Author: gil d'Oliveira
I guess you can call me a hard-core pro staff. Willing to help those who are willing to help themselves. I will fish to whatever the circumstance requires. Weather I fly fish or gear fish I hold no prejudices to anyone as long as its with ethics. When I do a review its with honesty and without prejudice.
Amundson Fly Reel SQE3
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Amundson Outdoors Silver Gang Fly Reel.
Amundson Diablo Cartridge Reel
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Beach Pink Salmon
The pink salmon for their size have mighty powerful short runs. They are known as the Humpies salmon due to the large hump the males acquire during their spawning cycle. Their spawning cycle to their native stream is a two years cycle. Some spawn on even calendar years, and other streams are odd calendar years. [...]
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Secound Year With The Spey
As I journey into my secound year with the Amundson Outdoors WIND WARRIOR SPEY ROD 4-PC 14 foot 3", this year's adventure starts with the Pink Salmon in the Campbell River. It is an excellent time to pick up and improve the casting abilities that I acquired last year—Readying myself for the coming of the [...]
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Finding The Sweet Spot
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The Journey Continues With The Spey
I try to recall all the elements that I experience in my first year using the Spey rod. I recognized anglers that had developed their individual preference of brands. For a new Spey angler, the information was overwhelming. I had to streamline all the information I gathered and had to make a final decision. I [...]
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Using Fresh Water Float Line On Salt Water
One of my pet peeves with a fly line is you can't test one out without spending a lot of money. During my exploration with fly lines fishing the saltwater on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, I discovered performances were very disappointing, and others often forced me to wear a finger guard as it [...]
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Mentoring The Spark.
Jessica with her first pink salmon Where does that passion for fishing originate? Often, it starts at a young age as we observe a mentor (usually a parent) wanting to share the joys they have experienced from their own adventures. They were more concerned that we younglings enjoy the outing, whether it was catching bullheads [...]
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Salmon and Orcas
https://youtu.be/oVWTUYccg0k On the spits with Ian Forbes
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Vancouver Island…..Salmon
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Hunting For The Ghost
There are a lot of products out there being sold to entice a fisherman to make a purchase that promises results in catching the elusive Steelhead. All sorts of hardware like spinners, spoons, wobblers, artificial worms of many colours, artificial-looking roe, and fly representations. The list just goes on. All those methods have been proven [...]
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Surrounded By The River
The river surrounds us. We have waded to gravel that is still underwater. The constant force of the river is very draining on the legs at the end of the adventure. Having the correct gear organization is essential. There is no beach to land the salmon caught, making it necessary to have a net. We [...]
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Silver Chum Salmon
When the Chum salmon acquire their spawning physical change they are the ugliest and meanest of all salmon. Known to be a rod breaker they are like a semi truck once hooked. If you have the opportunity to catch them as they enter the river system and they are silver they are beautiful and taste [...]
