2024 Fishing BC Photo Contest

Winning Submission

There are places that shape us quietly over time. Rivers we return to year after year until their beauty becomes familiar.

Shared Waters explores the experience of revisiting one of those places with a close friend and discovering that the river hadn't changed at all—only the way I was seeing it. Through friendship, shared experiences, and a renewed sense of wonder, familiar water became new again.

Where the Silence Starts is a written feature and photo essay rooted in the quiet work of discovery—studying maps, following blue lines, and stepping away from increasingly pressured water in search of something less certain.

The piece reflects on exploration as a practice rather than a destination. On learning through effort. On finding meaning not in numbers or notoriety, but in solitude, patience, and the decision to leave some places unspoken. Encounters with bull trout shape the narrative, but the story is ultimately about restraint—both on the water and in how these places are shared.

This project was published in the Winter Issue of Fly Fusion Magazine.

Published in the Summer Issue of Fly Fusion Magazine, Borrowed Light explores the relationship between time, water, and attention. Framed by early mornings chasing bull trout and evenings spent casting to rising cutthroat, it reflects on patience, scale, and the quiet understanding that comes from standing in wild rivers.