Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-29th-2018-the-four-fs%2F&linkname=September%2029th%2C%202018-%20The%20Four%20F%E2%80%99s%21" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-29th-2018-the-four-fs%2F&linkname=September%2029th%2C%202018-%20The%20Four%20F%E2%80%99s%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-29th-2018-the-four-fs%2F&title=September%2029th%2C%202018-%20The%20Four%20F%E2%80%99s%21"></a><br> Year Seven of The Four F’s<br> (Food. Fishing. Fluids and Friends)<br> As all good things sometimes do..it started with a “what if”.<br> What if I put together some of my food and wine friends who loved fishing – and we all went fishing together but we also brought along wines we wanted to share and food we wanted to cook?<br> Except for several years when one of them was just too damn busy, the friends line up has been pretty much the same.<br> Here are some links on “the friends”<br> Basically, these are gents and artists you would love to hang with.<br> <br> Chef Mark Filatow Waterfront Bistro (Kelowna) <a href="https://waterfrontrestaurant.ca">https://waterfrontrestaurant.ca</a> <br> John Weber – Orofino Wines (Similkameen) https://www.orofinovineyards.com/about-2/<br> Rhys Pender – Little Farm Wines (Similkameen) and Master of Wine. <a href="http://littlefarmwinery.ca/?page_id=140">http://littlefarmwinery.ca/</a> <br> The really interesting thing with this group is that at times the fishing is EVERYTHING.<br> Then the Wines become EVERYTHING.<br> Then the food becomes EVERYTHING.<br> <br> We dive into all three with a shared passion that seems to know no bounds.<br> <br> For example –<br> <br> Fishing – Except for this year we have always fly fished in the interior of BC. Skitchine Lodge, Cathedral Lakes, 7 Half Diamond Ranch , Tunkwa Lake.<br> This year we head for Campbell River on Vancouver Island and some Salmon Fishing.<br> Our home base was the gorgeous Gowlland Harbour Resort on the jewel known as Quadra Island, just off downtown Campbell River.<br> And most importantly, our guide was one of the very best Mark Stewart from <a href="http://eastwestcharters.com/">East West Charters</a> in Campbell River.<br> <a href="http://eastwestcharters.com/">http://eastwestcharters.com/</a><br> So, here’s Mark with a boat build for four..now holding 5. As the rods went off..all four reaching for the now bouncing rod.<br> Surprisingly, it all went very well thanks to Mark Stewart and his 28 years of experience. We caught and released lots of wild coho..kept one hatchery coho.<br> John caught a Spring and everyone caught sockeye and pinks.<br> We were chased by dolphins who surfed in the wake of the boat as we cut through the water. Exhilarating!<br> <br> We tasted Moscato d ‘Asti for breakfast..memorable.<br> <br> Wines – We each like to bring wines that we think the group would find interesting.<br> A grand total of 22-25, depending on who you talk to.<br> Wines from Croatia that Mark brought back from his summer trip there.<br> I brought a Viognier from France<br> John from Italy and Orofino.<br> Rhys from EVERYWHERE. Palo Portado for one<br> A Spectacular Education.<br> Food – Chef Mark has always traditionally brought to these trips his gift of making something truly special from an assorted bag of goodies.<br> We know there will always be two Tomahawk Chops ...
