I would like to say this was my fish but unfortunately I haven’t hit the water yet this winter. For me I have been catching up getting waders repaired and Flytying for spring and summer fishing.
While I am working on maintenance buddy Mark tied into some really nice cutthroats. Just a good reminder if u time it right and you are willing to explore, fly fishing in metro Vancouver can be an all year fishery.
Always impressed with the Bcflytieguys for their impressive catches. Some guys can tie nice flies but these guys have proven time and time again that they can tie a amazing flies and catch amongst the best of them.
Cheers to 2024! And wishing everyone a adventuresome and healthy year!
Had a chance to take a day off and make a four day trip to the Cariboo with some buddies. Weather was not stable and cold temperatures hit us on day one resulting in some slow fishing in the first lake. Day two and three we hit a favourite lake and manage to land A few. It was tough fishing but managed to get some trolling pumpkin head leeches and then working the shallows hard with micro leeches, scuds and even enticing one with a chironomid. Good times.
I have said this many times but it’s true. British Columbia is an amazing place for fishing. This weekend I spent a couple of days fly fishing for rainbows on St’at’Inc territory. Landed around two dozen beautiful bows in this beautiful territory. Aside from fishing we saw a dozen deer, woodpecker, whooping crane, osprey, bald eagles, loons, beaver, frogs, a snake and an otter.
Meanwhile on the same weekend in the maritimes my aunt and uncle landed a couple of nice stripers.
And on the same weekend Kirby was fishing in Northern Manitoba catching what’s sounds like hundreds of walleye and pike over a few days.
While in the Kamloops region the Bcflytieguys were nailing some nice bows on two different lakes on chironomid and mayfly nymphs.
While back in the hood, yet on the same weekend, Scooter and Cherry man were fishing one of the last days of a 20 million pink run on the Fraser and managed to land a nice coho while doing so.
There is the proof. Although not all fish were caught on the fly…here is the evidence why fly fisher people across BC and Canada have to be so grateful to live in such an amazing place where we can catch a variety of different fish species all year round in an amazing environment.
Thanks to friends and family for sharing photos and reports. I look forward to when it is officially autumn fishing. Remember friends…when you are out exploring our beautiful country take a moment to think about the first peoples and the lands you are exploring and be grateful for the opportunity to be able to enjoy the territory you are on.
Living in Steveston is a great place to live if u enjoy fishing. In fall every two years the pink salmon return and this year they returned 20 million strong. Recently took out some friend sturgeon fishing in the morning. Hooked into three and landed one over six ft. In the afternoon picked up some other buddies and hit the Fraser for pinks. At first I tried a spinning rod with a pink lure but ended up being successful hooking into a couple on a pink fly and an 8 wgt rod. Good times!
Apologies for the late post. Fishing in the Cariboo this summer was one of the most epic to date for me. Finally located a lake we have been searching for years. Landed some large rainbows in still water and got into a lot of decent fish on the dry. In fact on two different occasions in the same hole we call Poo Island I hooked into my biggest on the dry . The first one broke off and the second one took me to an underwater snag and also broke off. The exciting thing about these fish was i enticed them with a couple of Nevada Brown trout mouse patterns.
This year seven guys over a period of 8 days fished four lake days and four river days. We even managed to hit the Thompson on the way home and Kirby managed to land a decent one on a hopper in one of our old steelhead holes.
Staying with our good friends on a farm is also an amazing treat and experience.
Every year one of my favourite days is spending my birthday with my kids. This year they entertained me with spending the day boating, beaching and bullhead fishing.
Due to circumstances out of my control this years spring fishing was a bust. But the last two weekends managed to hit a local favourite that produces lots of smaller fish. Love the constant action of bobbing indicators dangling chironomids or what ever you have for that matter. Fish were biting.
Haven’t been able to get out much on the lakes and rivers for fly fishing so my go to lately has been sturgeon fishing to fix the itch. Three different trips produced 18 sturgeon. All caught in the same area just minutes from my back yard. Of course not all is positive. We did get skunked on two other days. Largest was about 6.5 ft.
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