This morning I received an email from Owen Bird, CEO of the Family Fishing Society of BC
Fishing and all the piscatorial paraphernalia that goes along with it have always held a certain fascination to me
It has been a long time since I have gone camping – sleeping-in-a-tent-on-the-cold-hard-ground type of camping
It is hard to believe more than half a century has passed since Bob Dylan penned the lyrics to The Times They Are A Changing
When most people think of whittling, they usually think of an old man sitting on his front porch
So it’s January, the start of a whole new year. Of course, I still haven’t finished shovelling some of the snow that fell
I especially like reading a good book about fishing.
Premier Christy gave the residents of B.C. an early Christmas present when she announced $23 million in funding
Now that we are into December, it is perhaps time to start thinking about what to get the angler(s) on your Christmas shopping list
There was a time when metal detecting was, well, sort of nerdy.
It was one of those things that had been hyped so much through social media that in the end it became a phenomena unto itself
I do know the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting an early winter.
Some friends of mine recently told me that they have decided to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary next summer
Fresh fish caught in a mountain lake or stream, meat from game hunted in the wilds and plants harvested by hand…
Lurking within the depths of a fair number of B.C.’s Interior lakes are a unique strain of trout that are strong
For an hour or so each evening for the past week, just before I go to bed, I have been reading a book titled The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide
Of all the many patterns in my many fly boxes, I would have to say the Chan’s Caddis Pupae pattern is probably the one I use the most
Time spent in any pursuit that proves to be relatively unproductive is often viewed, at least by some, as time squandered
As a kid I spent many a winter’s evening reading fishing stories in copies of my father’s Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines
It is amazing what one observes while sitting at the kitchen table mindlessly looking out at the world