Ep. 86: Brian Niska on Skeena Spey

Anchored with April Vokey

Anchored Outdoors

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Brian Niska is Federation of Fly-Fishers Master caster, a THCI certified instructor and the creator of the Pieroway Rod Company Metal Detector series. In 2000 he started Whistler Fly Fishing, a school, shop and outfitting company that catered to the younger generation of fly-fishers. Today, Brian and his wife Lizzy run Skeena Spey lodge in Terrace, B.C. In this episode of Anchored, Brian and I discuss 2018’s salmon migration, the Keep ‘em Wet movement and guide responsibility. This episode is brought to you by www.hatchoutdoors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	This episode of Ancard is made possible by the wonderful people at Hatch Outdoors.
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1:14.8	and are entirely machined from bar stock aluminum.
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1:29.6	Check out their website at hatch Outdoors.com. Brian Niska has done a lot in his 45 years. A Federation of Flyfishers Mastercaster and THCI certified instructor, he is the creator of the
1:46.2	Metal Detector series from the Pierway Rod Company.
1:49.1	In 2000, he started Whistler Flyfishing, a school, shop, and outfitting company that catered to everyone,
1:55.0	particularly the younger generation of flyfishers who had for so long been ignored.
1:59.2	Today Brian and his wife Lizzie runs Skeenas Bay Lodge in Terence BC.
2:03.3	In this episode, Brian and I discussed 2018 salmon migration,
2:07.2	the Keep Him Wet Movement, and guide responsibility. I was actually born in the U.S. Minster at St Mary's Hospital and I grew up in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.
2:26.5	How did you end up in Whistler? I wanted to go away and teach skiing so I ended up at Silver Star in Vernon and I was starting to guide fishing as well and so I ended up taking a year off of skiing going to Chile, guiding fly fishing down there.
2:40.0	Came back after that and had friends in Whistler and went typical Whistler story.
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