Fishing Reports
Conuma River
Thursday, in the early morning rain, Bret, Ringer, the Hammer and I headed out for the Conuma. Our timing was pretty good as the heavy rains the day before and overnight raised the river enough to send a ton of fish upriver. Unfortunately the lower water level had...
Re-Opening Day 2026 (foiled again)
September 1st. – reopening day on many streams. Great to be able to renew old acquaintance with a favourite stream today; the Little Qualicum River. Water level was its usual low self this time of year – 4.78m on the Water Surveys of Canada graph. Clarity -- very...
Low Tide at the Oyster River (Sunday, August 23, 2026)
Canada geese can be seen taking over the prominent deep hole located right at the end of the river mouth trail. This slot is a classic collection point for staging salmon. Arrived early morning to catch the 09:05 Campbell River low tide. The flats were vast, the...
Tangled Lines
Big Changes on the Little Q.
A short, illustrated account of remedial stream work being undertaken on the Little Qualicum River unfolds below. Starting back in 2009, I have been shooting repetitive photos from certain vantage points on the Little Q., as my way of documenting changes to the river...
An Osprey Spawns a Theory
We fly fishers seem to come up with more fish related theories than perhaps any other group of anglers. Such occurred to me just yesterday. My recent experience with an Osprey eagle circling overhead, while I stood knee deep in a river casting my fly line, (see The...
Writing on Water
Having read the book a couple of times, it was then passed on to a lucky recipient as an item at one of our CVFF club annual fundraising auctions. The title of that book was, as best remembered, Writing on Water. Over the years since, odd-ball passages or technical...