Spell of the Yukon
Yukon was on my bucket list for a very long time. To be exactly 24 years. Since high school actually. I had many dreams and one of them was to dig for gold in the Yukon. I did it and … Read more
Yukon was on my bucket list for a very long time. To be exactly 24 years. Since high school actually. I had many dreams and one of them was to dig for gold in the Yukon. I did it and … Read more
Fishing locations and species found in the Yukon. During my reseach and preparations for fly fishing in the Yukon I found this marvelous overview regarding fish species and fishing locations in the Yukon Territory. In all the years I have … Read more
Before 1896, only First Nations peoples and the hardiest of fur traders, prospectors, missionaries and North West Mounted Police officers ventured into the Yukon Territory. But in two short years, the people, the history and even the landforms of Yukon … Read more
The Yukon Territories: by Hans van Klinken
There’s a land where the mountains are nameless,
And rivers all run God knows where;
There are lives that are erring and aimless,
And deaths that just hang by a hair.
There are … Read more
by Hans van Klinken
Alaska and British Columbia hold most of the world’s angling community in a thrall. But the spell never took hold for me. The Yukon has captured my Dutch heart. The fishing pressure is light, which is … Read more
After I shown my lectures about Newfoundland and give people time to ask me questions, the most frequent question by far is undoubtedly about the price for travelling and accommodations. A lot of European people still think that travelling to … Read more
A few amazing grayling pictures from a few unbelievable aggressive grayling. I call them:
“Thymallus Aggressivus”… Read more
Fishing the West Coast of Newfoundland
During my 1997 visit to Atlantic Canada I fished another 15 different river systems in Newfoundland and once again registered success by using bigger flies then most of the locals did. We were initially … Read more
When I first heard the local people in Newfoundland talking about “The Lady of the Wild”, I had no idea where and about whom they were talking about. Today I know much better: “Tuckamore Barb” or the “Lady of the … Read more
It’s not strange for me to use nymphs for salmon fishing and I have caught quite a good number of fish with them. I learned this trick by accident in the year 1983 at one particular river when I was … Read more