You scrounge through your old fly-box frantically, sifting through old mangy looking patterns, desperately searching for the collection of feathers and fur that will bring you a trout. You start second guessing, unsure what the best choice is. You wish you knew more about entomology. You wish you stopped in and bought more flies. You start to panic. Then you see it. The pattern that will ease all your worries. The pattern that you know without a doubt will give…

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What is it that brings you back to the river each time? Perhaps, it is the lingering memory of the last time a fish came up and slurped your fly. Or maybe it is the pestering thought of the big one that got away. Perhaps, it is the thought that next time out will be the day it all comes together, and you catch the biggest fish of your life. For most, its all these things- combined into a feeling…

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This trip was one to remember! We hiked into a beautiful alpine lake in the Kootenay region of BC and caught endless small, but feisty rainbow trout. We each kept 4 trout each and were able to enjoy a delicious meal from a truly sustainable and unpolluted source of food. You can check the video out below! We don’t keep our fish often, because many of the streams we fish face many challenges and contain threatened species. However, there are…

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In the midst of a historic heat wave in western Canada, we decided to head to the water in search of some world famous Columbia River Rainbows and some cold water to cool us down. Luckily, the fishing was as hot as the weather and we were able to get into many nice rainbow trout on dry flies. You can check the video out below. Don’t forget to like and subscribe! As mentioned in the video, we decided to fish…

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Hello all, just a quick post here to update you on some of the recent events of note. It has now been 10 days since small streams opened in Alberta and BC, and for the most part they opened with clear water and very fishable flows, which is always a blessing. Personally, the fishing was very hot and cold, but despite some slow days I did manage to catch some great fish and scratch my small-water itch. There was some…

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Hello everyone, I thought I would take the time to discuss an interesting topic that I get lots of questions about- invasive species. There seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to invasives… Why are some non-natives considered invasive, while others are not? What are the impacts of invasives? Can native species be invasive? So many questions, so little time. So lets dive right in. I presently work for the Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS), a…

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Our new online store is now up and running! You can check it out by following this link, or clicking the ‘SHOP’ tab on the menu above. The best part?? 50 % of all profits from the store will be donated to CPAWS southern Alberta. NOW is your chance to show your support for the bushwhackers society and help protect the eastern slopes from open pit coal mining!! Use the discount code SayNO2Coal and get 15 % off your first…

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Hello all! I hope everyone is having a fantastic spring and is enjoying our first taste of nice weather, and catching lots of nice fish. We have posted two new videos to our Youtube channel. If you haven’t already, check out our channel and subscribe; we will be posting lots of video content this summer so hitting subscribe is the best way to make sure you don’t miss anything. Bikes and Bows We spent the morning biking one of our…

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