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Fisherman 5 with Amy Hazel
I caught up with Amy in November fresh off her annual pilgrimage to the Bulkley with friends. As long as I’ve known Amy she’s been an industry staple owning and operating Deschutes Angler with her husband John in Maupin, Oregon.…
Wedges and Switch Rods
In golf, wedges are one of your irons in the golf club family and designed for special use situations. They may not be the sexiest of clubs, but they’re certainly one of the most important when it comes to keeping…
Steelhead Camaraderie
What makes up your favourite day of fishing? Can you define it? Is it the number of fish hooked, the secret haunts traveled to or the chance to disconnect? For me, it’s a combination of all three but it’s also…
Throwback Thursday (2016): There are a lot of ways to get beat in this game
When you think of tough winter steelheading you think of high or 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…
Twerk Your Fly (repost from 2016)
Although some of our runs here in haida Gwaii are big wide open gravel bars akin to the Bulkley or Morice with enough room to carelessly fling flies in any direction, others are quite opposite. With grabby trees above your…
Riots, violence, or Chinook fishing
I think anyone who likes to swing flies for chinook has had moments of trying to justify why they do it. Folks who do not Spey fish or even fly fish clearly have a hard time understanding the passion and…
Togiak Wilderness Spey
This summer, Epic Waters Angling will be hosting a fishing expedition on the lower Togiak River. We will be working in conjunction with the only permanent lodge on the river: Togiak River Lodge. The Togiak River area has been a…
A Very Epic Christmas
It is, once again, another EPIC Christmas. Each year, the team at Epic meticulously combs the retail world to find the best gift ideas for your loved ones obsessed with fishing. In this year’s edition, we offer advice for those…
Spey Fishing on Canada’s Left Bank
Still on Atlantic Standard Time and beyond eager to get my fly in the water, I awoke before my alarm on the first morning at Frontier. Curled up and cozy under the thick fleece sheets, I contemplated what the day…
Frontier Steelhead Experience Photo Blog
In 2019 we officially changed our name to Frontier Steelhead Experience. Our program has grown to something far beyond what the original Farwest was doing. With additions to Morice river lodge and now heli trips to upper Skeena, Babine, Upper…
Tips for planning your first trip to Steelhead Country
Excited and a little uncertain, I boarded a plane for Smithers on November 1st. Although my journey to Frontier Steelhead was not my first solo fishing trip, it was a first for traveling across the country. Beyond stoked for the…
The 7 deadly sins of steelhead
1- Greed– Greed is an excessive pursuit of steelhead. When is enough enough? You are fishing with your best friend; you just hooked and lost two fish without him seeing. You know you will probably hook one more if you…