I just returned from a trip down south to the Thompson river, to shoot a fly fishing show with Mark Pendlington from sport fishing BC. This time it was my turn to be shown a quality trout fishery, well guess what we missed the stone fly hatch by a week or so and the wind was blowing 80 km but we decided to launch the 18ft Clackacraft anyway, since I had just drove 15 hours.
What came of the trip? A few hook ups with some beautiful Thompson river rainbow trout, I also could not believe the sheer numbers of salmon Sockeye & Pinks swimming by us all day long. Then the real wind hit 80 km with out a doubt the worst I have seen, making it near impossible to row down the river. There were waves at times all of 6ft high breaking! I said to Mark & Justin at one point "I feel like George Clooney from the perfect storm". However, if I was not already impressed with the 18 ft Clack, we all were at the end of the day and we lived to tell about the ride, but never got the footage we were looking for maybe net time.
The conditions in the Terrace area have been nothing more than tough to say the least. On my trip home Sept 28 from Ashcroft, BC the Bulkley was blown as well as every other tributary clear down to the town of Terrace.
The Kalum river has been un-fishable since August and continues to be in the trees and over the banks in some areas.
Copper river is living up to its name Copper in color and unfishable.
Kitimat river has been high & very dangerous for anyone with out rafting experience, as there are some new channels being cut daily as well as new log jams. We have been doing some lake fishing while we wait for the water to recede.
The Kasiks river has been high, but fishable off and on we are looking forward to the cooler temps October will bring as the rain will turn to snow, making the water drop and giving us one last shot at some Steelhead & Coho salmon on the Fly. This is my report for Sept 29 /2011 and it continues to rain at this time.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Babine / Nilkitkwa trout fishing upate !
Hello all…
Been working hard to set up my Mom’s cabin and begin setting up the Trout Lodge, but with help from friends, Stan Hislop (photo attached) and Jack DeVries plus a short visit from our son, Julius, and then a few days with our new Trout Lodge housekeeper, Chris George. Talk about weather…rain on snow…major flooding on the Bulkley River and Babine Lake’s tributaries are running full with a rare report of flooding at Pinkut Creek, a Salmon Enhancement Project feeding Babine Lake. This could be a rival to 1997 and 2007 since so much snow pack is still in the mountains and some lower sections of the valleys too. The latest weather forecast is much better with sunny warm skies but that warmth could also produce snowmelt at just the wrong time for the Bulkley and our Steelhead Camp.
The fishing on Rainbow Alley is picking up nicely with Stan, Julius, Chris and I enjoying some nice catches of which some went straight to the frying pan…I think the best tasting trout anywhere. From my Mom’s cabin we could see daily improvement in the number of feeding fish plus the largest trout are starting to move in as well. The fry are hatching so it’s great to use a floating fly line with a salmon fry pattern and that’s all you need for a good time. We are very fortunate to have the 110 mile long Babine Lake to stabilize the water clarity and flows, otherwise there wouldn’t be any fishing at all. So far the creeks are holding in terms of putting out clean water rather than dirty so we are also lucky there…the rain has been light and steady but on the Bulkley watershed, steady and harder so many homeowners are being evacuated as of yesterday.
Another positive Babine note is the mushroom (Morel) production from all the rains…they will be and are popping up everywhere so we added that delicacy in with our fresh trout and of course Molson Canadian beer and Crown Royal. Stan is staying at the Trout Lodge now, enjoying the solitude, our dog Sawsha, great fishing and he has plans to not only smoke some fish in our smokehouse, but also morels! June 1st we will have full staff and lots of projects to do for our first guests arriving June 16th…we still have one full service package open June 16-22 so don’t let the weather and flooding reports stop you from experiencing the Babine on any day…we will be there enjoying the fruits of an incredible watershed that provides opportunities like no other…plus with Anita’s fine cooking and the charm of living in a log lodge and cabins built before I was born, well, it doesn’t get any better…”There is only one Babine.”
