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rhino

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Capilano river
« on: August 22, 2011, 01:30:42 PM »
Hello,

Anyone been to the cap river lately? any info on water level and activity would be appreciated.

Cheers :)



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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2011, 01:36:30 PM »
The river has disappeared in the water. ;)

http://www.vankayak.org/capcam/
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2011, 01:48:15 PM »
Holy smokes she's blown    :o

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urbanflyfisher

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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 02:02:19 PM »
Yep shes raging, should be good this week.


Been there flyfishing everyday last week when it was low and was averaging 1-2 a day, thursday was the only day i skunked out.
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 02:16:18 PM »
wt.... water level 8 now 
cap is back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 02:17:20 PM »
question:   was the dam been released or is it coz the rain today ?
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2011, 02:19:10 PM »
Quote from: urbanflyfisher on August 22, 2011, 02:02:19 PM

Been there flyfishing everyday last week when it was low and was averaging 1-2 a day, thursday was the only day i skunked out.

What are you using for flies?

Also it should be a good chance to catch some fresh fish this week!
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2011, 02:25:14 PM »
Will it blow out the native weir?
« Last Edit: August 22, 2011, 04:11:58 PM by Nitroholic »
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 03:02:34 PM »
Quote from: CraftyCoho on August 22, 2011, 02:19:10 PM
What are you using for flies?

Also it should be a good chance to catch some fresh fish this week!



Been using the green woolybuggers in size 14 with a gold bead head,9-10ft 5X leader, been the staple for years, was geting lots of fresh chromers  last week, biggest was about 5.5lbs, so they were coming up, just not in big numbers, seen a few very large springs in cable pool, should be alot more this week :)
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2011, 03:59:49 PM »
Quote from: Nitroholic on August 22, 2011, 02:25:14 PM
Will it blow out native weir?
Just drove by a little while ago, and it's a few feet under water ;)
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2011, 09:49:36 PM »
Quote from: frozensalmon on August 22, 2011, 02:17:20 PM
question:   was the dam been released or is it coz the rain today ?

Both.
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2011, 10:59:26 AM »
the water just rised, waited for a bit and the fish will come in to the pool     weekend will be perfect
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2011, 01:09:59 PM »
I fished the Lower Cap last night from 6-9 and this morning from 5:30 until 8.

Last night there was so much water in the river, fishing was damn near impossible due to 1) most of my spots were underwater and 2) water moving way to fast

This morning the levels dropped off significantly and made fishing much more accessible (read: you could actually get down safely to the pools)

I saw a ton of fresh silvers moving up, but didn't manage any hits (a few defensive bites and bumps)...the rest of this week should be productive.
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2011, 09:49:49 PM »
a guy got like 5~6 fish today
one is about 8 lbs    very nice one 

cap is back, lots of fresh fish
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Re: Capilano river
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2011, 10:50:28 PM »
Good to hear! will try and swing by tomorrow  and see how it goes ;D
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