OUTLOOK
Welcome to winter boys and girls! When you look at the rest of the country (Winnipeg –23, Toronto –10 with freezing rain, Calgary –17 with snow) we really shouldn’t complain. That said we are in for a cold one this weekend with temperatures in the negatives and possible snow today.
Almost every year we see a 10-20 day cold spell around February and there is no way to sugar coat it, fishing gets hard. The only bright side is that our amazing BC steelhead are not as affected by cold as bulltrout or resident rainbows and reports this week were better than we expected. It has slowed with the cold but if you are getting out you still have a real chance for steelhead on our valley rivers.
If you are heading out for trout and char species it will obviously be challenging conditions, but we are not expecting temps in the negative 6-10 range. When it gets into that range we give up reasonable hope. With temperatures ranging from 2 degrees to negative 3-4 degrees you still have a chance if you go prepared, fish hard and don’t expect high numbers.
With this in mind we will look at some cold weather strategies in our river reports below.
On the saltwater front, lots of folks are heading to the boat show this weekend but if you are getting out, the reports of good prawning and winter chinook fishing keep rolling in. Jason has intel in the saltwater section at the end of the report.
If you are going to let the cold beat you and take the weekend off from fishing, we continue to expand the fly tying department and we have a bunch of tying courses coming down the pipes. Jordan is teaching a bulltrout fly tying course and we still have a few spots left. Check it out in the course section. With this course in mind Jordan has posted one of the patterns he will be featuring, and it just so happens to be a great cold weather bulltrout pattern when tied it in small sizes. Check out the write up below and if you want to tie some and can’t make the course come down to the shop and we can show you the materials he uses.
On to the Report -
http://www.pacificangler.ca/pacific-angler-friday-fishing-report-february-8-2019/
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Topic: Pacific Angler Friday Fishing Report: February 8, 2019 (Read 2634 times)