Living Here: Salmo River Angler Casts a Line to the Future of of Fishing

Bull trout were the freshwater char that brought James to the Salmo River over 20 years ago. And their specific need for pristine, cold water that makes them especially vulnerable to a warming climate.

Check out James’s story as a West Kootenay Angler, who first drove over the Salmo River in 1997. Little did he know then that he would come to spend the next 24 years of his life working, playing, and fishing on this river.