Like many of our articles, this one began with a conversation with one of our customers while discussing late season tactics for Great Lakes steelhead. As many of you know, the past 10 years has seen a big shift in…
Yesterday, while steelhead fishing with my friend Jason King, we got into the old conversation about killing steelhead. Now anyone that knows me will tell you that I’ve never been a preacher when it comes to catch and release and…
(Originally posted November 11th, 2012) On any given morning in June or July at The Eddy below, the Morgan’s Falls fish ladder on the Lahave River, the banter around the old guys would typically be about who got what planted…
It takes me about an hour and 15 minutes to work the lower end of the Junk Yard run. During December with the water temperature at only 4 or 5◦c there is little use in starting in the fast…
About 8 years ago, I took on a self-interest project during my off season of guiding to try and get a handle on what factors most affected the fishing conditions. I looked at 14 years of journals that I kept…
We humans have a tendency of seldom being satisfied with the status quo. Bigger, lighter, brighter, faster, easier. It matters not the reason for changing something or trying to improve it, we just go ahead and do it. The…
When I was younger on the east coast, sun down on closing day was a tough one. I remember one particular day on the Stewiacke River at the Glen where I was all alone and working my way to the…
The province of Ontario, despite its population and revenue generation capabilities through sport fishing, has no provincially recognized program for fishing guides. This means that any person with a fishin’ pole and a boat can call themselves a guide and…
OPEN MORE WATER Working streamers for bass or trout is one of the most effective ways to find big fish and one of my favorite ways to spend a morning is to cover a long stretch of water with just…
THE CAST AND STEP This is probably the easiest and yet most effective way to cover water. Although it is most effectual while swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, it’s also a great way to cover vast stretches of river…