Breakfast, and a float down the Squamish...

Brian, and I were thinking of floating the upper squamish. As luck would have it when we got to the 20mile, ranch it was snowing and there was allready a few inches of snow on the ground so we went with plan B. After an adventurous morning we had breakfast at Fergies Cafe. It was great!! then we headed down to the lower river and put in at Judd Rd. We had a fun time drifting down the river and checking things out, casting here and there looking for a fish. Didn't find anything but it was still a nice crisp cold day.

Whistler Flyfishing, Downtown Squamish.

Squamish now has a flyfishing shop located on Main, and Third St. in downtown Squamish. It's pretty cool because now there is a place to buy fly tying materials, and outerwear. There is a selection of rods, reels, and lines to meet everyones needs. Lots of flies, are displayed on the counter. It's great to work in a small shop because everything is right there at your fingertips. This is a real change for me to work in a shop that I get to talk about flies, and flylines and fishing in general. Also it's great to get paid to do that. Working for Brian and Whistler Flyfishing is going to be fun!!!.. So come pay us a visit it will be worth your while... We'll give you all the information you need to have a positive expierence out on the river..

The Mighty Thompson River!!...

It was a whirlwind trip to the Thompson. Andy, Kris and myself headed up for a couple of days of fishing a world famous river with BIG steelhead. We arrived on the river on Saturday morning and started at the task of trying to catch one of those big bad boys!!.. Needless to say by sunday all we had seen was some nice rainbow trout by the trout master himself Andy, had caught.. It was great to be on the river since neither of us had ever tried fishing for the legendary steelhead that lurk in it's pools and runs. The weather was cold and clear. Andy and Kris slept in a tent while I slept soundly in my car.. I ran into a few people that I knew, Shain from Squamish, and Kara from revelstoke, and also met some guys from the states. We went to the log cabin pub and had some great food.. We camped out at the grease hole campground.. The river is wild and It is hard to wade because of the slippery rocks. I now can say that I've fished the mighty Thompson River!!!.. And mighty it is.. If it opens up again sometime I will go and give it my all to catch a Thompson Steelhead..

Melanie's Last day..

The day had to come sometime.. The last day that Melanie could set foot on the river, and cast a fly in hopes of hooking up with a big chum.. and as luck would have it she did. It was the last time she would be in Squamish, and the Brew Pub. So we had to go and have beer and natchos.We made the day last as long as we could hangin' out in the pub, talking and laughing, and enjoying the last time together. Then it was off to the airport to see her off and say goodbye but not forever. It was a great year and a half and I will never forget it for as long as I live. I will always remember the fun and good times that we had...

The Gang, At The Toilet Bowl!!...

The gang was all there, Me, Mellanie, Brian, Ron, Ken and Jonathan. We fished a spot on the river named the toilet bowl, because there was an old toilet that someone had put right at the rivers edge. Also because the tide comes in pretty high in that spot and creates kind of a big bowl of water.. It was to much fun, hangin' out with everyone and catching fish. We brought down the lawn chairs and made up our office outside. We had the big screen tv, so to speak because we had such great scenery as far as the eye could see.. We stayed there allday and in the end everyone took some fish... The Toilet Bowl delivers all the chromers one could ask for.. A great spot!!!...

Fun Fishing, Great Food..

The day started early as usual. I headed up to Whistler, to pick up Marie. I met her at six in the morning and we came back to fish the Squamish for Pinks. We only had a short day because she had to work. in the end it turned out she didn't so we decided to get some things from Nesters Market in whistler, and it was off to her house to cook up a nice fresh salmon. We also got lots of fresh vegatables, and made a salad. She made an incredible salad dressing, and some bread it was great!!. Her place that she was renting was a nice shalet style cabin, with a big table in the middle. It was great hanging out and having such a great lunch. The food was good, the company great. And the fishing was fun to...

Fishing With New Friends, And Old Friends...

Tight lines lots of fun and some awesome company. I took Marie, out to catch a few pinks on the lower Squamish. What a blast I had tons of fun, she had never flyfished before and she was very eager to get out there and try it. I did my usual and taught her the basics of casting and she did the rest. I couldn't believe how fast she learned. It was a great day, eventhough I didn't even cast a line that much. It was warm and sunny. It's great because I am off for a week, and having some new friends and old friends, out on the river is all that counts. I invited Dave, Andrea, Holden and Avery to come and try some fishing. It was great to finally get them out there and watch them hook up on a few. I ran into lots of other people that I haven't seen for awhile. My good buddy Cliff, even showed up and it was great to see him as well. Kirt an old buddy of mine from way back came up a few times and it was good to see him as well.. It was a social event all in all, and that's what makes it so much fun to hang out with everyone.