A long line of people, patiently waiting to get inside the Tradex in Abbootsford to see the BC Boat & Sportsmen's Show.



The show has three distinct section. Fishing, Boating and Hunting. In each sections visitors were busy looking for good deals to be had and try out equipment.



Throughout the show were hourly seminars and workshops held on the "Pro Angler Stage" and the "Pro Hunter Stage" . Here is BC's very own Brian Chan, one of the most popular fly fishers, outdoor writer and TV show host, giving a demonstration on fly tying. Other attractions available to visitors and widely used were the kids fishing pond, the laser gun hunting game, fly casting river and a computer machine where anglers could pit their skills in reeling a large fish in.



British Columbia is known for its rugged landscapes and harsh Nordic winters. To get in an out of some of this remote places an ATV and snowmobile are essential. Accordingly was the interest of the visitors at the ATV stands. Fun and skill ATV rides outside the Tradex building attracted a lot of people.



Of course no hunting show is complete without displays of stunning taxidermy art and the BC Boat & Sportsmen's Show had plenty of that to admire too. Most people do not realize, until they see all the mounts, that British Columbia and Canada, for that matter, are the number one destination for hunters all around the world. Canada simply has it all from a large variety of upland birds right up to all bear, elk, caribou and ram subspecies, black,- whitetail,- and mule deer to muskox and even walrus. You name the North America native game species and we have it here in Canada, a true hunters paradise.



While the crane lifted the second piece off the truck a few strong men got busy anchoring the main dock by hammering long wooden poles into the solid frozen lake bottom.

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