journey to the bulkley river

last october i went to the bulkley river. i went with andy and we met up with jonathan and paul. we stayed at the florence motel on highway 16 in smithers. it was a nice motel and it was conveniently located within walking distance from main st. and all the restaurants we went to. the alpenhorn pub was the one place we went to more than once. the main drag reminded me alot of cleveland avenue in squamish. we fished the bulkley river for the better part of the trip. fishing for those bulkley steelhead wasnt easy but we managed to find some willing takers. andy had the first one on the fly. he hooked it down below the smithers bridge. it was a big steelhead a chrome bright slab that jumped out of the water about ten or twelve times. it broke off and that was it. andy hooked afew more on drift gear. i was trying to catch them on the fly. i finally caught my first one in a nice long run below telkwa. it took one of my marabou pixie patterns. it hit hard it ran and jumped a couple of times. i landed it and released it. what a fish. i hooked a few more and i landed one more nice fish not as big as the first one but it was another great memory of the mighty bulkley river. i will be going back there in october 2008 for another steelhead adventure. i really liked casting my flies in all those wide open runs and long riffles. we also fished the copper river and the kispiox river. we stayed one night in the sportsmans lodge on the kispiox. it was a nice a frame cabin with a rustic look inside we had agreat meal in the lodge and we met some really nice people that worked there. it was well worth it and lots of fun.

a river runs through it

i recently found out that the coquihalla river opened. i decided to go out there and check it out i went out there on friday august 22 2008 i left early and arrived at the river by 9am. i fished two really nice runs that were about two to four feet deep. it was a nice day the sun was out the river was in great shape. i saw one other fisherman out there and i talked to him but he was new to the river as well. i continued my quest to find a summer steelhead that would take my fly. i tried a dry fly i tried the floating line with the wet fly i tried a sink tip with an orange general practitioner. i used some of my intruder patterns as well. i fished a few other runs all really great water that should have held fish. there was one other spot that i wanted to fish but i wasnt sure how to get to it. it was areally great piece of water for at least a thousand feet. it went through a nice run at the top and towards the mid section it was only about two or three feet deep. there was a nice corner and what appeared to be a deeper section. i really enjoyed being out there and i will definatly go fish the river again. it was agreat outing.

welcome to my blog

fishing and traveling in british columbia. i have been fishing in bc for many years and i have been to alot of scenic spots. fishing in lakes is very relaxing and enjoyable but i think that nothing compares to casting a fly with a spey rod making eighty or ninety foot casts. fishing big rivers and long runs as i work my fly down a run or long riffle anticipating that strike from the finest and most saught after gamefish in bc rivers. as everyone can tell i am much more into river fishing. i have also spent many years tying trout flies but my ultimate task is perfecting my steelhead and salmon flies. when tying flies for these monsters of the rivers you can use all sorts of different materials. i started tying steelhead and salmon flies a few years ago since then i have come up with some very effective patterns. i tie mostly big intruder patterns and those are the ones that have been working well because they move and undulate in the water. my all time favourite river is the mighty squamish river that runs into howe sound. i really like living in squamish. i have been living here for eight years. well this ends my first entry. there will be more to come later.