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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 lon...
“Because we dared follow our heart we changed part of history” - Mark Dubois“When I’m not afraid to die I’m free to do anything” - Mark DuboisMy early years in San Martín de los Andes
were uniquely special, ...
Aloha,
To Whom it May Concern:….I just returned from my “umpteenth” trip to
NZ. I have been going there since 1983. In the past 3 yrs, I have been
going for 3 months a year to fly fish….and my fishing partner ...