Fishing Reports

As I write this report the sky is clear and blue, a dusting of snow is sprinkled on top of Kitimats highest mountain, Mount Elizabeth. This mountain is an incredible piece of local history and has mysteriously gobbled up inexperienced climbers in dense fog, that blows in unknowingly as the weather patterns change regularly atop here two peaks. Her smallest peak, the other, given little respect until you climb her is called little Elizabeth.

The local streams like the Kitimat are tea colored and dropping, full of fresh Coho. The story from the local native Haisla Indians tells us that this is the largest run the Kitimat has ever seen, eight full weeks of running Coho a record.

The Skeena tributary, the Kalum is dropping on the upper reaches the Coho very fiesty on the fly, the lower section shaping up very nice and Steelhead running. The mainstem Skeena is a postcard picture, the typical autumn colors with a fly angler in the foreground with a tight line. Our man from Russia, Serge is pictured in the photo gallery and he is into a Skeena Steelhead. The river is very clean and Coho Salmon are seen teeming thru the fast riffles in large numbers, always a nice tight line when they pounce on a swung fly. Our client from Wales, U.K. Martin hooked and landed some large Bull Trout on a Spey pattern of his own creation. Martin has tied flies for as long as he can remember and his flies are flawless, in a variety of patterns, the majority Spey. Our Seattle area Speycaster Tim Gelinas, put on a spey clinic casting his entire 150ft. line with the Skagit lines, these lines are a creation sent from God, and Tim has mastered them. Having the Skagit River in his backyard as a playground Tim has loads of fishing time.

Tim enjoyed his trip into Skeena country commenting that our rivers are very similar to his own.

Attached is our longtime client Keith with a large Northern Coho as well Vancouver coffee

Producer Jeff with a fresh Coho on the fly, one of many these fellas poked while in Skeena country. Our ocean trips are peaking as September brings not only saltwater flyfishing for Coho's as well the Humpback whale watching is incredible. During the spectacle you witness large schools of Herring dancing on the waters surface then a burst from the waters beneath as a large Humpback takes a mouth watering taste of the oceans offer. Douglas Channel tributaries are also fishing very well as Silvers are thick in the glacier fed rivers. With the summer ending the Bears are also sneaking a belly full of spawning Salmon as the shorelines are littered with spawned out Pink and Chinook salmon. The coats on the black bears are very shiny on account of them swimming so often in the rivers feeding.

With or peak Steelheading upon us this October look forward to some great action photos. Our October list of clienst include the the Ketxlingers, the Ebi's from Japan, as well clients From the Babine.