Big Q Renovation
I got a nice surprise today. Went down to the Big Qualicum River to try my luck at catching some springtime trout. What with all those “millions” of mixed stock salmon fry heading out to the ocean from the hatchery, prospects for finding some fry eaters should be...
Patent Challenge Draw Winners – CVF AGM – March 2025
Casting Off Winter
Today, March 20th, is officially the first day of Spring and my long-time fly-fishing partner, Kennedy Fisher, is about to wake up. She has been with me on every early season outing since 1978. We have explored many new waters and have caught a lot of fine trout and...
And the Winners Are…
On November 11th, 2024, a fly pattern identification challenge series launched on this Comox Valley Flyfishers Club website. These challenges consisted of sixteen individual fly pattern ID questions; one posted each week. The series ran under the Tangled Lines section...
Answer to FINAL Challenge #16
The correct answer to this final challenge is, the Steelhead Bee. In his book, Fisherman’s Fall, (1964), Roderick Haig-Brown writes, “Most of my fish have been taken on a No.8 hook with a dressing I now call the Steelhead Bee…. There is nothing sacred or mystic about...
OYSTER RIVER FIN CLIPPING
This is the info I mentioned earlier; please consider giving ORES a helping hand. If you do and reply to this appeal, please answer the questions, by email to: ores123@gmail.com Hope to see you there, Nigel ORES Coho Clipping: March 11-12 (Tuesday-Wednesday), 2025;...
FINAL Challenge #16
Hook – Mustad 9671, size #6 - #12. De-barb and sharpen. Thread – Black. Tail – Fox Squirrel tail hair, quite bushy. Body – Wool or floss, brown-yellow-brown segments wound onto hook shank. Wings – Fox Squirrel tail hair, quite bushy, divided and slanting forward....
Answer to Challenge #15
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #15 is, the Silver Thorn. The Silver Thorn is an original fly pattern for Coho and Chinook salmon tied with a minimalist approach by Barry Thornton. The waters around the East end of Denman and Hornby Islands, Chrome Island...
OYSTER RIVER HATCHERY FIN CLIPPING
This is one of the important jobs for the hatchery; it is quite labour intensive and thus requires more volunteers than normal. At this time, I am asking club members for their assistance. We now have the dates for the clipping exercise ~ March 11 and 12. In the...