A Good Day Climbing In Squamish B.C..

I went out climbing for the first time this year. It was a great day, the sun was shining, and let me not forget about the great climbing partner I had. I met Kara early on Sunday morning. She came up to my place and we headed over to Murrin Park. We arrived at the sugarloaf, and we were the only ones there for a couple of hours before other climbers arrived. We climbed all the routes, and had a fun day. We toproped, and placed gear. Kara, had never done any leading before so I went up first, placed some gear and then I pulled the rope through and she tied in and led her first few climbs. kara did well. After that it was to the Brew Pub for beer, and burgers, and to reflect on what a great day we had!!.

The Other Side Of The River...

I have found that floating the river is the best way to really see it and to get to know it. It seems that in the past couple of weekends, I have hooked up on a few more fish with the advantage of being able to get to the other side of the river. It allows you, to fish water that doesn't get fished all the time. So far all of the steelhead, and dollies, I have caught have been on the wild side of the river. It's fun to float along with the current, and let the river take you, on a peaceful and quiet, journey. There are many different types of water craft that are reasonable to float the river. I like the pontoon boat, it is very easily manouvered through tough sections of river. It is very stable and they handle great in fast currents. They also carry all your essential gear you, would need for your day on the river. It's great to be on the other side of the river!!!...

Fishing On The Wild Side... The First Float Of 2009.

Today I decided to float the Squamish, from about 25 mile, down to the Ashlu bridge. It was great to fish the river, on the other side. I was on the river at 8:30 am, it was a nice day to be out. I found a few dollies, and bulls, that wanted to come out and bite my flies. The fly choices today, were black bunny strip sculpin intruders, a greyish white bunny strip egg sucking leach type intruder pattern. And a fly that I haden't ever used before, it was a wine coloured spey hackle, with purple marabou and a small amount of flash. The water was a little coloured just enough so that any fish would not be spooked. I haven't floated the river in two years, so I made a day of it. I had to drop off my boat, where I started and then drive back down to the pull out spot, and then ride my bike back to the drop in , and begin my float down the river. It was a fun day, a few fish, and a great way to see the river....

The First Steelhead Of 2009..

Well it was about time that I hooked up on a steelhead. I have been looking for one for the past couple of months. It was a great day, on the Squamish, but to my surprise there were lots of other fisherman on the river. I fished with Derick, again today and we, got a late start out there today. As we drove along the gravel road by the river, we saw some vehicles at 24 mile, and at chuck, chuck creek. We continued on up to 27 mile, and there were vehicles from there all the way up to 28 mile. We decided to walk up at 28 mile and fish a nice piece of water, where Derick caught a nice dolly. We ended up walking up river to see what we could find. We fished at 29 mile, and that's where I got lucky. I tied up a nice sculpin pattern, and swung it through the run. It was a deep run, about five to six feet deep. I made a long cast into the slacker water on the other side, and as it swung into the mid part of the run the line tightened and the fight was on. I had decided to go with a type 8, sink tip. I wanted to get the fly down there and right in front of that fish. I think he hit it in the mid part of the swing. It felt good to catch that steelhead, and feel that pull on the line. I did an expert job of landing it and getting it to hand. The pictures were taken, the fish released, and all was good....

In The Wild Squamish Valley...

Today was a great day, I met up with Derick, and we were surprised to find that the upper Squamish Valley road, had no snow all the way up to 28 mile,.. We fished 27 mile, and found a few dollies. We fished all the way down around the corner. After that we decided to go and fish the old guides run, Derick hooked up on a dolly, in a nice run that should have held more fish. We had an 11, fish day today, Derick had some good luck, today. It was great that he did well because he had never been up in that part of the river. I was happy to be up there because it had been so long since I had fished that part of the river. It was so so peaceful, and such a scenic spot. We saw a few mountain goats, on the other side of the river. There weren't any other fisherman out there. We had the river all to ourselves. I tied up a few sculpin patterns and chucked those around for awhile. I managed to get one, so I know that it works. The one that worked for me, had a blackish green body, with a light coloured schlappen tail, red schlappen for the gills, and some crystal flash. I am giong to do some more experimenting, to come up with some more patterns, that will entice the big one....

Having A good Week Off...

Well I had the week off, And it was good. I was on the river, alot of the time and it was wet and rainy. I was fishing with Derek, for the last few days. And that was great, to have someone, to fish with. We were fishing around the 20, mile area on the Squamish as usual. I also fished the Cheakamus River, as well. I have not been on that river for years. Derek showed me a couple of nice spots. I put in a couple days, on my own. Andy came up on Friday, and he fished up around 22 mile, we parked up at High Falls, and I walked up to 24 mile. I fished through my favourite spot where I hooked up on lots of steelhead, and dollies. I worked my way down river, and went around a log jam, and met Andy. We fished down through the Goat Run. And as I fished through a nice piece of water I had a nice bully, on and then it popped off and that was the only one I had on. I was wet, and water logged, and I had enough of the pouring rain. Andy stayed out there, up at the Ashlu Bridge area... anyway I hope that saturday is not so wet, and rainy. It was a fun week...