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Fishing beyond the US: destinations and how-to as we expand.
Algonquin Park, ON
Fishing Algonquin Park, Ontario: Brook Trout and Lake Trout by Canoe in Canada's Most Iconic Wilderness
Algonquin Provincial Park holds the highest concentration of brook trout lakes in the world, hundreds of canoe-access-only lakes where native speckled trout have been thriving since the glaciers retreated.
Campbell River, BC
Fishing Campbell River, BC: The Salmon Capital of the World and Why It Earns the Name
Campbell River has called itself the Salmon Capital of the World since the early 1900s, and a century of chinook fishing in Discovery Passage, the legendary Tyee Pool, and five Pacific salmon species prove the claim.
Georgian Bay, ON
Fishing Georgian Bay, Ontario: Smallmouth Bass, Pike, and 30,000 Islands of Canadian Shield Water
Georgian Bay is the eastern arm of Lake Huron, 30,000 islands of pink granite and windswept pine holding some of the best smallmouth bass and northern pike fishing in the world.
Labrador, NL
Fishing Labrador: Trophy Brook Trout, Atlantic Salmon, and Arctic Char in Canada's Last True Wilderness
Labrador is the final frontier of brook trout fishing, fly-in lodges on roadless rivers holding wild brook trout that average 3 to 5 pounds, Atlantic salmon in untouched rivers, and Arctic char in lakes that have never seen a lure.
Tofino / Ucluelet, BC
Fishing Tofino and Ucluelet, BC: Planning Your Trip to Vancouver Island's Wild West Coast
Vancouver Island's west coast is where old-growth rainforest meets the open Pacific, and the fishing matches the landscape, chinook salmon, halibut, lingcod, and coho in some of the most dramatic scenery in North America.
Calgary, AB
Fly Fishing the Bow River, Alberta: Hatches, Dry Flies, and Drift Boat Strategies for Trophy Brown Trout
The Bow River through Calgary produces dry fly fishing that rivals Montana's best water, stonefly hatches, caddis blizzards, hopper season, and fall streamer runs for brown trout over 24 inches.
Crowsnest Pass, AB
Fly Fishing the Crowsnest River, Alberta: Small-Stream Tactics for Wild Trout in the Rocky Mountain Foothills
The Crowsnest River is a walk-and-wade paradise, a small mountain stream with 1,500 trout per mile, prolific hatches, and the kind of intimate dry fly fishing that makes you forget drift boats exist.
Kamloops, BC
Fly Fishing Kamloops, BC: Chironomids, Leeches, and the Stillwater Techniques That Catch Trophy Rainbow Trout
Kamloops stillwater fly fishing is a discipline unto itself, chironomid fishing under indicators, balanced leeches, dragonfly nymphs on full-sink lines, and dry flies to rising trout on glassy lakes that grow rainbows to 10 pounds and beyond.
Terrace, BC
Fly Fishing the Skeena River: Spey Casting for Wild Steelhead in Northern British Columbia
The Skeena River system near Terrace, BC holds the largest runs of wild steelhead remaining on earth, and the tributaries, Kalum, Copper, Zymoetz, are the proving ground for Spey casting and swung-fly steelhead techniques.
Cape Breton, NS
How to Fish Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: Salmon, Stripers, and Giant Tuna
Everything a first-timer needs to fish Cape Breton, Atlantic salmon on the world-famous Margaree, wild brook trout, striped bass and mackerel in the Bras d'Or inland sea, and the giant bluefin tuna that make this island legendary.
Crowsnest River, AB
How to Fish the Crowsnest River, Alberta: Dry-Fly Trout Paradise
Everything a fly angler needs to fish Alberta's Crowsnest River, wild rainbow and brown trout on the dry fly, the legendary hatches from spring salmonflies to fall BWOs, the accessible sections along Highway 3, and how to match the bugs.
Dean River, BC
How to Fish the Dean River, BC: The World's Greatest Steelhead
Everything to know about fishing British Columbia's legendary Dean River, the world's hardest-fighting wild steelhead, the gorge that made them, the lottery draw and remote access, swinging flies on a Spey rod, and the wild Chinook of early season.
Haida Gwaii, BC
How to Fish Haida Gwaii, British Columbia: Chinook Salmon, Halibut, and Coho at the Edge of the Continental Shelf
Haida Gwaii sits where the continental shelf drops into the deep Pacific, and the fishing matches the geography, chinook salmon that average 20 to 30 pounds, halibut over 100 pounds, and coho in numbers that would be unrealistic anywhere else on the coast.
Kamloops, BC
How to Fish Kamloops, BC: Trolling, Spin Casting, Bait Fishing, and Everything Beyond the Fly Rod
Kamloops is famous for stillwater fly fishing, but trolling, spin casting, bait fishing, and ice fishing all produce trophy rainbow trout on the hundreds of lakes surrounding this interior BC city.
Kenora, ON
How to Fish Lake of the Woods, Ontario: Walleye Jigging, Muskie Casting, Pike, and Everything That Bites
Lake of the Woods holds walleye, muskie, pike, smallmouth, and lake trout across 1,700 square miles, here's how to catch each species with the techniques that work on this massive Canadian shield lake.
Miramichi, NB
How to Fish the Miramichi River, New Brunswick: Atlantic Salmon Techniques from Spring Kelts to Fall Hookbills
The Miramichi is fly-fishing-only water for Atlantic salmon, here's every technique that works, from wet-fly swings for summer grilse to Spey casting for fall hookbills in the storied pools of New Brunswick.
Ram River, AB
How to Fish the Ram River, Alberta: Backcountry Cutthroat Trout
Everything a fly angler needs to fish Alberta's Ram River, eager native westslope cutthroat on the dry fly, protected bull trout, the catch-and-release rules that keep it world-class, canyon access, and how to fish this rugged foothills gem safely.
Terrace, BC
How to Fish the Skeena River and Terrace, BC: Steelhead, Chinook, Coho, and Every Technique That Works
The Skeena River system near Terrace holds wild steelhead, chinook over 60 pounds, and all five Pacific salmon, and the techniques to catch them range from Spey casting to float fishing to spin casting from the bank.
Dean River, BC
Fly Fishing the Dean River, BC: Helicopter-Access Steelhead on One of the World's Great Fly Fishing Rivers
The Dean River in central coastal British Columbia is accessible only by helicopter or floatplane, holds wild steelhead averaging 10 to 12 pounds with fish to 25 pounds, and is considered one of the greatest steelhead fly fishing rivers on earth.
Calgary, AB
Fishing the Bow River in Calgary: World-Class Trout Water Running Through a Major City
The Bow River flows through the heart of Calgary, Alberta with an estimated 3,000 trout per mile, brown and rainbow trout averaging 18 to 20 inches in a river you can reach by city bus.