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The article offers information on non-native fish species that are ideal for fly-fishing in British Columbia, including largemouth bass, yellow perch, and pumpkinseed and bluegill sunfish. Data about the habitat, average size, forage, popular patterns and lakes about each species are provided. Recommended approaches to fly-fishing cited fishes are noted.

The article offers guidelines in fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass in British Columbia, Canada. He recommends several bass lakes in Kootenays, Okanagan, and Vancouver Island including Duck, Christina and Shawnigan lakes. He suggests using heavier baits and lines, and keeping the spool tension tight. He also identifies different baits such as crankbaits, rubber worms, and tubes.

The article offers tips on fly fishing for walleye on the Columbia River in the southern part of British Columbia. Lake walleye fishermen employs crankbait trolling, which is not useful on the Columbia, to catch larger fish, says the article. Information on how to get to the Columbia River is presented. Necessary equipment, such as the tackle, crankbaits, jigheads and spoons, are also discussed.

The article discusses the interruption of dams of the flow of the Columbia River and its impact on fishers. It highlights the management of the river by both of the border's north and south, through the Columbia River Treaty signed in 1964. It notes that the treaty has made every dam along the river to become synchronized for flood control. An account from the author of his experience fishing in the river offered.