LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST IS A PERFECT TIME TO CHASE SUMMER RUNS ALONG THE SMALL COASTAL RIVERS OF B.C.CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE GALLERIES (DAVIDLAMBROUGHTON.COM) TO SEE MORE OF MY FAVOURITE STOPS ALONG MY ANNUAL TRAVEL ROUTES.
Despite the ravages of jet lag from our transatlantic journey there was a palpable sense of excitement the moment our domestic flight from Vancouver to Terrace took off. No books or films required on this flight. Looking...
Fd: Can you tell us about your beginnings and setting up your guiding service in British Columbia? I started guiding back in 1996 mostly as a flyfishing guide for Salmon and Trout on local rivers and some interior lakes ...
April lives in British Columbia and is an avid angler and steelhead, salmon and trout guide. She was born with an unexplainable passion for fishing. As a young girl she coaxed her father into going fishing and by the ag...
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada Timing is everything they say and this was a perfect example of such.
Turnover is bad, but post turnover is epic. If you know what to use and bring your fly tying kit.
Gwen became ice ...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Wow! the Squamish river sure came up with that deluge of rain but now it's dropping fast and should be fishing nicely in a few days. Bull trout will be feeding on salmon eggs and sculp...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April is our peak month for Bull trout on the Squamish river which is only 50 minutes from downtown Vancouver. This classic British Columbia river holds good numbers of Bull trout plus...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada What a week it's been for the Pink Salmon fly fishing around Vancouver, Canada.
Guests have been having easy double digit days on the river, even the rookies!
Now and upcoming opp...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada SPRING is finally moving into the region and this is going to kick start our Bull Trout and Steelhead fly fishing on the lovely Squamish river. This amazing beautiful river lies 50-60 ...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada On June 21 we had 2 clients from the LA film industry book us for a fully guided upper Pitt river fly fishing excursion. We met at 6AM on Pitt Lake and took our jet boat 35 minutes nor...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Hello Fly Dreamers!
We are just starting our Upper Pitt River trout fly fishing tours for the 2019 season and as usual the fishing is good! Recent catches have been in the 2 - 8 lb ra...
Diane has been a professional watercolour artist for over 22 years, and the Trout Unlimited Canada 2009 Artist of the Year, Diane was born in Montreal and currently resides in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, British Col...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Hello Dreamers !
As winter is setting it's grip on most of Canada, we out here on the West Coast are faring much better so it seems. The freezing temperatures are up in the mountains ...
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada There's loads of Coho and Chum Salmon that are biting in the Squamish River right now!
This river will offer very good fly fishing for the month of November(outside of adverse weather ...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Conditions on the Squamish river just 50 minutes north of Vancouver should start to become very favourable in a few weeks when the salmon fry start hatching and the Bull trout go on a ...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Itâs prime time for Salmon Flyfishing on all the local rivers around Vancouverâs BC. October and November offer some fantastic opportunities for Coho and Chum salmon Flyfishi...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada We're very happy to announce that the Pink Salmon have started showing up in good numbers and good sizes too!
Our most recent fly fishing guided trips on the Squamish River near Vanco...
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada With the spring weather here on Vancouver island the fishing is heating up as well and the bugs are starting to hatch. dry fly fishing for rainbow trout cutthroat and browns have b...
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The famous Upper Pitt River, located by a 35 minute jet boat ride from Vancouver BC is now in peak season which is May 15 to July 15 for large Dolly Varden and more.
Fly fish for se...
Fd: How did you get into fly fishing?Bob: A friend took me fishing one day on the Bow River in the late 60’s. I caught with a spoon three great rainbows and soon enough fishing became my new passion. At the time, I w...
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada Amazing river! was a cloudy day. This was near the town, i fished by my own in a public access near the qeensome river.
Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada I was driving, going to Pemberton and then to Vancouver, while I saw a Lillooet lake tributary full of Sockeye Salmons. Stopped my car and started fishing, after a couple of hours I ca...
Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together in your life?I was a kayaker, so I swam around beneath waterfalls and what not in British Columbia. I found these huge Bull trout pooled up and thought it would be coo...
Fd: You have been travelling for months in dream destinations. What can you tell us about fly fishing the famed Skeena and Dean rivers? Adam: Even if these venues didn’t provide such prolific catches, I’d still cons...
Top 3 Fly Fishing spots near Vancouver BC
Are you keen on Fly Fishing? Well so are we! We’ve been fly fishing
some of the Best places within a few hours of Vancouver since the early
1990’s. If you've got the bug f...
