With lots of time and nowhere to go during lockdown, I’ve been working my way through a lot of archival footage. I put together this edit from a trip we took a few years back fly fishing on Quebec’s Gaspe peninsula for Atlantic salmon.
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Video: Gaspé Atlantic Salmon Summer 2015
It was beautiful, it was relaxing, and it was exciting: we caught three fish over 30 lbs, two personal records, and a number of other salmon as well. Here’s the video from our trip.
Read More >>Video: Cascapedia & Bonaventure Summer 2015 Preview
Review: Beulah Opal Double Handed Saltwater Fly Rod
A few years ago, I started looking for a new saltwater rod — a double-handed one. After looking around, I settled on a brand that make my favorite Spey rod: the Beulah Opal rod. Check out my review here
Read More >>Hatch Finatic 9 Plus Reel Review: Striped Bass & Atlantic Salmon
In preparing for my trip to the Gaspé Peninsula, I was planning on searching for two types of tail: Atlantic salmon, and striped bass. I needed a reel whose drag system was strong enough to stop a Gaspe salmon, and durable enough to withstand nights in the surf and hours on dirt roads.
Read More >>False Albacore: The End of the Summer Doldrums?
False albacore have been arriving off of Cape Cod. They are the perfect antidote to the summer doldrums — which I had a bad case of.
Read More >>Video & Photos: Gaspé Atlantic Salmon & Striped Bass June 2014
This June, I drove north to the Gaspé peninsula in search of Atlantic salmon. I’ve been very fortunate to have made this drive north almost every summer for the last 25 years. But this year would be different.
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