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[Rodney]

Sounds like a good plan. It would be refreshing to have someone else outfishing me for once other than the retired dudes in Chilliwack.

[carpman]

for spoons, whats the ideal retrieve speed?

[Fish Assassin]

for spoons, whats the ideal retrieve speed?

Slow

[Dane]

Hi, let me start to say, that my english is not very good   so i hope your understand my question´s ?? ( comes later )
Iám from DENMARK, and come to fish the VEDDER 16.september, this year  But I have never catch a salmon before ! soo this is my first try. Me and 3 friends, are planing to stay there, for 1 week, and then travel to KITIMAT for another week. as I can see, many of you, are using float, for salmon-fishing , but I like flyfishing !! is that any good in the VEDDER ?? and what do I have to use ? ( type of line,fly´s ect. ) and what part of the river, is the best for fly-fishing
I hope, that someone can help mee ?
coho seems to be the fish, that I hope to catch!! but also kings are in my mind

Regarding
Allan B.

[Nina]

Hello fellow dane!  

This is definitely the place to get the information you need.

Og så lige på dansk! Husk at I skal købe fishing licenses som kan være ret dyre for ikke-canadiere. Husk ikke bruge triple hooks, meget ulovligt!
Men det lyder somom i allerede har sat jeg ind i det meste.

Jeg har selv fisket en del i Canada fordi ham som kører denne her hjemmeside er min kæreste gennem 4 år (jeg kom hjem til Danmark for en uge siden) og jeg kan sige jer at I med sikkerhed får en rigtig fed tur!

Sorry to all the people who don't read danish very well  

Are you going out with tour guides or by yourselves?

[Dane]

  total griner, at man lige får fat i en dansker i dette forum  
det må jeg sige, det er sgi´ fornemt  
For det første, vi regner IKKE med at "hyre" en guide !! for vi har booket en autocamper, og planen er faktisk, at rejse lidt rundt, og fiske der hvor fiskeriet er bedst !!!! ( foreløbigt satser vi på vedder og så kitimat )
HVOR dyr er lige den licens du snakker om ??
og tak for oplysningen om forbud mod 3´kroge !!!  det vidste jeg faktisk ikke
ved du noget om mulighederne for at flue-fiske i vedder ?? ( ikke fordi jeg er kræsen  men bare fordi jeg HELST vil fange laks på flue ) men selvfølgelig er jeg parat til at bruge andre metoder, hvis det er det der skal til, for at fange min første laks
MHT. tidspunket ( de sidste 2 uger af september ) er det så ikke et udmærket valg, eller

ps. hvor i DK kommer du fra ?? jeg selv bor i kolding!
på forhånd tak, og undskyld jeg skriver på dansk, men det er en MEGET stor hjælp, at jeg ikke behøver at skrive på engelsk, da det ikke lige er min stærke side

[Nina]

Ok, just to let the other people (who know way way more about fishing than me….) catch on:  

You’re gonna be driving around in an auto camper and you plan to stay one week at the Vedder and one week in Kitimat.

The fishing license (fisketegn) is pretty expensive for foreigners – you have to check in the local tackle store or I’m sure you can look it up on the net. Rodney can probably find the web site for you. You can buy one which lasts a year or you can get one on a daily basis which is probably more expensive – I’m not sure.

Also remember to pick up a fishing regulation book at the tackle store because the openings for salmon fishing vary from time and place. They have way more rules about fishing in Canada than we do in Denmark!  

Yep – no triple hooks on rivers. It’s a big no no, very different from Danish rules.  

Fly fishing on the vedder – other people have to fill you in on that.  

The last 2 weeks of September – I would think it is a bit early for the coho and chum salmon……I am sure Rodney will fill you in as soon as he gets up (remember they are 9 hours behind over there   )

Also, I am not sure if you have done this, but take a tour around the main site at www.fishingwithrod.com.
There are tonnes of articles on especially salmon fishing but also other kind of coarse and fly fishing.

Lastly, this forum has a private messaging system so you can message any of the members privately. This way we can keep the main forum english    

I am very envious you are going over there, you are gonna have a great trip! Canada is a very beautiful country and people are really nice (although a bit weird at times, when driving, they are allowed to turn right even when its red....   )

[The Gilly]

Dane,
Contact Freds Tackle
http://www.freds-bc.com/
They sell maps of the Vedder/Chilliwack river and will give you some good information.  There are lots of good spots for fly fishing on the lower and upper river.  Contact Fred's for a map and info on how to get to the spots.  Single barbless hooks always.  Good Luck.  Hope you have a great holiday

[leadbelly]

Good tip doc.I can remember when I finaly figgerd out that I kept getting hits when I stopped the retreive or changed the pace/action as when Id turn to look at something or use my hand for something other than reeling.

[bigguy]

Don't forget HUB"S in Abbey!  I find these guys a great deal more helpful!  

[The Gilly]

Yeah, I like Hubs too.  I just thought that an out-of-towner would be able to locate Fred's easily as he is right at the river.  If the truth be known, I go to Hub's often and have been in Fred's about 5-6 times in 12 or so years of river fishing.

http://www.hubsports.com/

[2:40]

Dane, you may be a tad on the early side, especially for springs (kings) but one plus will be the river probably wont be that busy.  Dont get me wrong, there are definately fish there to catch if you put your time in. The Kitimat should be good though.

Im a bit of a flogger when it comes to fly fishing, but I have caught them on sinking tip lines in back-waters and pools with a fairly slow retrieve.  I found that rolled muddlers, blue mickey fins or anything shiny size #8 - #6 works.  I did real well a few years back on a sculpinish looking thing made of elk hair with gold wrap on the body and in the tail in about size #8 I think.  Wish I could find that fly again as I left my only one in a coho thanks most likely to a wind knot.

Rodney, dont count on getting outfished...them retired folk have something us workers dont and Im not talking about drennen floats either.  Fish just seem to like the retired guys!  

[Dane]

Thanks alot, for all the help I get in here it is nice to meet so many sweet people, and I will look forward to visit your country ( whish there were more danes, like canadian fishermen´s   )
As I understand ! it seems that kitimat have more salmon, at this time of year ?? is that rigt ? ore is it the same sitiuation op there ??

and thanks for the tip Gordie