We’ve got some more insight today from the banks of the Dean River. Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, dropped us some great points on leaders. That thing that holds your fly on may be worthy of a little more thought! Leader Considerations for Anadromous Fish Sometimes it’s shocking how much emphasis is placed…
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Steelhead
Nice Fish, Jim
Today, the ‘fish’ in ‘nice fish’ is plural! Jim Greenleaf and friends had quite a morning on their first full day of fishing at BC West this week. During a fairly frantic chinook and steelhead battling session, Jim landed the chromer that you see above…immediately after he landed the chromer that you see below. Nice…
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You’ve Hooked a Train…Now What?
We think today’s post is pretty timely – a lot of our guests at BC West have been getting spooled lately! When you hook up on the Dean and your fish takes off towards the ocean, it definitely takes some luck to get that fish to the beach. That being said, certain tactics can help….
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Steelhead Fly Fishing – Top 7 Tips
Our first guests arrive at BC West on the Dean River this Saturday. Although we’re mostly looking for the Dean’s legendary Chinooks over the next couple of weeks, we still thought the start of our season would be a lovely time to pass on the 7 most popular steelhead fishing ‘tip posts’ on our blog….
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Stock Your Fly Boxes
7 weeks until we open on the Dean. More on the Dean River Guest Post – an Evening on the Dean 5 Cool Things About the Dean The Rig Our Head Guide Fishes
The Hunter in All of Us
Tom Larimer – top-drawer Oregon guide, host at Alaska West, BC West and Andros South, Andros FIBFest 2011 attendee – draws some great analogies today between fishing for bonefish and fishing for steelhead. We loved his writeup and we think you will too. The Hunter in All of Us Chasing bonefish had never held huge appeal…
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Classic Flies Work Too
True, at BC West we like fishing big burly modern patterns like the Wombat, Intruder variations and Silvey’s Tube Snake. Don’t forget, though – the fish don’t know that big flies are supposed to be cool now. Classic patterns like the General Practitioner, the Dean River Lantern and the Lady Caroline still deserve a place…
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…and He’s Off!
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
Nice Fish, Tom
Tom Larimer catches a lot of steelhead in Oregon and other parts of steelhead country, but he still gets pretty fired up when he lands big, fat chrome anadromous rainbows on the Dean River. Nice fish, Tom. P. S. This picture was featured as the Simms Catch of the Day not too long ago. P….
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Tube Flies – Advanced Rigging
Today we’ve got the last in our short series about tube flies and how to rig them. It’s a master class in adding weight, combining tubes, preventing leader abrasion and more. You’ve already learned about tube fly basics, the two standard rigging methods, and rigging tandem tubes, right? OK, well tune in as Eric Neufeld…
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