Scott Baker-McGarva

Ready, Aim…

August 3, 2012

Scott Baker-McGarva blasts one across the Dean. More on Spey Casting All About Spey Fishing Roundup Wade Shallow and Relax Dana Sturn’s Steelhead Rig

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Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black

June 19, 2012

Scott Baker-McGarva. Head guide at BC West on the Dean. Black flies. Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black! Call me Canadian…since I am, but once I got called out for being a ‘Canuck’, simply because of my choice of steelhead fly color. It took place on the Sauk one fine spring day many moons ago. [...]

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Oh No, Not ‘The Claw’!

May 31, 2012

Our head guide at BC West on the Dean River is Scott Baker-McGarva. Scott fears the Claw, and he wrote up this little ditty on why you should too. If you want to fish the Dean with Scott and the rest of our crew this summer, you still have a couple of chances – get [...]

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Taking Pictures of Fish – The Right Way

May 12, 2012

We’ve run posts in the past with some tips on taking pictures of fish – but given what we see out there on the water, we’re considering this a ‘continuing education’ topic. We hate seeing fish handled poorly and then released. Scott Baker-McGarva, our head guide at BC West, put together some instructions on how [...]

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Intermediate Tips and You

May 3, 2012

Scott Baker-McGarva, our head guide at BC West on the Dean River, checks in today with more tips for your anadromous angling pleasure. Our topic? The Rodney Dangerfield of sinktips – the intermediate. Intermediate Tips and You If there is an unused tip in your sink-tip wallet, my money would say it’s an intermediate one. You [...]

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Just Another Day at the Office

September 26, 2011

Pictured above is Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, at his desk, pondering corporate objectives, strategic synergies, etc. The view from his office is better than the view from yours. Sorry. More on BC West Introduction to BC West BC West in Fly Rod & Reel Chinook Flies for the Dean

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Get in There!

August 29, 2011

Dave Baca and Scott Baker-McGarva land a steelhead in a very pretty place. More Pretty Places Arolik River Kanektok River South Andros Island

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Cast, Step, Swing

July 22, 2011

We’re back with more steelhead fishing nuggets from Scott Baker-McGarva at BC West. This post contains the words “Jerry Wintle” and “Dean River” and that means that if you like steelhead, you should read it and learn! Cast, Step, Swing – Like Jerry Many, many moons ago, on my first trip to the legendary Dean [...]

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Leaders for Steelhead and Salmon

July 14, 2011

We’ve got some more insight today from the banks of the Dean River. Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, dropped us some great points on leaders. That thing that holds your fly on may be worthy of a little more thought! Leader Considerations for Anadromous Fish Sometimes it’s shocking how much emphasis is placed [...]

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