Fishing Reports
A QUICK VISIT TO THE QUINSAM 20 JANUARY 2026
After the hatchery job, TheCourtJester drove alone to the Bridge parking area; the intent was to check out the river and see if it had returned to a reasonable fishing state. There were no vehicles in the lot and no one was seen on the trail. The water...
Home Stream Blowout
My home stream, the Little Qualicum River, blew-out overnight. The latest “atmospheric river”, as the weather reporting folks call it, dumped a load of rain during the last couple of days. Upon checking the Water Surveys Branch online water level graph, the overnight...
Christmas In Bella Coola
Marion and I flew into Bella Coola to spend the Christmas Holidays with our son and his family. What’s a trip to Bella Coola without swinging a fly through the pools of the Atnarko and the Bella Coola rivers in search of some resident rainbows or perhaps an incidental...
Tangled Lines
PP II Challenge #11
Hook – Mustad 34007. Size 2 through 2/0. Debarbed and sharpened. Thread – Black, 6/0 Uni Thread. Body – Silver tinsel. Rib – Silver wire. Wing – Three layers of Polar bear hair; bottom white, mid red, top purple. Flash – Six strands of silver Crystal Flash™. Head –...
The Answer Is….
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #10 is: the CDC&Elk. Dutch fly tier extraordinaire, Hans Weilenmann, originated this super-simple, yet deadly effective fly pattern. It consists of only two materials; duck’s arse feather and deer body hair. The wing...
ADAM SYSTEM BROWN TROUT
This long note is from Basher Bob of Nanaimo, since he and I spoke of browns at the recent Royson tying. Nigel Adam / Eve River Brown trout History Way back in 1979 / 80 the highway from Sayward to Port Hardy was completed. Also about that time logging completely...