Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nicole on September 27, 2004, 12:38:20 PM
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Hi Guys,
After much encouragement from Mr Gadsden and Rodney, I've finally decided to make the commitment by joining this forum. I've read a ton from what comes from some very informative and friendly people, and I have to say I am very impressed!
As for myself, I have been fishing for 27 years, mainly around the Fraser Valley, and more recently into the interior and northern sections of the province. I've been flyfishing for 12 years as a hybrid, and I've been an exclusive flyfisher for 4 years.
I've been involved in a ton of fishing related activities over the years, including acting on the board of directors on the FVSS (a long time ago), worked at a couple different tackle shops in Sardis and Victoria, built custom rods, and tie my own flies. I've also worked up at the Chilliwack River Hatchery as an assistant fish culturist.
I now work for the CBC at: http://www.cbcradio3.com. I also DJ all over vancouver and Seattle at clubs and parties, and I have been doing that for the last 11 years.
I normally fish twice a week, and I'll post lots of reports and help out in any way I can!
Cheers,
Nicole
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Welcome Nicole.
Are you in the Fishy Shot with the steelhead this month?
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Welcome aboard Nicole
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Well finally.... ;D Welcome Nicole. :)
Nice to see the number of female participants growing, indicating that this is not just all for the boys, but the girls can have just as much fun. :) When I first got into competitive cycling, hardly any girls participated in it. After a few years, once the more experienced women were doing well, more signed on and now it's very popular. Good to see. :)
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Glad to see you here Nicole. Nice steelhead by the way. Sounds like you have a very deep fishing background.
What kind of music do you DJ? What is your DJ name? I have friends who DJ for a living and one friend that owns a DJ company. Just wondering if you come from the same circle that's all.
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Nicole from FISHBC? Welcome. So many good forums & so little time.
Didn't know ya DJd' Nicole, you probably know my brother, he is the Vancouver rep for Tribe magazine.
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Nicole...hmmm 27 years fishing? That must mean you started at age 2 ;D
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Nicole...hmmm 27 years fishing? That must mean you started at age 2 ;D
5 to be exact - it's been downhill ever since :)
Cheers,
Nicole
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What kind of music do you DJ? What is your DJ name? I have friends who DJ for a living and one friend that owns a DJ company. Just wondering if you come from the same circle that's all.
I DJ under the alias of Binhex, and I am part of a Vancouver collective called teamlounge; here is a website with some sets you can download:
http://binhex.zed.cbc.ca/
I play mostly downtempo and mid tempo, nothing too dancefloor oriented.
Cheers,
Nicole
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Didn't know ya DJd' Nicole, you probably know my brother, he is the Vancouver rep for Tribe magazine.
hey I know tribe magazine, from Toronto, right? I've never met your brother, I don't think! How old is he?
Cheers,
Nicole
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Welcome Nicole.
Are you in the Fishy Shot with the steelhead this month?
Yes, that's me - that fish was 39inches by the way, I did not get a girth measurement. I'd say it just reached the 20 lb mark. What a fish that was!
Cheers,
Nicole
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Weclome aboard Nicole. :) Good to have another fisherwoman and fly flicker on this site.
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Nicole, BillyBoy is our age, he used to work for ET bros. with GrooveRobber.
He still does his monthly article for Tribe on van's scene.
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Welcome Nicole. I have known Gio since he worked at Selective Angler. He also turned my wife and I onto SeaTux back in the early 90's, saved us alot of bucks since no-one made women's waders in those days.
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Welcome Nicole, I believe that was your cheery face at the Fly tying table. We chatted a bit just after I intro'd myself to Rodney. Good to have your knowledge here. ;)
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you see fish 4 life you can learn many things here
many different things lol
like i just did ;) thanks DS
welcome nicole glad to have your experience onboard
cnm
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Welcome aboard Nicole.
Mr. Gadsen? I know he commands a lot of respect, but I didn't think we were that formal ;D
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;DWELCOME aboard enjoy your stay and hope to fish with ya on the river some day ;D
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wow a female fisher by nature. welcome...it's nice to have you on board. :)
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Welcome aboard Nicole.
Mr. Gadsden? I know he commands a lot of respect, but I didn't think we were that formal ;D
Ha! you know what, that comes naturally, I've known Chris since I was about 8 years old... And back then, it was Mr Gadsden... I've aged, but I really don't think he has - what is it, that Chilliwack water??? ;)
Cheers,
Nicole
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Welcome aboard Nicole, good to have you on the FWR forum. All your fly fishing experience will be most welcome to the fly fishers from this site.
As you mentioned we have many good memories fishing and camping with Gordon, Andrew, Ryan and your dad on numerous bar fishing trips in years past. They certainly were good times long to be treasured. How the time has flew by.
I am sure you will also enjoy this forum in the days and years ahead as will the rest of us, hearing about your many fishing experiences.
Once again welcome and thanks very much for helping with our BC Rivers Day event yesterday.
Mr Gadsden. ;D ;D
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Welcome aboard, Nicole. Now the first rule is stop the "Mr Gadsden" stuff.
Good to see you have found yourself and are now an ardent fly fisher.
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Welcome aboard, Nicole. Now the first rule is stop the "Mr Gadsden" stuff.
Yeah, no kidding, Chris won't be able to get his head through the door :D
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Hi & Hey Nicole.
Gotta admit that's one SWEET pix! And oh yeah, envious steely too ;)
Cheers,
Nog
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Welcome Nicole great pic with the monster steely
Notice that Deb has signed on also!
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Nicole welcome aboard
We recenctly had a small debate on which flyline is best suited for coho fishing slower water like the vedder canal or possibly the dewdney slough. I'm interested on your opinion
P.S. I'm also very jealous of your fly caught steelhead as I have not gotten one on the fly yet. Which river it looks like a summer run? :)
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That steelhead is from the Kispiox River, located in northern BC - I'm going back up there in October, so maybe i'll have some new and better pictures to share...
As far as coho is concerned - I have two techniques, the first is to fish a floating line and a 13 - 15 foot flourocarbon leader and a weighted fly.
The other is my stillwater taper:
http://www.flyfishusa.com/lines/sa-mastery-stillwater2.html
Now I have used only one other clear sink line, the SA Striper taper - I prefered this line, as it had less memory. We have some Cortland clear sink lines coming, so I'll give a review of that when I have a chance to try them out.
The new one that I want to try is a new line from SA which is labelled a coho line - I believe Giovanni might know something more about the origins of this line, I'll have to ask him tonight when I get home.
Cheers,
Nicole
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Wow, learned something already. Gonna by that stillwater line, sounds ideal. BP
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Heya Nicole! ;D