Fishing Reports
Horne Lake
In an attempt to "officially" get the fishing season under way, President Dean called for a fish out on Horne Lake for Feb. 26th. The weather reports looked doubtful as all of the BC Ferries were cancelled as a result of high winds, but four Club members went anyway....
On the Beaches 21 02 21
From our prime vantage point we could scan a whole lot of coastline; from Kuhushan Point to the headland marking the boundary between Williams Beach and Elma Bay. That beachfront measures just a tad over 5km. in length. We were there plotting our next move. Our...
Puntledge River 07 02 2021
Our progress upstream along the Puntledge river was halted after a stone bounced off the brim of my fishing partner's hat. The nugget had been tossed down at us from a young couple standing on the cliff-top riverside trail thirty metres above us. Perhaps they thought...
Tangled Lines
One Weird Arachnid
Every now and then a quirky e-mail shows up in my in-box. This particular one came in at my request for being placed on a newsletter mailing list from the website of a specialized dry/surface fly fishing, fly tying fin-addict at http://www.fishmadman.com/ Amongst the...
Gold River Steelhead — Redux
Usually, at this time of year, a few trips over to the Gold river for winter-run steelhead are in the works. Not so much anymore. The Muchalat river, a main tributary to the Gold, is sometimes worth a rub now, but that stream is short and easily covered, so making the...
ancient history
This tale contains ancient history and a surprise ending . Over 30 years ago I was a member of the Haig Brown club in Victoria . In the club was a small group of beach cuttie wierdos who used to come up to fish the beaches around the Oyster R. While fishing the beach...