Fishing Reports
Pastel Coho
Sometimes you just never know what might bite your fly when you keep your hook in the water. Five days of scouting local beaches for signs of milling Coho had not paid off in fish found. So, next in line was to check out local rivers. The Big Qualicum was a no-go, due...
On the Beaches 10 10 ’24
As I have done many times before, acting on yesterday’s news of there being some Coho in the neighbourhood, I made a trip to the beach to see first-hand. The news came from a heretofore reliable source, James, a fellow beach rat with many seasons under his rod tip....
2024 Coho Beach Fish Out/BBQ/30 year Celebration
***** Apologies for the late filed report. ***** Our 4-man group decided to try fishing closer to Saratoga Beach on one of the public beach access points. We met at 09:00 ish at the south end of Driftwood Road - immediately in front of the gated private community. We...
Tangled Lines
The Calvin Shrimp
Ask and ye shall receive. So, what are buddies for, if not to come through in the crunch? Keith sent me this photo of the actual fly he used to catch both his big sea-trout and his personal best Atlantic salmon, reported on previously. Here is his accompanying note:...
More From Across the Pond
When good fortune smiles, it smiles brightly. Having received another e-mail from good buddy Keith Hyett, with accompanying photo, my thought was this time it deserves to be told in the fisher’s own words. So, from Keith’s e-mail comes this: Subject: “Same Pool, Same...
From Across the Pond
Thought you might like to hear a fishing report from across the pond. Keith Hyett, former owner/operator of Coast Sportfish Fly Shop in Parksville, now living back in merry olde England, sent me the above featured photo. The fish shown is a nice sized sea-trout,...