The Spoon Lure

What is a spoon lure? It's a versatile lure in the angler's arsenal, named for its concave side that resembles a tablespoon. Manufacturers have been creative by adjusting the lure's lengths, widths, and weights, as well as experimenting with various colours and reflective surfaces. It can be used for a wide range of fishing conditions [...]

The Twitching Jig

Fishing with jigs is a well-established technique. Anglers have long used this type of lure to catch a variety of species, including bass, crappies, salmon, and steelheads. Fish are often drawn to an enticing lure that resembles either a potential meal or an instinctive reaction to attack. Anglers successfully used floats to drift jigs in [...]

Another Season for Sockeye on The Somass River

Pro Staff Gil d'Oliveira This year, my highlights included using the Amundson Outdoors TCPX-3 centerpin reel, matched to their Cast Mob float rod, and their 9wt Wind Warrior Spey rod. In addition, the BnR had their Balsa sliding float and their soft beads, 8mm. We started the season early, mid-June. There has often been a [...]

Anglers Nets Pro & Con

Pro and Cons of Anglers' Nets By Gil d’Oliveira At the beginning, the fishing nets, relatively thin threads, are knotted into meshes. Several fibrous plants were originally used to weave early nets, including grasses, flaxes, and mosses. It was later replaced by cotton. Most nets are made of artificial polyamides, such as nylon. Nets -Good [...]

Twitching Jigs

Twitching jigs for salmon and steelhead is nothing new in the fishing industry, yet it has not been fully embraced.However, times have changed. Due to the advancement of social media technology, anglers can now share positive experiences, tutorials on techniques, and tips on tying various twitching jigs and their use on social media. As a [...]

Soft Bead vs Roe

My preferred method for catching salmon involves allowing a float to drift along the river. Observing the float as it moves and is subsequently submerged when a salmon bites is truly exhilarating. This method is commonly employed by anglers fishing in rivers, whether on a boat or wading in the river. Each angler tends to [...]

The Magic of Beads.

Bait bans are now on many rivers, including those that ban scent. It can be a challenge that fishermen must overcome. Among the artificial presentations are spoons, jigs, spinners, worms, minnows, and synthetic copies of roe. In British Columbia, however, anglers are not allowed to add any scented residue, including synthetic scents, like anise oil [...]

Improve Your Catch Rate With Trailer Hooks

Another article from me in June's edition of Island Fisherman Magazine. https://islandfishermanmagazine.com/ get your issue Olympic Tackle Squid Spinner lightly hooked Coho. Every angler has experienced a short strike, whether fly fishing, casting and retrieving, jigging, or trolling. It may be a bump on your retrieve, a piece of your trolling bait missing, or even [...]