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Kola Peninsula: Varzina River
Join Justin Miller, The Fly Shop Sea-run Travel Specialist and Spey casting junkie, as he makes the leap between the Steelhead world and Atlantic Salmon. Justin has fished and guided steelhead from California, all the way around the Pacific, to…
Justin Miller hosted trip winter steelheading
Every year more and more trout fisherman are learning that they have been missing out for years not swinging flies for steelhead. However as more people are drawn to the sport, those of us that have been steelheading our entire…
Fishing a Short Line
Many accomplished spey fisherman love to cast long, tight loops that sail across the river while the sun glimmers off the shimmering long belly line. Perfect posture, effortless strokes while activating their glutes like the finest Tiger Woods golf swing…
So you want to guide steelhead….
Fly fishing guides are always attracted to the job initially from the misconception they will be able to fish the best and most productive waters of the world. Although you may hear about them often from your guests, you will…
Don’t fish a bad cast
Warning: This post is bad advice for beginners. In the guiding business patience is a virtue. All guides have there own variety of “go to” phrases that flow out so naturally and often you don’t even notice them being…
Pinky Out Steelheader
My buddy Lightnin’ always says that when someone is being uppity or sophisticated that they are carrying themselves with their “pinky out”. It is a reference to the posh tea drinker that sips all snooty like, with one pinky out,…
Lacrosse training for fishing guides
Lacrosse is a growing sport out west, but out east where I grew up it was pushed on us harder than the french language. At an early age lacrosse sticks were put in our hands and we were taught how to…
Is your guide a stud or a dud?
Sometimes in the fishing business you book a trip with someone and they stick you with the guide of their choice. You are often at the mercy of ‘luck of the draw’ at this point. Its like when you go to…
Fishing between the runs
One of the reasons a lot of people prefer early season steelhead fishing over late season is that the fish are much more aggressive to a dry fly. However another attraction to catching steelhead in warmer water temps is having…
Its all about the staff
Anyone in the service business knows they are as only good as their staff. Here at Epic we are the management team that operates several lodges in BC. The guides, the chefs, and everyone else involved work hard as a team…
Don’t always judge a run by the surface
Throughout a calendar year we spend a lot of time guiding on many different rivers with wildly opposite characteristics. The micro runs of Haida Gwaii to the marathon runs of the Skeena all make for new and interesting challenges. It…
Lot of ways to get beat in this game
When you think of tough winter steelheading you think of low water, cold water, no water, snow, ice and freezing temps. Unfortunately for us we saw all of these at one point or another this season. As our guest Mark…