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[Rodney]

We spent a week in Yukon back in July and had an amazing time! I have a series of videos coming out on this trip. Here is the first one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS09QB5Rqr4

[StillAqua]

Looking forward to the rest of your Yukon adventure Rod. Spent a year working out of Whitehorse in the '80s, fished a lot of remote Yukon lakes by floatplane (part of the job actually). Grayling on the fly was a highlight. So was trying to release a monster pike off a floatplane pontoon. There are some big fish up there...…

[Flybob]

keep the vids coming Rod....

I like to try fishing up there every May long weekend I'm usually up that way (Dawson City) for a work weekend.....lots of opportunity and tons of water to explore 

[Rodney]

Thanks guys. This part one is more of a teaser. Part two is what we are really proud of and can't wait to show you, on Tuesday.

[Rodney]

Here is part two featuring our pike fishing experience in Yukon, at the Tagish River specifically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0J2rtdZRxU

I'm not going to say this is our best episode so far, but I think it is the most satisfying one for us. We worked with Carcross Tagish First Nation for this video. The main conversation that we want to generate from it is "ethical fishing", which really is very subjective depending on your cultural background and knowledge. First Nations' beliefs on only fishing to harvest conflict with both voluntary catch and release by anglers, and mandatory/regulatory catch and release (when fish are not within the legal limit). This video intends to demonstrate different scenarios while we fish, from releasing a fish when it has very minimal damages and the chance of it surviving is great, to retention some fish to eat, and also once awhile things don't go as planned lol... The point is that respect for fish can be done in many ways, whether your intention is to harvest, or to catch and release, etc. Do your best to preserve the resources, don't over harvest, don't catch and release too many fish either. Anyway, enjoy!

[JustPuttsin]

Another great fishing video! Thanks Rod and Kitty!!

[Rodney]

Thanks!

[Rodney]

A couple of photos from the pike fishing trip.

[StillAqua]

Yukon freshwater barracudas......brings back lots of memories. Thanks guys.

[Blood_Orange]

Great video! Cracked me up, watching that fish "nope" out of there

[Rodney]

Great video! Cracked me up, watching that fish "nope" out of there

That fish heard "That's putting food on the table..." and said, "I'm outta here!"

Thanks for watching. Part 3 is coming this week!

[Rodney]

Part three is now online! In this one, we drifted the Takhini River and fly fished for Arctic grayling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7mw7RJSKHA

[StillAqua]

Great video. That's a fun fishery. Never heard of the 2 fly method though. We only fished dries. But you and Kitty are going to need a cameraperson soon. You seem to lose most of the rock paper scissors…...

[Rodney]

Thanks. The tandem fly setup didn't really seem necessary. These fish probably had never seen a hook before... There wasn't a shortage of dry takes at every spot we visited.

"Ladies and children first..."

[Rodney]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tsmgzglfsw

We filmed this in Yukon with my friend Dennis Zimmerman. Dennis is a fishery consultant who deals with conflicts between sectors in fisheries, right now his focus is on catch and release, both voluntary and mandatory/regulatory. This video is not really a fishing video, but it's a conversation between the two of us talking about the challenges in co-managing fisheries in First Nations and rec sector. The focus is mostly on Yukon, but the same scenarios can be applied to BC, particularly the Lower Fraser River fisheries.