Bulkley River Photo

We’ve all been there at some point. Some memorable, once-in-a-fishing-lifetime type of event happens and the camera is the last thing on our minds. Or you get the monster fish you’ve always dreamed of and the photographer is as shaky as you are. These moments in an angling career are inspiring. Even the most hardened, savvy steelheaders can tremble at the sight of a magnificent sea-run specimen. This happened recently to our good friend, George Darling, who landed a 41″ steelhead on the Bulkley River while visiting Frontier Farwest Lodge. That’s not a typo, it’s a 41″ steelhead.

Congratulations George!

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re interested in fishing Frontier Farwest Lodge!

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Williamson River Report

Our good friend Wally Hawley is currently fishing with Darrin Roe of Roe Outfitters on the Williamson River. Wally and Darrin are fishing as I write this at 10:30AM and Darrin has this to say:

“The wally show. 3 over 20 inches so far this AM.”

That pretty much says it all. Nice work guys!

The Williamson River will continue to fish well for the next few weeks. Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re interested in hosting your own “Williamson Show”.

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Secret System Report

This came in from our friend Donald Norene who recently fished The Secret System:

“A recent enjoyable outing! A big one, a hot hen that busted a Morrish skater, John’s first landed steelhead (he is still working on fish handling) and Dale with John admiring my catch!”

Thanks Donald!

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re interested in fishing The Secret System!

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Tsimane Lodge Report

This has been an incredible season for guests visiting Tsimane Lodge in Bolivia. Despite some extreme weather and water conditions the fishing has stayed strong throughout the season. We recently received this report from our good friend Felton Jenkins:

“One of my top 2 or 3 trips, period! My last morning fished in some rain from about 7-915 AM. Had 11 strikes, jumped 8, got 6 to riverbank, measured a 33, 29 & 28 incher. Beautiful, fantastic fish and fishing for a last magic morning that really capped off trip and best 2 hours. Last fish took a skated and stripped gurgler on the surface, WOW, and murdered it. Can’t beat it. Would like to return to Tsimane for sure!”

From Walt Cole: “The Bolivia trip was great!”

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re interested in fishing for golden dorado.

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How Big Is YOUR Salmonid?

Our good friends George and Sharon Maybee and Dick Holland have been fishing at the Mongolia Taimen Camp. From these pictures we’d say they racked up some pretty impressive numbers out there. Photos courtesy of guide extraordinaire Matt Ramsay.

Spaces can be limited at the Mongolia Taimen Camp so be sure to give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’d like to catch a huge salmonid in 2011!

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Rogue River Is Pumping ‘Em Out!

We are currently enjoying a great steelhead season  here on the Rogue River. The reports have been rolling in…too many to recount them all though here are a few of our favorites from Steve Eadie.

“3-3 on adult steelhead today. Two nice hens and one buck, all wild fish. A great day!”

“Fishing was outstanding today. Bright and sunny and lots of grabby fish. Hooked 8 landed 5 steelhead! Loads of trout to keep things interesting too!”

Needless to say, Rogue River steelhead season is on! We’re very proud of our group of guides here in Southern Oregon and would love for you to come see our “home waters.”

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re ready to chase steelhead in our area.

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Rain In Smithers, aka “Good News, Bad News”

Well the rain that everyone was wishing for finally showed up in Smithers, BC this weekend. We’ll let Derek Botchford of Frontier Farwest Lodge describe the situation:

“Gone are the days of floating effervescently over a run and seeing the precise rock that has provided shelter for your steelhead so consistently over the last 5 weeks. Gone are the days where our guides can meander down a beach looking at the ghostlike shadows of large steelhead who are about to get caught as a dry fly methodically works towards it.

Yes the Bulkley has blown out, chocolate colored amazon water pouring over our favorite runs. I had heard many people saying we need rain, and that the fish were getting stale, well be careful what you wish for. The sky opened up and in a 24 hour period it dropped 35 ml of rain in our valley.

The two ways to deal with a blow out are to reminisce of weeks gone by where sight casting to steelhead in pristine clear water was the norm. Or look to the future when the water crests and recedes opening up new seams and placing hungry, aggressive steelhead on the beaches just waiting for our flies. As any of us who steelhead fish know, it takes extraordinary events to provide extraordinary fishing, and we keep this motto close at hand as we anticipate what will happen next.”

Well said, Derek.

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Crane Meadow Lodge Report

Fishing continues to be strong in the Rockies as the season starts winding down. Here is a Crane Meadow Lodge report from our good friend and host extraordinaire John Pinto:

“What a great trip! Starting with the weather (not even mittens!) and ending with lots of new friends made around the table and the fire ring.

Too bad most of you had to get back to the office early. On our last day at the ranch, Paul and I each caught 25 brown trout on the dry, most over 30 inches. Paul also managed to hook a 17-foot sturgeon, which unfortunately broke off in a back eddy after a 3-hour fight. After fishing, we tooled around the property on horseback, and caught a glimpse of a wolf pack, several camels, and were charged by a bull elephant. Whew! Those dudes can really move!

As it turned out, there was a small delegation of European chefs who descended on the property that evening, so we enjoyed a 5-course meal washed down with great wine, including a ’92 CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD. A small section of the Ruby River was cordoned off with a rock dam and warmed up to make a hot tub, and while we all soaked away the day’s drama, Cody projected “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” on a giant screen with Surround Sound set up on the lawn. All the guides got a little weepy at the final scene. The evening ended with a foot massage and facial for each guest, delivered in your personal cabin, while Big Dave read each camper a bedtime story from their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Tyler hummed lullaby’s softly in the background for a half hour after lights-out. Bummer you weren’t there.

See you all again next year… John”

Sounds like one heckuva trip!

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’re interested in visiting Crane Meadow Lodge for some late-season trout fishing!!

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Secret System Is On!!

Our favorite little steelhead stream has started the 2010 season with a bang! Our good friend Ed Rinker has just returned from his second year of fishing The Secret System and had this to say:

“The Secret System never fails to produce an outstanding experience and exceptional fishing. Our 2010 trip was even better than 2009. Due to low water conditions, we had to cover more water which lead us to discover some wonderful new runs and holes (some we named and some we only remember by the surprise grabs) that produced great dry fly action and gave us those great feelings of anticipation and surprise that come with exploring new water. Dale’s knowledge of the river and its fish led to unbelievable numbers of fish boiled, hooked and landed. Needless to say, we’ll be back!”

Nicely done Ed!

In the first 11 days of the season on The Secret System 4 rods have landed 58 steelhead! All of the fish thus far have been 30″ – 37″ and more than half have been caught on skaters and dry flies.

We currently have 2 spots open to fish The Secret System the week of October 2 – 8. These spaces are available for a discounted rate of $4,000 CAD per angler for the week (plus HST)!!

Give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 if you’d like to have an entire BC steelhead river to yourself!

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The Warm Afterglow Of The Dean 2010

Dean River season 2010 is coming to a close in the next week. We have all been giddy with the return of good fishing to this hallowed steelhead river. Kevin Rogers has just returned from Hodson’s Dean River Lodge where he had some great catching…

Spaces are already filling for the 2011 season so give us a call toll-free at 800-552-2729 to get your spot reserved for next year!

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