Fishing Reports
The View from Bob Weir’s Bench 06 01 25
The reality is, at this time of year, most good sea-run Cutthroat trout are well up into small streams and tiny tributaries preparing to spawn; they’re not feeding in salt water. But as never and always are terms which hold no standing in a fly fisher’s world, some...
2025 CVFF membership dues
Hello Everyone It's that time of the year already. It's time to pay your 2025 CVFF membership dues. You have until February 28 to pay your memberhsip. The payment could be paid in person by cash or cheque at one of the meetings, or be e-transfer by contacting me or on...
Boxing Day Steelhead…?
Boxing Day tradition, being what it is, had me out scouting for places to wet a line. My usual quarry on this day is winter-run steelhead. Pages in my fly fishing journals of past seasons tell of many occasions, when having trudged through fresh snow to some familiar...
Tangled Lines
Challenge #11
Rear Hook - Size 2/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Front Hook – Size 3/0 or size 4/0 Mustad 34007 stainless steel. Hook Connection – 20 lb. test clear nylon™ monofilament loop. Body – Silver or Gold mylar braided tubing slid over front hook. Wing – Extra-long Polar bear hair,...
Answer to Challenge #10
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #10 is, the Quinsam Hackle Qualicum Beach was home to Brigadier General Noel Money (ret’d.). Money was an avid fly-fisher, and the Stamp River was his favourite river to fish for steelhead, but many other waters found the...
Challenge #10
Hook - Size 2/0 to 4, single salmon hook. Thread – Black. Tag – Yellow floss. Tail -- None Body -- Black wool. Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel. Body Hackle – Dyed yellow hackle feather. Collar Hackle – Dyed red and dyed claret hackle feathers. The Challenge...