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Photo Essay: Queens of the Desert

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...

New Kid on the Block

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...

#ChaseIt

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...

Making the Most of It

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...

Heroes

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...

Step Up and Surf the Tube

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...

How To Tie Flies With Rhea

April explains how to use the rhea feather in fly tying....

Food For Thought, Mr. Waddington?

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 Topher...

Getting Greasy

Grease lining was a 1903 revelation that Wood stumbled upon one day while observing the behaviour of salmon and their disinterest to the deeply sunk fly. Across the world, anglers...

ShoreLines in BC : Extras

I am the owner of a 50 inch plasma television that sits perched on a storage unit shelf in a cardboard box. At least I think it's still there -...

ShoreLines in New Brunswick : A Photo Blog

We took the show to New Brunswick to try and gain a better understanding of fly fishing's tradition and history. In the 1800's, Scottish loyalists and Englishmen brought their knowledge...

Please Help

Last week at our Patagonia meeting, we were informed that Patagonia was having a hard time getting the last 10,000 signatures for an extremely serious proposal to crack down on...

ShoreLines Goes to Ontario – Behind the Scenes

Several years ago, I remember having a conversation with one of the leading film producers in fly fishing. He had managed to get me on board with the promise of...

Shore Lines : One Step Back to Take Two Forward

I left Launceston on a Sunday afternoon. By the time I was back home in Sydney, my head was aching from the pent-up ambition that circled within it. Greg, the...

Five Steelhead Facts Worth Knowing

Several years ago I spoke with steelhead expert/biologist Bill McMillan while collecting data for an article I was writing. I recently stumbled upon the article in my folders and thought...
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Breaking Down the Spey Cast

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