A day on the river with Luke from England.

A week a go I fished the Squamish, with Luke from England. We went to fish the 24, mile area and we had an awseome day. We caught a few nice dollies, on the fly. Luke had never fished with a fly rod before, and I had to show him how to cast.It was fun showing someone, something that they had never expierenced before. It was fun for me because I was the guy showing him where to cast, and it was great to see him catch a few all on his own. I really enjoyed having the opportunity, to take Luke out on the river. We had fun, it was a great day, and he was happy to have caught fish. After the day was done we went to the Howe sound Brew Pub, for some food, and a cold beer. A great time was had by all.

Another Three Days On The River.

Yes I spent the weekend looking for a chum that wanted to bite my fly. I thought that I had a couple of light takes. I floated the lower Squamish, and didn't see that many fish rolling, except for the ones that I scared as I drifted over the shallow riffles, that they were moving through. I met this dude from England when I was out on sunday. We talked for awhile and we are planning on doing some fishing sometime. I met John, on Monday, and we hung out for awhile, and talked about a plan to take John out fishing. I said to him that it would be great for me to be the guide. It will be fun.......

A Summary Of The 2008 Bulkley River Adventure Friday October 17th.

It was a fantastic trip, with lots of fish action. The numbers of fish were there. The people that we met were great, the weather for the most part was good. During the first week, there were lots of people out on the river. There was alot of boats going up and down the river as well. As the end of the first week, came closer the amount of fishing pressure lightened up. As the second week, started there was hardly anyone out in the spots that we fished. The river stayed in great shape, and didn't colour up at all. The fly choices were lots of dark patterns, such as black, and combinations of black and blue together, with a little bit of flash on them. Black and chartreuse, together, black and orange, purple with orange, all of these flies were of the intruder style, tied on small size waddington shanks. Sink tips in the type 6, and type 3, were the most effective ways to get the fly down to most of the willing takers. The amount of fish in the two weeks that we were here, between two of us totaled up to somewhere around 80, steelhead hooked. That is alot of steelhead in one river. I never thought that we could find so many fish in my wildest dreams. The Bulkley River, is truly an awesome river, when the fish are in and the numbers are there. This will always be a river I will fish every year. The quality of fish, and the size of fish, Are absolutely incredible. They fight hard and jump the odd time, and run into your backing from time to time. These steelhead are some of the strongest, I have ever had the pleasure of having at the end of my line. Well that summs up the Bulkley River, trip up here in SMITHERS, BC,.........

A Cold Wet Day On The Bulkley River. Fishing With The German Dudes!!!!!.

On Wednesday, we made plans to go fish with two German, guys that we met on tuesday, while Andy and I were out fishing. We all met in downtown Smithers, because Andy, and I were going into one of the tackle shops. I had to go and buy some replacement tips, for my spey line, and then it was off to the river, for another days fishing. We met up with Wolfgang, and Jurgen, and then decided where to go. We fished up above, Telkwa for awhile, and then in the afternoon we, decided to go to Ebenezer, to see if we might find a few steelhead, moving through. We a stayed there until about dark, and then headed back to the motel, to put our gear away and then it was off to the Alpenhorn, with Wolfgang, and Jurgen, for a huge meal. It was a fun day, I had a great time showing Jurgen, some casting tips. The next day was Thursday, it was colder all day, and it even decided to snow a little bit. Unfortunatly for me the water temperature, was very cold so I had trouble getting those fiesty, Bulkley River, steelhead to bite. We are going out with Jurgen, and Wolfgang, for dinner tonight at the Mexican, Restaurant. It should be fun, just like last night. I might even fish on Friday, Im not sure yet. It has been a fun trip, we have seen lots of the same people from last year. And we have hooked into many steelhead!!!!!!!!.

BIG STEELHEAD,GOING CRAZY!!!!!!!!.

On saturday we had a great day. Between Andy, and myself we hooked into 12, fish and landed a few. We were fishing around the Ebeneezer, area. When we went to Ebeneezer, in the afternoon I had three on and almost landed one.It was a superb day. Sunday was a great day as well, I had the biggest steelhead, that ran so far down river, that it was into my backing before I new it. I had to run after it to regain my line. It was I would figure an easy 18, pounder. An awesome battle, a powerful fish, And a lot of fun on the fly. That was the highlight of the trip so far.We also met two germans that were fishing in the same spot. I was giving one of them a lesson, and some advice on spey casting, and helping him set up his line with a sink tip. It was fun for me to share some of my knowledge, and showing someone how to cast the line to get the best drift, and action on the fly, to get a steelhead to strike.We have a week to go, I have documented the last two days....

DAY SEVEN IN STEELHEAD PARADISE

Today was a good day. We had 4 fish on and Andy, landed one and I landed another. For me it was alot better than yesterday, I didnt have a hit all day. I got my fish up above Telkwa, and Andy got his just a little bit below. Both were nice strong fighting steelhead.We went to the Alpenhorn Pub, for another great meal.It seems that wherever we go, it seems we are getting to know alot of the locals.Today we talked to an older guy from the Island that bought a place right on the river, he had fished the river for years.It was a great day, because we landed two nice steelhead.

Day 4 The Steelhead Search Continues

We found a few more steelhead, that wanted to come out and play. We fished the usual spots. And enjoyed being out on the river, as usual. After fishing we went for dinner, and as we were sitting there having a nice cold beer, Andy, and I were talking about how great it was to be back up on the Bulkley, fishing again. It was almost like it was to good to be true, that we were up north casting our lines