glueman
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Sh1t happens been thereCould be worse, my mate took his wife fishing at Ullapool pier on their honeymoon.....they are divorced now.
Next year - ferox and charr on the fly.
Sh1t happens been thereCould be worse, my mate took his wife fishing at Ullapool pier on their honeymoon.....they are divorced now.
Next year - ferox and charr on the fly.
Could be worse, my mate took his wife fishing at Ullapool pier on their honeymoon.....they are divorced now.
Next year - ferox and charr on the fly.
Would like to know how you get on with the char, have a few places in mind next year. I’ve had far greater success with non native char than native!Could be worse, my mate took his wife fishing at Ullapool pier on their honeymoon.....they are divorced now.
Next year - ferox and charr on the fly.
Hi guys. As mentioned before let’s hope we can all get back to some kind of normal. Let’s all enjoy the freedom when we get it and never waste a day again whatever the weather to all stay safe healthy and enjoy next year all the best for the future tight linesI hope you get all you have asked for.
But don't you pay for that please, how much are the tolls now to Bourg?As for taking 17 hours to drive 700 miles things have changed on in Europe,I can get from Calais to Bourg Saint Maurice in 8 hours and tank and a half of diesel. Though the 200 miles to Folkstone takes 4 hours sometimes more
About 100 euroBut don't you pay for that please, how much are the tolls now to Bourg?
Last Year when we were in Vancouver (prior to flying North to the Terrace area to fish the Skeena system) our flights from Manchester were delayed from 8.00am in the morning until 5.00pm in the later afternoon. Then the flight time is considerable. By the time the taxi dropped us off at our hotel in Vancouver I was dead. But some of my mates said let's just have a couple of drinks in the hotel bar. But that turned out to be shut. So we walked for a minute or two up the road and there was an Irish Bar. This was about 7.00pm Canada/Vancouver time on a Friday night - goodness knows how many hours we had been up for.Sounds awesome, my fiancée and I are planning a three week trip from Vancouver to Calgary for our honeymoon. Of course a few stops will be made at famous rivers and outfitters! A visit to buy an islander reel is on the cards too.
Sounds like a good practice session for the main event on Saturday night.Last Year when we were in Vancouver (prior to flying North to the Terrace area to fish the Skeena system) our flights from Manchester were delayed from 8.00am in the morning until 5.00pm in the later afternoon. Then the flight time is considerable. By the time the taxi dropped us off at our hotel in Vancouver I was dead. But some of my mates said let's just have a couple of drinks in the hotel bar. But that turned out to be shut. So we walked for a minute or two up the road and there was an Irish Bar. This was about 7.00pm Canada/Vancouver time on a Friday night - goodness knows how many hours we had been up for.
I have never experienced such a brilliant atmosphere in any hostelry in my life. We listened to fantastic live music and enjoyed some brilliant craic with the ever so friendly locals and many wonderful Irish, drank God knows how much beer and went to bed about 1.00am in the morning still singing. I would recommend any visitor to to seek out that bar. My lasting memory is when everyone in that Bar and all my mates sang along at the top of our voices with a great band playing the Proclaimers "I Gonna Be (500 miles).
BTW the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park is also worth a visit - very interesting and the park is lovely.
Enjoy that lovely city and its very welcoming people.
Mick
As it happens, my wife and I spent part of our honeymoon in Ullapool. One day I hired a small boat for us to go out mackerel fishing! But we are still married 47 years later.Could be worse, my mate took his wife fishing at Ullapool pier on their honeymoon.....they are divorced now.
Next year - ferox and charr on the fly.
HarrisonSounds like a good practice session for the main event on Saturday night.
Was the fishing any good ?
Main species I want to fish for are the bulls and cutties. Brook trout and rainbows would be a bonus! Life is too short to be a steelhead or salmon fisherman!Hi there,
This is where I bring everything down to earth. NO the fishing was very disappointing. This was September, 2019 and we were staying in a top lodge on the Skeena system (about an hour or so's flight north of Vancouver) with great guides. The target fish were steelhead and coho. We were a party of 10 and we had access to great stretches of many different and contrasting rivers, with great jet boats and guides and with many very experienced anglers in the party. BUT the fish were not there. Two steelhead were caught and a small number lost after a fight. Two coho landed some lost. I lost one coho and had three steelhead on briefly (of course everything is single barbless or de-barbed hooks). So to say disappointing is massive understatement given the cost of the trip.
My favourite sessions when the salmon were not there or taking was to fish for trout with a single hander with egg patterns amongst the spawning chum or kings and I had some lovely cutthroat, rainbows, brook and bull trout - BUT that's not why I went!!!
