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QUINSAM FISHING 4 APRIL 2025
TheCourtJester drove to the river alone, still searching for trout hungry for fry. Besides dogwalkers, there were three anglers; a grandfather and grandson and a youngish chap who tromped through the water that Jester had wanted to fish! Granddad and...
Spider Lake – April 01 & 03, 2025
Before I begin my report, I will fill you in on some input from other club members who recently fished Spider and decided not to share their experience. Chronomids were hot and cold - with some really good days but not so great on Sunday (March 30th). Some very...
Digger-logs
Today, I went for a snoop up in the “closed to angling” section of the Little Qualicum River. That section looks a whole lot different in the wintertime as compared to its summer self. For comparison, the photo above shows the river at low summertime flow. It has been...
On the Beach 26 03 2025
One dumb fish was all she wrote. But that was enough to keep me casting for another half-hour. Then another half-hour… just in case. It became obvious, through the lack of fish activity and no subsequent strikes, that 11”er was the lone sea-run in this area. So, cut...
And the winner is……..
All of those flies featured in this challenge series were arranged in a custom-made wooden fly box. This presentation fly box, shown below, was constructed of Purple Heart hardwood, with solid brass hinges, rare-earth magnetic closure and closed cell foam inserts. It...
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...
Spider Lake – 2025-03-06
As this looked the last day of good weather for at least a week or more, Roy and I decided to get out to Spider for our first trip of 2025. We were very optimistic, having heard from Sylvain that the fishing had been pretty hot the week prior. I arrived around 8 AM to...
