The MARTINZ Critical Review - Ep #12 - Ensuring angler access while minimizing angler impact on British Columbia's rivers - with Brian Niska

In this episode we return our attention to the Skeena River watershed to discuss a variety of topics.  Joining us today is Brian Niska, head guide at the Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge, in Terrace BC.  Brian is a lifelong angler with 27 years of fly fishing experience, with 18 of those years spent as a professional fly fishing guide.  We explore a number of topics related to ensuring that anglers have consistent and dependable access to BC's rivers and the many possible ways in which to accomplish this.  We discuss the nearly extirpated Thompson River Steelhead fishery serving as a warning of the consequences of fisheries mis-management, and why a "hookless" fishery may be the key to this system's recovery.  The art and seductive nature of Spey casting and fishing rounds out today's discussion. To learn more about Brian Niska and his guiding and tourism operation please visit: Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge