Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Spudcote on September 28, 2004, 03:54:05 PM
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We always here about what river is producing the most fish, but which river is truely the most "enjoyable" to fish, from personal experience. (Rivers from dreams do not count...)
Just curious...
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I like the vedder it always suits my needs. Miles of river I can always find a slow spot for the fly. Some pockets and slots to drift. Some deeper water if you want to throw a spoon. It has it all :) :) Sometimes too many people but I can always find a spot and quite often a decent conversation.
You got to love it :)
Mike
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I like the Chehalis. I have a great little spot good for 2 or 3 people. most people walk right by the trail and miss it. Always bring my 100' rope for the trip down (just in case). I bought a new headlamp so I can keep my hands free. I can't wait for the rain.
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Hey flyguy, I love the Harrison for the same reasons, it has the fast, slow and deep water for all types of fishing.
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spudcoteI recently had a conversation with a fisherman who told me that I had to go there and try flyfishing. he says it is awsome :) :)
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stave its just so damn close to home lol
plus i cross it everyday on my way home from that thing we call work ;)
cnm
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I bet that river just calls your name when you drive over the bridge
canooooooemaahnn ;D ;D
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its really hard to concentrate on the road lol
wish we had auto pilots already
but right now my boss is doing the driving and im doing the visual checks
hes as big a stave nut as i am
perfect forman / employee relation ive ever come across ;)
cnm
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I sit in class and picture fish in the river :o hard to think
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The Cap. Caught my first ever salmon there and learned how to river fish there. Pertty valley too... something about the canyon terrain...
canoe man: nice to have a boss like yours I bet... you ever call in sick to go fishing ;)
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The Fraser River gets my vote as you can fish it 12 months of the year.
It has so many species of fish in its waters and many different ways to fish for them. I guess this is why they call it the most productive salmon producing river in the world.
I also like it for its many different places to fish, explore, soak up the scenery, see its many species of wildlife along it shores and remember all its past history.
It was in 1858 that British Columbia first got its modern day start with the early gold miners finding large nuggets at Hills Bar just downstream of Yale. Yale at one time was the biggest city North of San Franciso and East of Chicago.
I once took a boat across to Hills Bar but found no gold or any signs of its past glory, long buried I guess from the silt and gravel washed down during each season's high waters.
I however have a few bottles from the gold minning days of Yale, a couple well over a hundred years old.
When out on the Fraser I quite often think of the First Nations people, Simon Fraser and other early explorers that plied its murky and dangerous waters many years ago, long before my time.
I also think of the thousands of gold miners that passed the same spots I am fishing with dreams of riches that they thought lay ahead.
I wonder if some of the large sturgeon that now lay in the depths of the Fraser were alive when these early miners struggled against the Fraser's mighty current.
Many never survived the harsh winters that lay ahead of them along with the deadly Fraser Canyon that claimed so many of these fortune seekers lives.
The gold may be gone but it now is silver, the silver bodies of the salmon that are now threatened and could go the same route of the gold and the long gone gold miners that once seeked the yellow if we are not careful.
I think I got side tracked a bit here but your history lesson for a Tuesday evening. ;D ;D
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Chris i think u should write a book!! ;D
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Chris needs to go fishing...
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:Di choose the vedder for its scenery and beautiful locations to fish
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Had to go with "other"
Skeena
Exteew
Kalum
Copper
Nass
CJ.
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I know its not known as a salmon river but whay about THE THOMPSON......gets my vote everytime.
Interesting history lesson Chris, & what about those paddlewheelers that used to plow the water to Yale & beyond. Incredible.
An interesting note: The boat launch at Shwaxhamle(north of laidlaw) used to be a stopping point for these paddlewheelers to load & unload trading goods with the natives.
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Yes good info JP.
There is many interesting books on the Fraser and the Yale area. One is Wagon Road North written and published in 1960 by Art Downs.
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I dig the Squamish...it is usually so peaceful up there...except for Pink season
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Another couple of good reads Chris, The Fraser Valley Challenge & The Harrison/Chehalis Challange. Local reads by local authors on the trials of early logging & roadbuilding in our corner of paradise....really interesting stuff. I'll have to keep my eyes open for that Art Downs book.
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Looks like the Vedder is winning. What about all you Fraser bar fishermen out there ? Chehalis drifters ? Harrison fly chuckers ? Northern river-jiggers ?
I could have sworn more people fished the Squamish...
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What about all you Fraser bar fishermen out there ?
Probably because they are no longer members of this forum
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Good point, I forgot...
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Chris,
There is a paddle wheeler that sunk off the dock in Yale full of gold. :o Nobody ever found it. They know where it went down and sent in divers, but it must have drifted down stream somewhere. There's also a huge sturgeon that lives in the back eddy on the north west side of the Hope bridge. I was fishing under the bridge about 6 years ago and looked up-stream in time to see this HUGE thing jump clear out of the water. "HOLY S***" I yelled, but nobody would believe me. I've asked around since and have been told by 3 different guides that there is one in there that is 1000-1200lbs. and 12ft long :o
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grumman, are u sure it wasn't ogopogo or nessie? :o
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Chris,
There is a paddle wheeler that sunk off the dock in Yale full of gold. :o Nobody ever found it. They know where it went down and sent in divers, but it must have drifted down stream somewhere.
T It will be buried treasurer now. ;D ;D
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It was HUGE. No bull. That was the biggest thing I've seen out side of an aquarium. I hope it gets left alone to reproduce. The guides figure that it is 150+ years old. It takes about 50 years for them to reach breeding age.
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400 coho a year! thats like 2 every day for coho season ???
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C.F. likes eating cohos ;)
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You didn't mention the Stave. You would be surprised to find out that this sleeper has fairly large following. No tips offered though because this urban gem is starting to get too crouded in the fall.
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shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ;)
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There is no question about it! The best river in British Columbia is right here in Maple Ridge. The good ol' Alouette.
P.S. They are in!