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Pierce
Been working hard to set up my Mom’s cabin and begin setting up the Trout Lodge, but with help from friends, Stan Hislop (photo attached) and Jack DeVries plus a short visit from our son, Julius, and then a few days with our new Trout Lodge housekeeper, Chris George. Talk about weather…rain on snow…major flooding on the Bulkley River and Babine Lake’s tributaries are running full with a rare report of flooding at Pinkut Creek, a Salmon Enhancement Project feeding Babine Lake. This could be a rival to 1997 and 2007 since so much snow pack is still in the mountains and some lower sections of the valleys too. The latest weather forecast is much better with sunny warm skies but that warmth could also produce snowmelt at just the wrong time for the Bulkley and our Steelhead Camp.
The fishing on Rainbow Alley is picking up nicely with Stan, Julius, Chris and I enjoying some nice catches of which some went straight to the frying pan…I think the best tasting trout anywhere. From my Mom’s cabin we could see daily improvement in the number of feeding fish plus the largest trout are starting to move in as well. The fry are hatching so it’s great to use a floating fly line with a salmon fry pattern and that’s all you need for a good time. We are very fortunate to have the 110 mile long Babine Lake to stabilize the water clarity and flows, otherwise there wouldn’t be any fishing at all. So far the creeks are holding in terms of putting out clean water rather than dirty so we are also lucky there…the rain has been light and steady but on the Bulkley watershed, steady and harder so many homeowners are being evacuated as of yesterday.
Another positive Babine note is the mushroom (Morel) production from all the rains…they will be and are popping up everywhere so we added that delicacy in with our fresh trout and of course Molson Canadian beer and Crown Royal. Stan is staying at the Trout Lodge now, enjoying the solitude, our dog Sawsha, great fishing and he has plans to not only smoke some fish in our smokehouse, but also morels! June 1st we will have full staff and lots of projects to do for our first guests arriving June 16th…we still have one full service package open June 16-22 so don’t let the weather and flooding reports stop you from experiencing the Babine on any day…we will be there enjoying the fruits of an incredible watershed that provides opportunities like no other…plus with Anita’s fine cooking and the charm of living in a log lodge and cabins built before I was born, well, it doesn’t get any better…”There is only one Babine.”
www.westcoastfishing.ca
Pierce
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Trout lodge Babine report By Pierce Clegg
Launched the Silver Loon at Tukii yesterday…Chris George, our new summer housekeeper helped this new knee cripple out and so we set out for the lodge. It wasn’t long before we encountered lake ice…mostly rotten with patches of thicker harder stuff. I was surprised since the dates are way late for that type of ice to still be around. So we crushed through it for about nine miles and then the last seven miles to the lodge was clear. It was a rainy breezy day…the lodge was basically awash in water running everywhere…the creek was huge…lots of snow around and unfortunately our boat house collapsed possibly totalling two of our wooden river boats. Everything else was fine but so much water around.
I will return to work on my Mom’s cabin with Stan Hislop and Jack DeVries this weekend, and then after the week end back to the lodge to begin opening her up. The 2011 season adventure has begun and it will be an interesting one for sure. High water or low water seasons, makes no difference…they are both excellent in terms of the fishing and catching but this 2011 season will go down in memory as a rare late spring event with lots of snow pack causing flooding in parts of BC…already as of this am the news was announcing a flood warning for the Bulkley River by this afternoon. I woke up this am to rain turning to snow! Living in the north is not for the faint of heart.
Yesterday’s drive to Smithers Landing was touch and go with road wash outs nearly blocking the road in three places…water rushing everywhere with lots of snow yet to melt. I was glad to get the Silver Loon in the water…next boat to launch will be at Fort Babine Lodge to travel down Rainbow Alley to my Mom’s cabin so after this weekend I can report on the fishing and send some pics.
Pierce
Monday, March 28, 2011
Steelhead on the Skeena hooked UP!!
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| Gill McKean Holding a large spring Steelhead on the Spey. |
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| Fishing Guide Darren Wright with 12 pound Chrome Steelhead. |
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| Todd Haynes From Nautical West getting ready for a day of Steelhead fishing . |
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Coho salmon fishing
Coho Salmon on the Fly fishing October fishery
Guest of Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Nick Johnson
Adventure Awaits
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Fly Fishing guest Craig Freas holds his 20 pound Steelhead with a big grin.
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