoultaneously
In BC we are not allowed to fish two flies while stillwater fishing in a boat alone, but we are allowed to fish two rods and this is something everyone should take complete advantage of. Time on the water is
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Fly Tying: How to Tie a UV Pregnant Shrimp
Freshwater shrimp, or scuds, are a staple item in a trout’s diet. From the day the ice comes off until the day it goes back on, shrimp are never a bad option to tie on during periods of slow fishing
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Stillwater Fly Fishing: How Often is Too Often to Change Flies?
We’ve all felt it. Pure desperation, that helpless feeling of somehow not being able to get one single fish to eat the wrong bug, fly fishing can downright hurt your feelings sometimes. The fish show up on the sounder and
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