Time for more steelhead fishing wisdom from Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West! Go Upstream Sometimes when you leave an angler for a bit, you return only to see them struggling with a fish close to shore, (sometimes you need to leave the client to improve their mojo and fish attraction) and many will…
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Roll Casting for Bonefish
Let’s do bonefishing tips from a steelhead guy! Scott Baker-McGarva, our head guide at BC West, just got back from Andros South – yes, there are benefits to working for Deneki Outdoors. He checks in today with a great reminder to utilize that most ‘basic’ of casts – the roll cast – when light is…
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Ready, Aim…
Scott Baker-McGarva blasts one across the Dean. More on Spey Casting All About Spey Fishing Roundup Wade Shallow and Relax Dana Sturn’s Steelhead Rig
Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black
Scott Baker-McGarva. Head guide at BC West on the Dean. Black flies. Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black! Call me Canadian…since I am, but once I got called out for being a ‘Canuck’, simply because of my choice of steelhead fly color. It took place on the Sauk one fine spring day many moons ago….
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Oh No, Not ‘The Claw’!
Our head guide at BC West on the Dean River is Scott Baker-McGarva. Scott fears the Claw, and he wrote up this little ditty on why you should too. If you want to fish the Dean with Scott and the rest of our crew this summer, you still have a couple of chances – get…
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Taking Pictures of Fish – The Right Way
We’ve run posts in the past with some tips on taking pictures of fish – but given what we see out there on the water, we’re considering this a ‘continuing education’ topic. We hate seeing fish handled poorly and then released. Scott Baker-McGarva, our head guide at BC West, put together some instructions on how…
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Intermediate Tips and You
Scott Baker-McGarva, our head guide at BC West on the Dean River, checks in today with more tips for your anadromous angling pleasure. Our topic? The Rodney Dangerfield of sinktips – the intermediate. Intermediate Tips and You If there is an unused tip in your sink-tip wallet, my money would say it’s an intermediate one. You…
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Just Another Day at the Office
Pictured above is Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, at his desk, pondering corporate objectives, strategic synergies, etc. The view from his office is better than the view from yours. Sorry. More on BC West Introduction to BC West BC West in Fly Rod & Reel Chinook Flies for the Dean
Get in There!
Dave Baca and Scott Baker-McGarva land a steelhead in a very pretty place. More Pretty Places Arolik River Kanektok River South Andros Island
Cast, Step, Swing
We’re back with more steelhead fishing nuggets from Scott Baker-McGarva at BC West. This post contains the words “Jerry Wintle” and “Dean River” and that means that if you like steelhead, you should read it and learn! Cast, Step, Swing – Like Jerry Many, many moons ago, on my first trip to the legendary Dean…
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