Fishing Reports

When I first talked to Guy Tucker he was very keen to get into BC Salmon and Steelhead on his new Speyrod. Spending a week in Skeena country the year previous with a spincasting guide he came up with a strikeout and a trip back to the dugout. This season Guy hit for the cycle including a Grand Slam home run as all Salmon species and a Steelhead came to the fly for our Pilot from Seattle WA.

When Guy booked his trip to Skeena country he flew his own plane into the abyss from Washington the Terrace BC. Guy tells me he flew for 2.5 Hrs. in whiteout conditions filled with dense fog, with only his gages to guide him into Heaven. Once on the ground Guy spent the entire afternoon and evening sleeping it off awaiting his next days adventure. Guy booked as a single angler and joined two other groups oil spill. The black mass was Salmon! On the way into our first pool we watched as a Grizzly sow and two cubs sauntered along the rivers during his weeklong stay plus a day. The mornings of day one Guy as well two other anglers were guided into a pristine river via Helicopter. Not a bad way to start out your trip, eh. Our chopper pilot set us down in numerous emerald green pools filled with what looked like from the air as an edge in search of food and fun. Fishing the first pool we had an unexpected fisherman show up across the river. A small but aggressive Grizzly sniffed his way along the shoreline and disappeared into the dense brush, not until we snapped a few great shots of him. Seeing these Grizzly bears in the wild is something that is not only breathtaking but also marvelous. I guess when glaciers surround you and rock faces it is all a wonderland.

After numerous fish we choppered up to the next pool, and the next until we could not fish no more and the river was merely a trickle off of the massive glacier that fed this amazing watershed. On our trip back to the Terrace airport the chopper pilot dropped us off at the doorstep of the lodge, man the smiles we had when we landed, eat your heart out Hollywood. Guy fished allot of the streams on the BC coast from the Skeena to the Nass to the Kitimat we swung a fly into them all. Running Coho and Steelhead on the Skeena, fresh Kings on the Nass, running Chum and Pink on the Kitimat, it was a dream come true. Not only for the clients but also as well the guides. Of all the clients I have guided over the years Mr. Tucker was the easiest going. Bouncing around from guide to guide, group to group he prevailed and won the finest prize of all, a excellent trip and hooking all these fish on the fly. If a trophy were to be handed out Guy would have received it. Having spent a season or so as a guide himself he realized what it took to keep everyone happy each and everyday. Attached are some of Guys takes on the fly as well a series of photos detailing the chopper trips we offer located in the photo gallery.