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Pacific Angler Friday Fishing Report: January 4, 2019

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Pacific Angler:
OUTLOOK
Winter storm incoming! Actually… incoming might not be the correct word. If you are reading this Friday afternoon, we are probably in the thick of it or with any luck it has moved through.

A very moist Pacific frontal system stalled over the coast Thursday resulting in heavy rainfall for Metro Vancouver. The rain will taper off today as the front moves inland, but wet weather is in the forecast for the next few days and in the extended forecast as well. We will see rain lessening on Monday but things will also get colder so we could see snow for Squamish.

We won’t even try to sugar coat it. This is a bummer for fishing. Warm clothes and good raingear will be needed.

River levels as we write this report (Thursday) are surprisingly not going up yet. This is probably due to it coming in as snow in the higher elevations, but the temperatures are still relatively warm and we expect rivers to rise. As always there can be moments of brilliant fishing when river levels are fluctuating but they can be hard to time.

In this week’s report we will look at the Vedder River steelhead fishery, the Squamish bulltrout fishery and then the saltwater winter chinook fishery. We expect all three to have windows of excellent fishing over the next 2-5 days but this will be coupled with some days where you will wish you stayed indoors did some fly tying or logged some family time

Check out all the intel in the specific reports below and if you’re looking to stay dry check our January course listing for all or upcoming classes.

Last but certainly not least – mark you calendars for January 26, 2019 for the Steelhead Society of BC’s Annual General Meeting.   Details are in the Industry Events and Updates section.

Read on for this week's full report:  http://www.pacificangler.ca/pacific-angler-friday-fishing-report-january-4-2019/

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