Fly Fishing: The Tug is the Drug
Former adventure photographer Mike McPhee has traded adrenaline seeking for the Zen of fly fishing. He explains why his new preoccupation with the mysterious trout is taking over his life.
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Gear Shed: Warm Layers for Cold Water
Feet Banks dishes up the secrets to staying warm while standing in a freezing river all day in search of steelhead.
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The Flybrary
When Adam Raymakers installed a “flybrary” at the trailhead to a popular fishing spot on the Squamish River, he didn’t know what to expect.
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Meat me at the Lake! — Trout Fishing with Jack Link’s
Words :: Feet Banks. Sponsored by Jack Link’s. This gig started off perfect and only got better… Thursday, just after 4 PM—an unexpected email from the Mountain Life boss:Feet, Sarah…
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Fish Harder, Kick Plastic: Costa Reefton PRO
Costa's frames are made of castor oil–based Bio Resin material—part of their Kick Plastic initiative to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the planet's waters.
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Pêcheuse de fil en mouche / Women on the Water
mots :: Christina Hedrei // photos :: Alain Denis. Au début, c’était une sorte de thérapie. La pêche à la mouche me permettait de m’évader pour admirer la beauté de la…
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High Water: A Guide to Spring Fly Fishing
words :: Bobby Koven // photos :: Glen Harris. This spring we can finally get back to practising the perfect self-isolation activity: fly fishing. And now this mindfulness pastime is…
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Giving Rivers: Fly-fishing Grey-Bruce
From the pages of Mountain Life Blue Mountains, Spring 2019. words:: Nelson Phillips Take a backroad drive just about anywhere in Grey and Bruce counties and you’re going to encounter…
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Over the Hills, and Far Removed: Coast Mountain Heli Fishing is as Awesome as it Sounds
Novelist William Humphrey once quipped, “When I go fishing I want to get away from it all, for it is silence and solitude even more than it is fish that…
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