Fishing Reports
On the Little Q. 07/05/26
I witnessed one successful fisher on the river today. He was dressed in an all-white body suit with an iridescent black hood; a male Common merganser. He dove then surfaced with a small fish, likely a coho smolt, hopefully not a steelhead or Cutthroat trout juvenile....
QUINSAM FISHING 1 MAY 2026
TheCourtJester drove alone to the Bridge parking area; there were a couple of vehicles parked. While Jester was gearing up, an angler returned to his car to recover a forgotten item; although Jester never saw him again, Jester saw the wet footprints as he...
Beach fishing
April 29 trip to the Royston wrecks, catching the top half of the afternoon flood. Arriving around 1500 hrs and 9.5’ water. 1900 hrs was high water of 13.6’, wind was light and variable NW going SE, no waves to worry about, so I had decided my hip waders would be...
Tangled Lines
The Klinkhamer-Chronie
I gave away my Frog Boat, oars, anchor, seat cushions, life jacket, the whole kit and kaboodle, to my son, the one with two young boys who may have more use for it than me. Seems like these days my time spent fishing on foot along the shoreline of some small lake or...
The FINAL Answer Is…
This bonus fly pattern seemed to perplex a few folks with its unusual bi-colour construction. Subsequently, more hints were given out on this one than for any other fly pattern in the PP II Challenge series. So, let’s get to it…. The correct/acceptable answer for...
— FINAL– PP II Challenge #21 — BONUS
It has been my pleasure and a privilege bringing you these weekly fly ID challenges over the past twenty-one weeks. It has been a fun and thought-provoking ride. But, as has been said, all good things must come to an end. So, this is the final installment of the...