Have we mentioned that Dean steelhead go nuts when you hook ’em? More on Dean Steelhead Fish Thy Feet! Lettin’ One Swim Story From an Evening on the Dean
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Top Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2010
It’s part 3 today in our series of ‘most popular posts of 2010’ articles. We wanted to make sure that you’re not missing out on any of the good stuff! Having already seen which trout fishing posts were deemed cool, and which bonefishing posts went viral, today you get to see which 10 posts about…
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Single Handed Rods Work Too
Although the majority of our guests at BC West fish two-handed rods most of the time, spey casting is not at all a requirement. Many, many steelhead were caught on the Dean for many years before the first spey rod showed up! Yes, there are reasons that people use spey rods, but single-handed fishing and…
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Eagle’s Nest
On the Lower Dean River below the canyon, many of the runs that we fish for steelhead and chinooks are rippin’ fast. Dean fish are strong, so they hold in water where a lot of other critters can’t. Just below the mouth of the canyon, however, is Eagle’s Nest – a giant bouldery glide that…
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Dean River Anglers’ Creed
Here’s the Dean River Angler’s Creed, as posted at the airstrip near the mouth of the river. This is a pretty good set of commitments to make on any river, wouldn’t you say? Dean River Anglers’ Creed I will: respect the river, its fish and fellow anglers. share the water and practice rotation angling. park…
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The Dean is Back
The Dean River in 2010 You may have heard some noises during our summer season at BC West about the fact that the fishing was pretty darned good. We’re all shut down for the year, so we thought we’d sum things up. The Dean is back. Anadromous fisheries tend to be cyclical for a whole…
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Where Stories Are Told
The building at BC West with the most soul is, without a doubt, our clubhouse. It’s an old building with rustic log rafters, and yeah, every once in a while the roof leaks. But there’s no better setting for evening fish tales. This year a whole bunch of fish stories got told in the clubhouse,…
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5 Cool Things About The Dean
We think the Dean River is a pretty darned cool place. Here’s why. The Takes. Crushing, searing, heart-stopping, drag-melting, 15-pound-Maxima-popping, uncontrollable, violent, I-can’t-believe-what-just-happened takes. The way Dean steelhead eat a fly is insane. This is the coolest thing about the Dean. The Scenery. It’s just one of the most beautiful places in the world. Tall…
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Jim Sirois – Dean River Author
We’re really lucky at BC West to have Jim Sirois as our friend and neighbor. Jim grew up in the little town of Ocean Falls, BC and had a very successful career in aerospace and manufacturing product development (!). He’s spent most of the last 20 years in a log cabin on the Dean River,…
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Chow Time
Your fearless editor is on site at BC West this week (taking part in some of the best steelhead fishing on the Dean in years, at more than 4 times our catch rate from last year, but I digress). Our chef Belinda whipped up another amazing mid-day meal yesterday, and you get to hear all…
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