Jens-Erik Skaaning

Jens-Erik Skaaning
My name is Erik Skaaning, and I'm lucky enough to live in the greatest place on Earth! British Columbia. Bowhunting and Flyfishing are my life. As a professional guide since 1995,I've been helping others from around the world, realize their dreams. I hope you enjoy following along on some of my adventures below.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Hungry Sturgeon in high water.....



I can't believe how good the sturgeon fishing has been despite the ridiculously high water conditions we are having! I guess they still have to eat though lol! We have even managed to get some decent weather for some of my trips this week, so I snapped a few pics of people in T-shirts, battling jumping sturgeon. Also got my first pic of a "sundog", a rainbow type halo around the sun. I've seen a few before but have never been able to get a pic:)
Enjoy, Erik












Saturday, June 23, 2012

Pitt River Bull Trout

After a huge bump in water height last week, the river has settled back down and has been fishing pretty good. Bull trout between 2 and 4 pounds seemed to be the norm right now, but we've been hooking the odd slab up to 8! I had a couple guys from Alberta out this week, and John (in the blue jacket) had not fly fished before! After a quick half hour lesson in casting and swinging streamers, he looked like a pro!!
 The other highlight was watching a black bear feeding along the opposite bank from where we were fishing, here are a couple pics, enjoy.






High water Sturgeon fishing

Despite the incredibly high water on the Fraser right now, I've been having some great sturgeon fishing! landed a couple fish over six feet and one seven and a half footer this week. Unfortunately I don't have pics of the bigger fish due to the high water, there are no beaches to land them at for tagging and pictures. here are some up to six feet though!
Best baits have been Lamprey Eel, and Pike minnow.
Enjoy ;)




Friday, June 1, 2012

Fly fishing rainbow trout

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are 19,000 worth showing you some highlights of a week fishing the interior of BC for rainbow trout. There are also a couple sharing some fantastic scenery and "critters" I encountered. Enjoy