Flyfish Fanatic

Over the past few years, I have taught many  students how to flyfish.  Many people come into this Great sport  thinking that learning how to cast is the #1 thing to learn, I Disagree.
Casting is an important part of the sport, But without learning all the small details, Entomology, etc… , even if you can […]

I am on Vancouver Island right now getting ready for a TV shoot with Shaw cable.  The wife (Renee) and I were in a local Mall and decided to go into a book store (Coles) and had a look in the Fishing section, (As I always do)
Low and behold, there is my book, My book […]

Well, that time of year is upon us again. SUMMER DOLDRUMS!!!
The lakes of the Pacific North West region of North America is now starting to heat up to the point where the fish are starting to go into hiding during the day, and the fishing is starting to slow dramatically.
This is the time of year […]

A while back I wrote a post about Community lake (Link)
Here is the response I got From The Minister of Tourism of BC.
Dear Mr. Passek:

Thank you for your email of May 15, 2008, addressed to the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier, and me, regarding the removal of dead trees within the Community Lake Recreation Site as […]

I was on Vancouver Island this past weekend doing a book tour. We left Vancouver on Thursday morning at 6am and headed to Victoria.
We stopped in at a few of the local fishing stores in the Victoria area and dropped off a few copies of my new book.
Island Outfitters in Victoria is now stocking the […]

I have been REALLY busy in the past month, and this shows in my lack of posts. For know, I don’t have a ton of time to post, But I thought that I would post a few pictures of some of the fish I and some of my buddies have caught this season so far.
Tunkwa […]

I have been informed that one of my favorite lake in BC has been practically destroyed by logging.
I am sooooo mad, I sent an e-mail to those who I think have the power to do something about it.
I am writing this post to get others to send and e-mail in protest as well.
This is what […]

Well, I’m back from my 4 days of fishing up at Roche lake and area.
The weekend was a mixed bag of snow, Rain, Sun, Clouds, and Wind, Wind, Wind!!!!!
Once we arrived, we saw exactly what we did NOT want to see, ICE on the lake. We decided to try one of the nearby lower level […]