Well if you read the last blog you know the Erb boys can fish, well they did it again ! Now Kameron has 2 Tyee Pins to his credit, this time along with 3 genrations, Kameron his Dad Kirk and Grampa Larry. Once again the pressure was on the net man and Kirk had the […]
We have a largely new crew this year and I am so excited to be working with them. Many guests ask me about the challenges of having so many new crew, all the training and pressures and what we have found is just the opposite. This crew has brought with it a terrific energy and […]
We welcome our good friend and long time crew member Joel Morrison to Ole’s as our guest. There has been a longstanding tradition when the crew would relax and undwind to do so with a “sharpie stash”, and the more creative the better. So what could be more appropriate to welcome Joel with the crew […]
At this time of year we get a lot of enquiries from upcoming trips guests about how the fishing is. Well as they say every picture tells a story and this story is all about Coho at Bailey ! We have just had a couple days on this current Trip and as you can see […]
Fishing has been terrific this past week and word is getting out not only amongst our guests but also in the wild. While fishing at Bailey this morning Jim and his son Connor had a nice Coho on giving them the usual acrobatic and unpredictable runs. They noticed a sea lion close by and Jim […]
Having a father who runs a fishing lodge certainly can have it’s perks and a visit up to Ole’s Hakai Pass is one of them. When a single spot opened up on a recent Trip, Kira was invited to come and visit Dad. It does sound pretty glamerous running a fishing lodge but there are […]
Our season opens with a nice 42 lb Chinook ! Congratulations Matt Philipchuk and Andrew Filipchuk, keen greenhorns fishing Hakai Pass for the first time. While fishing Barney Point this afternoon Matt heard a zing and his reel suddenly took off. He grabbed the rod and started reeling and it was coming so easily he […]
Joel’s own decade club, we say farewell to our best this season and wish Joel every good fortune as he makes his way on a new path. With 10 seasons at Ole’s Joel went from a keen green young dock boy to top dog. Meeting every challenge with enthusiasm, there wasn’t anything he could not […]
This season we welcome Taylor McArthur aboard! Taylor grew up in Montreal and spent summer canoe tripping in the Temagami area of northern Ontario as well as pickerel fishing in Lake Nipissing near his families cottage. In 2007 on his first trip west Taylor fell in love with the Monashee Mountains of BC’s Interior and […]
A warm welcome to our new chef for 2015 Gisou Nourollahi. Gisou hails from Whistler, BC. She was Persian born but Gisou came to Canada, which she considers home, as a baby and spent many years in Montreal. She loves life and thoroughly enjoys cooking and creating which is evident in her vibrant enthusiasm. We […]