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| Despite challenging water conditions, the Chinook Fly Fishing
experienced last week was nothing short of remarkable. Here, Sky Richard
poses with a chrome bright Chinook just shy of 40 lbs. |
As is often the case with fishing, varying water levels, clarity and
weather conditions have all had an influence on fishing during the past
two weeks of our Chinook Fly Fishing season. A large snowpack -
rumoured in the 180% to 220% range, depending on who you talk to - combined with unseasonably cool weather had delayed the freshet that
normally has subsided on the Kitimat River and other Skeena river
tributaries by mid June. Jeff Bright and his client Don Nelson were on
the back end of this freshet, but still managed to hook into and land
several Chinook between 15 and 35 lbs in the last week of June. With
water levels being close to perfect this week for these anadromous
freight trains - decent flows, with just enough clarity for the fish to
see the fly - our clients experienced outstanding fly fishing in what
was the best week of fly Chinook Fly Fishing we've experienced - ever!
Here's a few photos from clients Adrien and Phil from the UK.
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| Floating on the Kitimat - an enjoyable way to fish this productive river. |
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| Adrian Whitfield with one of many Chinook that he landed while spey
fishing with our guides last week. |
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| Combine large, extremely hard fighting
chrome bright fish and the often pleasant weather of Summer, and you've
captured our Chinook Fly Fishing program. |
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| Dustin Kovacvich and his clients hit the run just right on this day -
this is one of 9 landed that day, with 16 hooked in total! This
is absolutely an exceptional day by any standard - in most cases, 1-3
grabs in a day is a more realistic expectation. So, when these kinds of
days come along, they are not soon forgotten! |
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| Admiring a big, bright Chinook on the Kitimat
River. |
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| Of course, a big part of our fishing program regardless of the season - camaraderie and just enjoying time spent on the river. |
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