Zack is a full time fly fishing instructor & guide who specializes in teaching spey casting and the art of swinging flies for steelhead. Whether it be guiding, teaching a beginner casting class, competing at Spey O'...
Fd: When did you start fly fishing? Can you tell us about your memories from those times?Paula: I started fly fishing from a young age. For as far back as I can remember my dad had taken me out fishing with him. My you...
We have recently received the visit of Larry Stefanyk, a well known journalist, artist and fly fisherman from British Columbia-Canada, who owns a well appointed fishing magazine and who wrote 4 books already, about fish...
Join jovial host, and champion fly caster and fly fisherman, Simon Gawesworth for a week of breath-taking Sea Trout Fishing at Kau Tapen lodge, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, home to 5 IGFA world records for Sea-Run Bro...
Invading
species: DIDYMO
Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known
as didymo or rock
snot, is a species of diatom that grows in warm and shallow water. If it overgrows, it can form large mats on the
bottom of la...
Snow white capped mountains, crispy crystal
air, cold ginger clear waters flow placidly before the melting season arrives.
Below the surface, in the current, chromed shadows move quickly and silently.
In the northwest o...
Deep in the pristine jungle of northern Thailand lies the River of Reflection. Named for its crystal clear water, the river is home to the legendary Mahseer. A species first prized by British anglers in the days of the...
Enter TU's 2015 Sweepstakes. Enjoy 5-star service and luxury accommodations at Bear Trail Logde and 4 full days on the famed Naknek River and other Bristol Bay waters!Please visit https://gifts.tumembership.org/sweepsta...
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Every day, we get news on sweet catches and dream spots from around the world. Videos, pictures, tales and more. Today, we got some words from photographer David Lambroughton, words that describe great times in a great l...
Simon's father taught him to fish at the age of 6. Now 48, he's been teaching fly casting professionally since he was 16. He has both cast and fished for England in British, European and World Championships and was elect...
Jim Teeny is one of the most innovative fly fishermen. His famous Teeny nymph and his series of fly lines have changed the sport forever, becoming a must for every fly angler. Jim has held ten IGFA world records, and his...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?
Todd: I was fortunate to have been born in Helena, Montana. My folks met each other and married in Bozeman, Montana, while attending college at Montana State University back...
The first time I saw a Murrough caddis fly emerge onto the water surface I prepared to defend myself! It was huge. One of the biggest flies I’ve seen on any British water. At over 1 ¼” they are the largest of our ca...
Silvertip Lodge is the only resort located on the East Arm of Quesnel Lake - home to Canada's best fresh water fjord lake lake fishing. Originally built in 1967 as a fishing and hunting lodge, the location has long been ...
I had always wanted to catch a big brown trout. One of those brightly colored specimens that you see on the magazine covers. The hook jawed males with broad shoulders and a sharp set of teeth. From my home in southw...
A 20lb steelhead is a special fish and the benchmark for a giant. A 30lb fish is the stuff of legends but three tributaries of the Skeena system in British Columbia can boost the opportunity to tie into one of these mons...
Fd: Could you briefly tell us about the beginnings of fly fishing in the Himalayas? Do you know about the first expeditions?Bryant: As the famous British hunter-conservationist Jim Corbett wrote in 1944, “Fishing for m...
Still Going Strong, The BiColour Nymph 10 Years On.
Not much good has come from the decline of British industry.
One of the great benefits is that many of the rivers which were once treated as
sewers have recovered. Yo...
The
roar of the big block Chevy 454 was near
deafening as Garner, a.k.a. “G”, throttled down the un‐baffled beast of a V‐8,
sending the airboat skidding into white sugar sand covered by a skinny five
inches of ...
It is now beyond doubt that Gaula is in crisis and whilst it is tempting to think that we are the first generation to experience such a dire situation, I can assure you that we are not. Recently I have been researching a...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?Marina: -Mother Like Daughter- My parents taught my brother and I the basic skill set of fly-fishing with a single handed rod from the age of around five and we moved onto do...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields? Both fishing and art were things I did not really choose, they are just a part of who I am. In terms of...
Fd: Before we get to techniques, how did you first get into carp fly fishing?Dan: I went on a trip to Colorado with my Dad, Uncle and Brother. On a bit of a lark we took a fly fishing class and half day of guided trout f...
Fly fishing has a tendency to produce fanatics, purists, and even some insufferable snobs. Sure, not everyone who picks up a fly rod goes down those paths, but it does seem that the percentage of practitioners of the lo...