Vancouver Island herring (Photo: Gibran White) Before the 1980s, bait fishermen had three options: cut plugging, mooch- ing with live herring, or trolling herring strip. Fifty years ago, strip rigging in a teaser head was...

Tyler Kaye, Big Fish Charters As a guide, the most common question I get asked regarding gear is “What’s your favourite setup?” Last season, I religiously used a Gibbs 4.0 Herring Aid with either the...

Peetz Outdoors is a survivor. In 2023, the venerable company—now 100 years old—announced it was closing its doors and was having a large sale. However, to many people’s surprise and delight, Peetz Outdoors was sold...

When most of British Columbia is buried under ice and snow, many of us put away our fly-fishing equipment. Unless you have access to a good steelhead stream and can withstand the extreme cold and...