Blog | British Columbia | Kate Watson Fly Fishing

Spey -o- Rama 2018

Hardly an hour before dusk, we found ourselves sliding into our waders next to the turquoise ponds of the Golden Gates Angling and Castin...

Tie One On: Six Intruder Tips

There's something intriguing about intruders. They sit on the manifold of aggressiveness, beauty, precise complexity and just wrapping sh...

Podcast || Sexualization of Fly Fishing | Barbless Co. Episode 35

Listen Here: Sexualization of Fly Fishing

'Insta-Perversion' Response

Aforementioned in my previous post, I had been working on my article, "Insta-Perversion," for months; revising and rewording, scrapping a...

Insta-Perversion

*Edit: Outside Magazine recently covered my blog post in June 2019, and unfortunately broke what I would argue journalistic ethics. Despi...

Fly Fusion Photo Essay Winter issue

Christmas Baubles for Sale & Trees

Last year I made Christmas Baubles with traditional Spey flies and they sold very well, so I am offering my Spey fly (& Spey Variant) Chr...

New Waters || Heli Fishing with Northern Outback Adventures & Fishing BC video

Please refer to previous blog post for the story, or check out this season's Fly Fusion magazine for the Photo Essay and story #char #hel...

Discovering New Waters || Heli-fishing with Northern Outback Adventures

"If there was a fish there, we walked our flies through their front doors, down the halls, around the living room and out the back door" ...

Summer Days

As the sun sets, days are noticeably longer and a warm breeze fills the night up here in the north. Summer is a time where I am at my bus...

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Art of Spey: Adding Distance to Your Cast

Twelve pages diving into learning how to add distance to your cast and more efficiency on the water to guarantee you a better day of fish...

The Art of Spey: One Word to Self Diagnose your Single Spey

Twelve pages diving into self diagnosing your Single Spey on the water to guarantee you a better day of fishing and more opportunities at...

Flies of Hope in a Hopeless Situation

Earlier this week, I had a wonderful but bereaved conversation with the owner of Fair Flies, Jeff Coffey which left me in a paradoxical s...

In your Sights: Sight Fishing for Bull Trout

"He's huge, cast now, cast now" was all I heard from my buddy who had scrambled up the rocks as my look out. "You're not allowed to talk ...

Online Spey School Course no 1 | Lady Caroline

I am really excited to finally announce the pre-registration of the Online Spey School course no. 1 where we will be learning to tie the ...

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