Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: CohoJake on October 02, 2011, 06:38:14 PM
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After fishing this river for the past 20 years, a few great spots stick out in my mind that have changed so much they are no longer fishable. There used to be a gorgeous pool at Thurston Meadows where fish would stack up, complete with a waterfall in the background. Just wondering what spots other people miss from years past.
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None I'm always looking for new spots.
Although I do remember missing 15 cent wing night specials. Wings all stacked up in front of you.........mmmmmmmm
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i miss the ranger run!! :'(
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One of my favorite runs was between lickman and peach that disappeared just this past summer.
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i miss the ranger run!! :'(
it's still there...kind of
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None I'm always looking for new spots.
Although I do remember missing 15 cent wing night specials. Wings all stacked up in front of you.........mmmmmmmm
hahaha cracks me up
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I miss barfishing the canal with my grandfather over 25 years ago when their was barely anyone around.
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I miss barfishing the canal with my grandfather over 25 years ago when their was barely anyone around.
I hear you, back when the freeway split just west of the canal. There was hardly any pressure on the vedder. Things have changed over the years, some or the better and some not. I am glad that I have Mondays off as I do not have to try ad fish the weekend, I think If I saw things that I hear of going on I would get into too much trouble and I am gettig too old for that king of chit. Still a lot of garbage happening on Mondays but I can avoid most of it by walking a little. There are still the few tiimes a year when the wife can sit and bar fish on the vedder while I fly fish and we take breaks for a bite to eat and a glass of wine. We don't catch much but it' s still a good time.
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Yes I do miss the ranger run as well. There are so many other areas that you find are really good and then you get a huge rain, the river floods, and the river completely changes from the crossing down to the canal. Sometimes the runs change for the better.
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Headed out to a very productive run for chinook that I fished many times last year only to find the river had completely changed. River was Half the width, relatively shallow shore to shore and a now relatively unfishable tail out. As being a relatively new angler to the vedder and still learning less pressured spots it was disheartening to see this run I discovered now gone.
I find I explore more than I fish sometimes haha
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Headed out to a very productive run for chinook that I fished many times last year only to find the river had completely changed. River was Half the width, relatively shallow shore to shore and a now relatively unfishable tail out. As being a relatively new angler to the vedder and still learning less pressured spots it was disheartening to see this run I discovered now gone.
I find I explore more than I fish sometimes haha
soo true, im just im hoping the spot i went to last year there was a ton of chinooks hoping its still the same.
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School House Run
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I miss the rock I stood on all last year. If you find it let me know... :'(
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I've found a lot of nice slots, just around the corner from busy runs, that produce and then gone with the rain.
It's very rewarding when you walk into an area that already has people, walk around the corner making a few casts here and there, and discover a little slot where some fish like to sit. It's also fustrating when a heavy rain comes and washes it away or even just the river fluctuating up or down a little and it no longer is productive. Then you get to search all over again
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Below the Concrete Slab, the river used to bent to hug the trees on the other side of the road and it was a long productive run with easy access. You could walk out there without wader. There was no flow along the road side which now has a strong flow.
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Ya the Ranger run was great.
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There used to be a gorgeous pool at Thurston Meadows
Ditto
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I can think of two flyfishing spots that I'll never forget...
1. Cable lines - just below train bridge, used to be a beautiful run with slow moving water with a nice trough. The tail out was basically frog-like water and nice coho habitat. This was back in 2001, and the flyfishing for coho was excellent there. A year later, the river blew out and the run was no more. However, in 2003, it formed a nice pool that held red springs that were willing to take a fly. It's hard to believe it used to be like that, now looking at it now.
2. Peach road pond - 2003. There was a big pond right at the end of Peach Road. Back then, the parking lot was surrounded by fields - it is now full of condos! Anyway, the cast and retrieve fly was deadly for the hundreds of coho that held in that pool. Later in October of that year, the river blew and the pond disappeared never to return...
Now I've turned to the dark side, breaking out the float rod with my roe master Stratocaster. ;)
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The trail leaving from the shoulder of the highway just downstream of Allison Pool used to be my go-to for springs and coho both back in 1999-2001 - a tough hike to keep the crowds away and a couple of great pool/tailout combos. The river is now 50 yards away from the riprap!
Now my favorite run for springs from last year - halfway between peach rd. and vedder crossing - is also gone. First day out this year my Dada & I parked at Peach rd. at first light and ended up walking all the way to the crossing to fish! Then I had to walk out just as far with my fish. ;)