Hi im looking for a 5 weight fly rod for 100-170$ Anyone know where i can buy one?ill be just using it for trolling in my float tube for smaller trout and bass.
thanks
The other day I walked out on the dock at the Elk lake boat launch thinking about trying later on for the afternoon chironomid hatch which was coming on strong.
There was a female bass on a spawn rub not more than 7 to 8 feet away brooding her eggs as they hatched.
As I watched her guarding...
So i was chatting with a guy a few days ago and he mentioned this lake and he said there was bass pumpkin seeds and carp.If this is true can you fish it?I was just wondering because ive never heard of that place.
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After countless hours trolling on Okanagan Lake with little to no success I parked the boat and made the long journey down south to the Okanagan River for some bass fishing last weekend. I have to say after a little searching... there are spots on this river INFESTED with bass!! Non stop action...
Sport fishing column for Oct 18 to 25, 2010
"In the best stories about fly fishing…big fish are caught, or lost; people say wild and spontaneous words; events become memory and sometimes; in the hands of a master, these bleed into art." Nick Lyons.
Our BC angler's begin their years...
Sport fishing column for Oct 11 to 18, 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was an age of wisdom, it was an age of foolishness," A Tale of two cities, Charles Dickens
Every fall thanks to thirty years of good work in conservation, our rivers are filled with...
Sport fishing column for Oct 4 to 11, 2010
"As a Presbyterian, my father believed that man by nature was a damn mess, and that only by picking up God's rhythms could we regain power and beauty." Norman MacLean; A River Runs Through It.
Salmon season is upon us again and soon all our...
OVERVIEW – Trout fishing is IMPROVING and bass fishing has been GOOD on the local lakes. Trout fishing is SLOW on the Cowichan River. Salmon fishing is GOOD on the Nitinat River if you don’t mind the crowds. Fall stocking of local lakes with catchable rainbows has started this past week. If you...
Sport fishing column for Sept 27 to Oct 4, 2010
Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Another fishery is compromised. During the time that has passed since last years chum salmon fishery on the Stave River, no parking signs have been erected on...
OVERVIEW – Trout fishing is IMPROVING and bass fishing has been GOOD on the local lakes. Trout fishing is SLOW on the Cowichan River. Salmon fishing is GOOD on the Nitinat River if you don’t mind the crowds. Fall stocking of local lakes with catchable rainbows has started this past week...
OVERVIEW – Trout fishing is FAIR and bass fishing has been GOOD on the local lakes. Trout fishing is SLOW on the Cowichan River.
CowichanRiver – The water level on the Cowichan River is at the summer lows. Fishing is tough and tubers will be out in full force if we ever get a warm, sunny...
Sport fishing column for Sept 20 to 27, 2010
"You like to tell true stories, don't you? He asked, and I answered, 'Yes, I like to tell stories that are true." Norman MacLean; A River Run Through It.
Telling the story; oh how we love to tell those tails. It has been a big part of...
Sport fishing column for Sept 13 to 20, 2010
"My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation come by grace, and grace by art and art does not come easy." Norman MacLean; A River Run Through It...
Hello All,
I just went fishing today on the Fraser River around Sapperton Landing off the shore for a few hours and caught nothing--even though salmon were jumping out of the water all around me. I was casting Gibbs Kit-a-mats, Crocs, and Fox spinners of various sizes, all to naught. Not even...
Sport fishing column for Sept 6 to 13, 2010
Last week I addressed the fact that this year's record Fraser River sockeye return did not just happen; it is the result of years of concentrated conservation efforts by many parties. While this return of the salmon is a wonder to some, it is one...
For quite a while now I blame my late night owlness @ targeting the 11:30 CHEK station for Gary Coopers NICE FISH
Now its an American broadcast of Night Line............WTF!!!!!!!!
Guess I'll have 2 settle for the weekend day broadcast
For twenty years I have learned & been entertained...
OVERVIEW – Trout fishing is FAIR and bass fishing has been GOOD on the local lakes. Trout fishing is SLOW on the Cowichan River.
Cowichan River – The water level on the Cowichan River is at the summer lows. Fishing is tough and tubers will be out in full force if we ever get a warm, sunny...
Sport fishing column for August 30 to Sept 6, 2010
For everything there is a season, a time to be quiet and a time to speak.
The last warm days of summer are heralded in farming communities as the time of the harvest. Here in British Columbia the harvest many look forward to is not a...