Fly Tying: The Knocking Heads Sculpin
Vancouver Island boasts a rare population of invasive brown trout that have managed to gain a strong foothold in rivers like the Cowichan. While many ...
Coho on the Fly
I stood on the beach gazing east along the shoreline, squinting into the early morning sun and its glittering reflection off the sparkling ocean water. ...
How to Tie the Egg-Sucking Wooly Bugger Fly
If you ask ten people what they are using as a fly during the salmon and steelhead runs, I guarantee that a few of them ...
How To Tie the Coho Clouser Fly
By the time coho start to roll off our coasts, this fly will serve you well until they enter the rivers. It can be used ...
Fly of the Month June 2022: Caddis Time
June sees the caddisfly hatch in full swing. On Vancouver Island rivers you can often encounter two hatches a day: one mid-day and one toward ...
Fly of the Month May 2022: Hatches are Hatching
May is the time of year on Vancouver Island when things really get going where insect hatches are concerned—almost everything is coming alive. Two of ...
Bucktails and Streamers
Big fish are “meat and potato” feeders, and they like big meals. They don’t bother with tiny flies much, if at all—there is just not ...
10 Most Common Fly Fishing Mistakes and How to Fix Them
I have been fishing pretty much all of my 63 years, and taught fly fishing for 31 of those years. In that time I have ...
Estuary Coho On The Fly
Fly fishing for coho is one of my favourite forms of angling and it's becoming increasingly popular as anglers look to the sea for an ...
Imitating the Caddisflies
I believe that the caddisfly hatch offers more exciting dry fly fishing than any other hatch. In this article on trout foods and the patterns ...