When we had our Irish Bar bonanza some of the guys went to the Fraser to fish for sturgeon and had a good time - I'd done that before so opted for Vancouver.
My best Canada trip was the Fraser/Harrison where we filled our boots with chum (fresh off the tide) and coho - we were based in Chilliwack. I also fished the Pitt River Island for sockeye and kings but I wouldn't go there again.
Ironically, when we were on the Skeena a friend was fishing on Vancouver Island and had a great time with lots of fish - of course he didn't hesitate to rub salt into my wounds!
Just shows how luck will always play a big part in fishing. Also you can book a sub-tropical or tropical trip, or salmon fishing abroad and bad weather can take days off your fishing. No different to things at home in that way.
But to finish on a positive - I love Canada and Canadians and have been privileged to visit BC a few times.
Mick
Sean you are so right and I would dearly like spend a month or so in BC just fishing for trout.Main species I want to fish for are the bulls and cutties. Brook trout and rainbows would be a bonus! Life is too short to be a steelhead or salmon fisherman!![]()
Hi Mick - I fished the Fraser / Harrison/ Vedder and Stave Rivers in 2009. We stayed in Mission but were in Chilliwack a few times.Hi there,
This is where I bring everything down to earth. NO the fishing was very disappointing. This was September, 2019 and we were staying in a top lodge on the Skeena system (about an hour or so's flight north of Vancouver) with great guides. The target fish were steelhead and coho. We were a party of 10 and we had access to great stretches of many different and contrasting rivers, with great jet boats and guides and with many very experienced anglers in the party. BUT the fish were not there. Two steelhead were caught and a small number lost after a fight. Two coho landed some lost. I lost one coho and had three steelhead on briefly (of course everything is single barbless or de-barbed hooks). So to say disappointing is massive understatement given the cost of the trip.
My favourite sessions when the salmon were not there or taking was to fish for trout with a single hander with egg patterns amongst the spawning chum or kings and I had some lovely cutthroat, rainbows, brook and bull trout - BUT that's not why I went!!!
When we had our Irish Bar bonanza some of the guys went to the Fraser to fish for sturgeon and had a good time - I'd done that before so opted for Vancouver.
My best Canada trip was the Fraser/Harrison where we filled our boots with chum (fresh off the tide) and coho - we were based in Chilliwack. I also fished the Pitt River Island for sockeye and kings but I wouldn't go there again.
Ironically, when we were on the Skeena a friend was fishing on Vancouver Island and had a great time with lots of fish - of course he didn't hesitate to rub salt into my wounds!
Just shows how luck will always play a big part in fishing. Also you can book a sub-tropical or tropical trip, or salmon fishing abroad and bad weather can take days off your fishing. No different to things at home in that way.
But to finish on a positive - I love Canada and Canadians and have been privileged to visit BC a few times.
Mick
When my one son was in Canada he was told not to climb a tree to escape a bear as they can climb faster than you canBC is brilliant. I fished there in 2009 with 7 other lads. We flew into Seattle Tacoma Airport and drove up. Beautiful part of world.
The guides warned us about bear attacks and what to do if we stumbled into one - apparently Black Bears were plentiful but only the odd Grizzly where we were.
2 completely different ways of reacting by all accounts - never got to test the advice , actually never even saw a Bear.
Hi Ian,Hi Mick - I fished the Fraser / Harrison/ Vedder and Stave Rivers in 2009. We stayed in Mission but were in Chilliwack a few times.
When we arrived the Rivers were low and not many fish were running. We were a bit deflated for the first day or two as we were thinking that it was going to be a disaster of a trip. On day 3 the Guide told us that he had been on to the Fishing Agency and had been told by them that there were Millions of fish in the harbour waiting to run but reluctant due to the low water . He said that there were so many fish building up in the harbour that they would eventually push up the rivers . We thought this was just a tale to keep us interested but on day 4 we witnessed it on the Harrison - waves of running Salmon. We had a ball for the rest of the trip. Never in my life seen so many Salmon. We caught Pinks, Chum , Sockeye and a few Coho. Didn't catch any Kings but I saw some huge ones running up the middle of the Fraser River - too far out to have a chance of getting any. We were all fishing 10ft 8 or 9 weight rods.
We had a day Fishing for Sturgeon too.
Stunning part of the world.
Ian
On the last day of our trip myself and my buddy were walking about 1 mile back to the boat through low tress and scrub .When my one son was in Canada he was told not to climb a tree to escape a bear as they can climb faster than you can