I refused to troll for gamefish. The idea of casually lounging in a gas-guzzling mini-yacht, trusting deckhands to help me catch fish—all while sitting in a dentist chair? No thanks....
Andy and I have shared a number of conversations around catch and release, the "keep them wet" campaign, and fishing to fish on redds. He recently asked if he could...
I don’t know why I was so surprised to hear Dubai has good fishing. For years I assumed the city to be a major dustbowl of wealth, high-rises, restrictions, and...
I always knew I’d split my year between two countries, but I never thought Australia would be one of them. Every November I leave Canada's harsh winter to look for...
Ironically, it was when the river pushed at my knees that I felt the most grounded; when the road lead me to mossy overgrowth that I felt the safest; when...
My first guiding job was hardly glamorous.
A sturgeon and Pacific salmon guide on the Fraser river, I spent my summer mornings motoring through swirling back-eddies, and gaffing floating, rotten salmon.
I...
I’d gotten used to the vacant expressions and slow polite nods.
An unsure, “hmm” or furrowed brow conveyed an utter lack of understanding — not only for my occupation, but for...
I remember my first experience behind a fly-tying vise.
Excited, I pushed an old VHS tape into the VCR — squirming as it wound and whirred until the faded image of...
In 1948, Richard Waddington teamed with several biologists to write a revolutionary book titled Salmon Fishing - a new philosophy.
I stumbled across the book during a conversation with...
