Fishing Reports
As a Tribute to Roderick Haig-Brown
It has been 50 years since the untimely passing of Roderick Haig-Brown, in 1976. In 1998, Canada Post issued a collection of fly-fishing theme-based postage stamps. Two of those stamps exemplified fly patterns originated by Roderick Haig-Brown; his Steelhead Bee and...
Misadventure on Wolf
Still learning the area, and have been wanting to get out for a bit, so the the nice weather today motivated me to take myself and my son (Lucas) to Wolf for a bit of an explore and fish on our kayaks. There was a good bit of bug activity on the surface, so we had...
New Steelhead Lie Discovered…. Perhaps.
Way back in January 2023, my stream report on this site, see Boulder Dumping , featured an ill-conceived, outside of instream work season, unlawful dumping of large boulder riprap and a stream-deflecting rock groin on the Little Qualicum River. Starting that day and...
Tangled Lines
— FINAL– PP II Challenge #21 — BONUS
It has been my pleasure and a privilege bringing you these weekly fly ID challenges over the past twenty-one weeks. It has been a fun and thought-provoking ride. But, as has been said, all good things must come to an end. So, this is the final installment of the...
The Answer Is….
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #20 is: the Snootli. At first glance, this is an odd-looking fly; it seems to be tied backward to fly design convention, and it is. Having the hook eye positioned in the middle, instead of at the front, affords a fulcrum for...
As a Tribute to Roderick Haig-Brown
It has been 50 years since the untimely passing of Roderick Haig-Brown, in 1976. In 1998, Canada Post issued a collection of fly-fishing theme-based postage stamps. Two of those stamps exemplified fly patterns originated by Roderick Haig-Brown; his Steelhead Bee and...