Squamish River - Fish on!!!

This photo was taken on day two of four this winter season spent on the river. I was desperately hoping to be so lucky to get a brief moment with an elusive steelhead. It was necessary to de-ice my eyelets every 5 casts or so as the temperature was well below freezing. Having historically just been a chironomid fisherman, river fishing as a whole is new to me so why not start with one of the toughest fisheries? I wasn't so lucky this year, but there is always next year and I have already come to appreciate that no days on the river are wasted.

Summer Pinks on the Fly

November Fresh Chum

Squamish River Rain Forest Trail

Giant Humpy!...

Giant Humpy! Hot summer fly fishing for Jurassic Pink Salmon on the Squamish River, BC

Pink Salmon Closure on the Squamish River

DFO's salmon update for the Squamish River: "Effective September 7 at 23:59 hours, you may not retain pink salmon... downstream of boundary signs at the powerline crossing approximately 1.5 km upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River....This fishery is moving to non-retention because the pink salmon have commenced spawning behaviour." http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?Count=26&pg=search_results&ID=all&Year=2015&CFID=16266135&CFTOKEN=92894719

Trophy Pink Salmon!

Squamish River, BC is still producing large numbers of pink salmon including some Trophy size pink salmon which Kurtis caught while fly fishing yesterday.

This is a public boat launch located in the blind channel leading into Squamish (Howe Sound). It is a gravel launch shared by day fishers, boaters, and members of the Squamish Yacht Club.