5 Tips for Fishing in the Fall
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The July Dry-Fly Parade!
It’s been a while since I’ve had any time to sit down and write about all the adventures so far this season. Running a fly-fishing blog is great in concept; until you realize you can’t take your laptop out fishing, and then inevitably one must choose between sitting around writing about fly-fishing and actually fly-fishing. The later always seems to win that standoff. But, at least for now, I’ve had my fair share of good fishing and am contented enough…
Roadtrippin Pt. 2: Columbia River Rainbows
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Roadtrippin’ Part I: A Call to Adventure
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When Self-Sabotage becomes a lesson in humility (and good trout etiquette)
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Here she comes!
Well folks, its been a pretty good start to spring so far. Not epic, or amazing, but pretty solid and enough to at least scratch my ‘fishing itch’ that has been building all winter. But things are about to change. In most mountain fed rivers across the province, run-off is around the corner (GASP!). I know. It is very frightening. The thought of that epicly large mountain snowpack coming down with a vengeance and rendering all our favourite rivers and…
The cringeworthy history of Alberta’s Fisheries- And how we are barely hanging on.
The best part of having a mind that wanders is stumbling across something completely random and having it fascinate you and change your outlook on something. This happened to me last night as I lay up in bed and read through an article discussing the historical abundance of Alberta’s native trout, and it dawned on me how widespread the destruction really was, and continues to be. You see, most of us get this feeling when we are on one of…
Bushwhackers Society Spring Preview
Hello everyone and Welcome back to the Bushwhackers Society Blog for the 2017 Fly-Fishing season. Open water has arrived in Alberta; a good chunk of fine trout water is now open for the season, and the ice is coming off in time for anglers to enjoy some great fishing! Spring time for me usually means a couple of things. Trying to figure out life and upcoming work being the first and foremost priority. But also trying to enjoy every last…
Whirling disease in the Bow River
As most anglers in southern Alberta are aware, this past season of fishing came with some very scary and dreaded news. Whirling Disease has been discovered in our treasured and world renowned Bow River. This was accompanied by a general feeling of dread and fear, as past case studies (Montana being the most commonly noted) have shown how destructive this particular parasite can be. While this is scary, we feel as though the most logical approach to solving, or at…
“I am God’s gift to fishing” : Reflection’s from the Local Pond
-Written By: Mark Rossi “I hope my wife calls,” he chuckled through his thick Russian accent “every time she calls the fish start biting.” “ All the more reason to not answer!!” laughed his friend in the wheelchair at the end of the dock. I overheard this conversation as I sat on park bench on the hill behind the dock and I watched the scene in front of me with with a sort of amazement… “this is what fishing is…