The Gang's All Here!!!...

The last couple of weeks the chum action has been good. The amount of fish in some areas was incredible. In the last few weekends, it's been fun because I have been seeing lots of the old faces. Brad, Chris, Ryan, and Jonathon, and ken. I also ran into Terry, and some of the other guys from the Totems Flyfishing Club. The river was in good shape, and it was good visibility. I went up to the upper Squamish to have a look around and check out the river. I ended up at twenty four mile fishing the top end of the run. It was great to be up there because I just bought a 14ft, Temple Fork Signature Series 8.9wt. I also bought a scientific angler tri tip 8wt. It works well. The water clarity was about four feet of visibility so I thought for sure I would get a nice dolly, or a fat bull trout. I didn't end up hooking up on anything. I think it will be alot of fun fishing for dollies and bull trout this year. The upper Squamish that's where it's at..

Chums A Plenty...

Last Sunday me, Jonathon, and Derick, were fishing the lower Squamish for those fiesty chums that come around once a year. We found a zone that they were moving through allday. We had one of our best days ever in two years. We must have hooked up on at least thirty or more, and most of them were very clean. The water clarity was less than perfect, with no visibility at all. We could not believe the amount of fish that were coming through, jonathon and I had a couple of double headers, that was fun. It was a really nice day, the sun was out and it was a warm day. I'm hoping that this was the beginning, of the run. It was a great day and lots of fun was had by all... The fly patterns that we were using due to the water clarity, were dark patterns, so that they would show up in the coloured water. Jonathon was using size two, flies and he was hooking up on lots. Derick was using a pink prawn pattern, and then he switched over to something darker. I tied up some intruder, style flies in black, and they worked well. I also had some action with my blue bomber, pattern, that I tied on a big long shanked bartleet hook. Those Chummies, pound for pound, put up a great fight, on the fly...

Bulkley River 2009.

I have spent two great weeks in Smithers BC, fishing the Bulkley River for wild Steelhead. The fishing conditions were tough at times, with biting cold winds, and a snow flurry here and there. Today was one of the warmest days that I had. I didn't hook up on anything today, but the past few days were good because I had a fish on everyday. I landed four nice fish, and had many more on. I fished the Morice River, and had some fish action there. As we were driving up the forest service road we saw two very large grizzly bears on the opposite side of the river. What a sight to see, because I had never seen one in the wild before. The river itself reminds me very much of the upper Squamish. Since I have been here I have seen lots of the old faces from last year, and the year before. I ran into Jay, from California, Max and his Italian buddies, And a few other Italians that I just met on this trip. Oh yeah!! and Jay's friend Wade, that used to guide, on the Dean River. The other day I took the afternoon off and went wandering around the town of Smithers. What a great town this is. The main street, as it is called is a nice street with tons of shops, and places to eat, and coffee shops to hang out in. There are two places to buy fishing gear if needed. On this trip I fished a few different spots on the Bulkley, around the Chicken Creek area, where I found some nice water, but just didn't find any fish around. Jonathon told me about those spots, when I ran into him down by the Smithers bridge, fishing through a nice piece of water. Today is our last day on the Bulkley, and Friday we will go to the Morice River, and fish there before we say good bye!! to the north country for another year...

Bulkley River Adventure October 3, 2009.

Well Andy and I are back for another trip to catch some Bulkley River Steelhead. We left on Friday night at about 6:30pm to start our adventure, we arrived in Smithers at about 5:30pm on saturday, october 3rd. Upon our arrival Andy decided to get alittle fishing in before it got dark. I went to the hotel to get us sorted out, and into our room. I can't wait to get out on the river. Everything is going according to plan. I couldn't wait to get back up to the north country for some more classic steelhead flyfishing..

Jurgen, And Wolfgang Come To Squamish.

Jurgen, and Wolfgang, came to Squamish for a fishing adventure.They arrived on Friday Sept 11th. I met them in downtown Squamish, and we went to get fishing liscences for them, and then I showed them the lower squamish where we would start the adventure fishing for pinks. We fished the next day below the Mamquam River, with not to much success, there weren't alot of fish moving through at all. We went to the Brew Pub for dinner to cellebrate there arrival. We fished the Ashlu River, and found lots of pinks up there. We ran into Kara, when we were up there. It was nice to see her on the river. She had a couple fish on and then we saw her back at the parking lot. Jurgen, Wolfgang, and myself were enjoying a beer, and some good conversation talking about the days events. We all went to the Watershed Grill, for a great dinner. That was fun. I took them up to Green Lake, and we fished the mouth of Fitzsimmons Creek, where Jurgen pulled out a small dolly, and that was it. After that it was lunch in Whistler, and to the Fly Shop. The next day was up to the Birkenhead River, to try our luck at catching a few dollies, bulls, and rainbows, even some sockeye salmon. We all caught fish that day. It was a fun day and they liked the river alot. They left on Wednesday Morning, and headed for Smithers. It was great to see them again. I think they will come back another time..

Waiting for The Pinks To arrive..

I'm waiting for the pinks to come up the Squamish River. I am hoping that the run will be a strong one, with lots of fish. It's always fun to go down to the river, because you always see someone you, know. I like to go down to the mouth of the Mamquam where it runs into the Squamish. I usually go out first thing in the morning when there are no crowds. I get the best spot, or my favourite spot and catch tons of fish. Sometimes I try the floating line, instead of the sink tip. I think that I will float the river, a few times so that I can get away from the crowds, and have some space to myself. I'm hoping for a good return this year. I'm also hoping that they open it so that you, can take at least one fish for the BBQ... That would be great. Beers and BBQed, Pink Salmon. Awesome... It is official Jurgen, and Wolfgang are coming to Squamish. It will be a fun week, I am looking forward to showing them around and taking them fishing. It will be great to hang with the German Dudes!!..

Island Lake 2009.

I spent a week fishing up at Island Lake with Andy. We left on the Saturday morning and made our way up there. Along the way we made the all important stop at Tim Hortons for coffee, and doughnuts. Then on to our favourite lake. We stopped in Merrit, to go into the Powder Keg, to have a brief look around and then to the lake we went. Upon arrival at the lake where we set up camp for the week, we saw Russel, and Jeff, as they were packing up to head out. We talked for awhile, as they were packing the rest of there stuff. We picked our spot and set up our camp. It was great to see those guys again because it had been so long since I had seen them. We fished alot during that week. I saw somebody else that I knew camping just at the next site over from us. Dave was up there with his wife, and two kids. I was surprised to see him up there, so in the evening I went over to talk to him. It was great to be up at my favourite lake again. The fishing was pretty slow for the most part. Andy, and I, both had one good day. I had a 20, fish day and Andy had 35, fish day. The weather stayed good for the whole time that we were there, except for maybe a shower or two. Andy and I were catching most of our fish on chronomids. Brown with a copper ribbing, that Andy tied. We also caught fish on nymph patterns under an indicator, trolling, and anchord. It was a good week, a fun trip and I'll have to go back soon....