Lake Fishing
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...
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...
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...
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...
PP II Challenge #10
Hook – Mustad 9672. Size 10 or 12. Debarbed and sharpened. Thread – Black, 6/0 Uni Thread. Body – Cul de Canard feather, dyed black, wrapped around hook shank. Wing – Natural Elk or Deer body hair, sparse with stubble ends showing. Head – Tying thread, lacquered....
The Answer Is….
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #9 is: the Klinkhǻmer. Hans van Klinken originated this fly to better imitate an emerging Mayfly. It was in Norway on the 27th of June 1984 that the first Klinkhǻmer special was born from the vise of Hans van Klinken, for...
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...
On Designing a New Fly
With the hundreds of thousands of fly patterns already out there, one might think that all bases are covered when it comes to catching any particular type of fish. On the face of it, that may be true. On the other hand, fish being the perverse creatures they are,...
PP II Challenge #9
Hook -- Daiichi 1160 or Daiichi 1167 Klinkhåmer hooks, size 8 through20. Thread -- Uni-thread, 8/0, grey or tan for body, Spiderweb for parachute. Body -- Fly Rite™ poly dubbing or Antron™ yarn, any colour of preference. Wing -- One to three strands of white...
