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*As previously published in STS. It has always made me chuckle how fishing, a sport that is renowned for its relaxation and soul-soothing, can be surrounded by so much drama. “Oh God, what the hell are they saying now?” (Dustin Carlson photo .) Spinning rods, level winds, center-pins, single and double handed (Spey) fly rods, I have endured it all [...]

We are proud to announce BC’s Columbia River as a new addition to our list of offered fisheries. Adrienne Comeau photo. The Columbia River in B.C.’s interior is home to one of the finest, unexploited trout fisheries in the world! Huge, wild rainbow trout inhabit these waters lurking behind boulders and shadows, laying in wait for your [...]

Little Linnea…we can see the angels have been busy at work.

Joel Shangle photo.

I am so jealous I didn’t think of this first…. Check out Deals on the Fly for incredible deals on fly-fishing items!  How it works?  The site puts up a very limited amount of one product marked at a ridiculously low price.  When it’s sold out (which doesn’t take long), the site posts its next new item. [...]

Alright, so here’s the deal…. We just got back from a weekend of fishing with some incredible people who all had the same goal in mind; raise money for the Casting 4 A Cure event. (Photos and details of the event and charity to come soon!) For now, I would like to ask you to take a [...]

Buck fever.   That’s what they call it when a hunter freezes or does something stupid during the perfect moment to attack their prey. I prefer to call it temporary retardation and it’s a talent that I consistently excel at. Perhaps this is why I fish such large rivers in my home province of BC, Canada. Wide [...]

The Blackwell’s Dean River Lodge is a lodge that has graced the Dean River for many years and has tortured me with stories of huge fish and epic battles since my beginning days as a steelheader. So naturally, when my sister got a job at the lodge, my gut churned with both jealousy and ache as [...]

Thanks to Lynn Smith and Kevyn Parker for the great photos and special thanks to Sturgeon Slayers for booking our ladies.

We have teamed with Rio Products  http://www.rioproducts.com and are happy to be a part of their advisory team.

Rio fly lines have graced our spools since the beginning and we are proud to be working in part with such a great team!

Product updates and reviews on their way!

Wow, you all sent some great ideas!  Thank you….! I will be putting many of those ideas into play for future Pay It Forward Contests . For this particular contest however, I have to announce two “winners”.  We will be able to combine both of their ideas to hopefully help make this world just a little better. “Hey [...]

Welcome Jay-Lyn Ruggles  to our team at Fly Gal Ventures!

Jay-Lyn will be taking care of all of our sales and most of our email inquiries…  If you would like to book a trip or have any questions pertaining to trips or schools, Jay-Lyn can be reached at jaylyn@flygal.ca 

There are days where I ask myself what we as anglers can do to help out in this crazy world…. Every once in a while I get hit with an idea that forces me to act (ex. Flies For Fins). So I started thinking….  What if we had a regular Pay It Forward contest?  An ongoing [...]

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Just got back from Terrace with friends Steve Rajeff, Bruce Holt and Ross Purnell.  We teamed with Nicholas Dean Lodge http://www.nicholasdean.com to fish some beautiful water and get into some equally beautiful fish! Stay tuned for the full story in an upcoming issue in Fly  Fisherman magazine. Photos by Ross Purnell.   Rajeff letting one fly. Ross [...]

Oh, we had fun! The ladies were a riot and the guys at the Fishwest Open House http://fishwest.com/ made the JD even more fun….  What a great time! Some pics of the weekend….. Photos of our class by Douglas Barnes.  He is very talented!  Check out his site at http://www.nowpicturethis.com/ Teaching the mini Fly Gals how to crank! Even I [...]

 Wow!  How do you announce a winner for something like this?  All of your pics were great but it was Ed Davidson who got his photo in first…  Congrats Dave, your book is in the mail. Thank you so much to everyone and keep your eyes open for some new contests coming up!

In a world where diversity is a must, Tubeology has truly mastered the ever popular tube fly. With cone heads of different weights and colors, Tubeology’s tube flies are able to be adjusted quickly and easily to fish specific waters of speed, depth and color.  The tubes themselves are metal and the days of tying on [...]

My First Trout , is a refreshing and inspiring book written to educate children about fly-fishing and the importance of the environment. The book is aesthetically pleasing with beautiful illustrations and practical, easy to follow diagrams. Most [...]