Fishing Reports
CAMPBELL RIVER/QUINSAM FISHING 13 AUGUST 2026
See-Oh drove TheCourtJester to both the Campbell and Quinsam rivers; but first was a detour to find Oh’s fishing bag that his equipment manager has foolishly left somewhere at Miracle Beach. After visiting the third and last beach access point, the bag...
A Quandary….
Here is a question for you; Q.- can you spot the incongruity in the photo shown above? Since this was the final day before this area of the Big Qualicum River becomes closed to angling, I had to see for myself whether any more salmon had piled into the Boundary Pool...
A Real Mixed Bag Outing….
As far as finding fish was concerned, today was a real mixed bag. First up, a quick stop into the Big Qualicum River to check out the Boundary Pool. Two weeks ago, there were about a dozen-and-a-half Pink salmon and one lonely Chinook holding in there. Last week,...
Tangled Lines
The RH-B50 Fly Tying Challenge – Has Concluded and Congratulations, Michael Nihls
Slightly more than one year ago, the CVF membership participated in the Patent Patterns challenge series. This event involved identifying a specific collection of fishing flies, and reached its conclusion with the presentation of the entire set to the participant who...
RH-B50 Winners Announced
The Roderick Haig-Brown flies RH-B50 Fly Tying Challenge has successfully concluded. Over one hundred and fifty expressions of interest were received from potential participants. Many of those followed up by submitting their flies for judging. To recap: In 1998,...
What’s Really Going on Down There?
Fly fishers are curious creatures. We probe the depths with a semblance of something we surmise a fish might want to bite. Quite often we do not know if fish are even present down there. Regardless, still we persevere. Ignorance is bliss, as they say. But some folks...