Ep. 33: Spey Fishing with Pro Guide Brian Niska

In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast, Travis speaks with Brian Niska of Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge in Terrace, BC. Brian is a fishing guide, certified fishing instructor and designated master castor and designer of the Metal Detector series of Pieroway rods.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• Intro [00:00:00 - 00:01:22] 
• Brian’s passion for fishing & experiences as a kid [00:01:22 - 00:02:24]
• Master Castor Instructor Certification & guiding in Chile [00:02:24 - 00:06:35]
• Fly fishing, trolling & spey casting [00:06:35 - 00:08:56]
• Getting into spey fishing & equipment [00:08:56 - 00:12:39]
• Different types of people that fly fish [00:12:39 - 00:19:00]
• Pieroway Rods, other gear & trademarking the letter ‘X’ [00:19:00 - 00:27:09]
• Brian’s influence on spey casting & best fly fisheries in the world [00:27:09 - 00:29:37]
• Brians passion for fishing & building a business our of his passion of fishing [00:29:37 - 00:35:40]
• Fishing seasons around BC [00:35:40 - 00:37:56]
• Spey casting for pink salmon on the Fraser [00:37:56 - 00:39:08]
• Fishing Etiquette [00:39:08 - 00:46:52]
• Outro [00:46:52 - 00:47:23] 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

• Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31] [00:01:14] [00:32:01] [00:52:43]
• Brian Niska [00:00:53]
• Skeena River [00:00:54] [00:01:10] [00:17:32] [00:24:12] [00:32:23] [00:36:59] [00:37:12] [00:37:20] [00:41:22] [00:42:39] [00:45:32] [00:46:34]
• Spey Fishing [00:00:44] [00:07:06] [00:09:06] [00:35:42] [00:36:03] [00:36:29]
• Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge [00:00:54]
• Metal Detector series [00:01:04] [00:22:49] [00:25:20]
• Pieroway Rods [00:01:05] [00:19:02] [00:19:07] [00:19:08] [00:25:28] [00:26:10] [00:26:18]
• DeBoville Slough [00:02:07]
• Pitt River [00:02:12]
• FFF Fly Casting Instructor Certification [00:02:32] [00:03:28]
• Grouse Mountain [00:03:02]
• Pete Caverhill [00:03:23]
• Kingdome [00:04:28] [00:04:33] [00:04:34] [00:06:05]
• Hexagraph Fly Rods [00:04:45] [00:05:02] [00:05:12] [00:05:17]
• Bruce and Walker [00:05:03]
• Walt Powell [00:05:07]
• Harry Briscoe [00:05:15]
• Mike & Denise Maxwell [00:05:56] [00:05:57]
• Bonaparte Lake [00:06:40] [00:12:43]
• Pennask Lake [00:07:22]
• Bow River [00:19:53] [00:26:19]
• X-Series [00:25:26]
• Sage Fly Fishing [00:25:29]
• Renegade series [00:25:58]
• Jerry French [00:25:59]
• Skagit Guides [00:26:02]
• Copper River [00:29:00]
• Nicklaus North [00:29:58]
• Squamish system [00:36:01]
• Fraser Valley Tributaries [00:36:11]
• Vedder River [00:36:15] [00:41:08]
• Kitimat River [00:36:51] [00:36:52]
• Bulkley River [00:37:17] [00:37:28]
• Mamquam River [00:38:34]

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