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| Nicholas Dean guide Sky Richard with a Chinook just under 40 lbs, caught by client Ruud from South Africa. |
We are still feeling the effects of the large snowpack and cool Spring, as water conditions have still remained high on the Skeena and the majority of its tributaries. However, the Kitimat River has still continued to provide reasonably good fishing on most days, and there are still some absolutely huge Chinook in the system, along with the arrival of the numerous Chums and Pinks. One of last week's highlights? Client Ruud from South Africa experienced what he called the "fight of his lifetime!" In a long, slow moving pool with a soft inside seam, he hooked a very large Chinook estimated in the 45 to 50 lb range, and he fought it for well over an hour before the 20 lb tippet broke on a mid stream snag. The Kitimat can be notorious for all the wood in its substrata, which sometimes makes for an unfortunate ending with big fish. But, you can bet that this experience will be etched in his memory for a long time to come....
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| Ruud with a good Chinook caught on his new Hardy Sintrix spey rod, stripping flies on the borders of a small back channel. |
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| Fresh, chrome bright and likely less than a day from the Ocean - even smaller Chinook fight extremely hard. |
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| A bright Chum from the lower Kitimat river. These fish are spectacular game fish, but unfortunately don't receive the credit they deserve. Hook one or two of these fish in the 20 lb range and you'll know what I mean... |
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| Our Chinook fly fishing program combines classic swinging on larger pools and runs as well as retrieving flies along seams and back channels, where the fish like to rest. Some Chinook are light biters, but others like this one absolutely hammer the fly! |
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| Dustin with another nice Chum on the Kitimat River. |
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