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[TNAngler]

There are some tricks i use for guides icing over. Vegetable oil, canola oil, chap stick, and vaseline.  I usualy just bring chap stick as its easy to run it around the guides mid day as well.  my friend used canola oil in a little spay bottle. Been out in -20 with windchill worked fine for me.

Wind chill has no effect on the speed things freeze, just so you know.

The freezing wasn't a big deal for us as we just had to let the line out and hold on.  It caused some amazing ice showers when a fish hit and all the ice shattered and flew everywhere.  That was always fun to see.

[rockonfishing]

the colder it gets the fewer fishers are out more ops for u,
C u on the river

[TheFishingLad]

Wind chill has no effect on the speed things freeze, just so you know.

The freezing wasn't a big deal for us as we just had to let the line out and hold on.  It caused some amazing ice showers when a fish hit and all the ice shattered and flew everywhere.  That was always fun to see.

Lol... My brain, it hurts!   If the temperature outside is below freezing then windchill can and will make things freeze faster, as things freezing is simply the loss of warmth, which wind does well at removing.

[Floater]

Never.

[vancook]

There's no such thing as too cold or windy. I fished in the snow many times last year. Love it.

Some people are fair weather fishermen. More space on the river for me

[Ambassador]

I was out on the vedder today. Conditions were quite nice. As long as you're dressed warm you should be fine. I even got into a few fish today.

Can I ask what kind of fish are you getting in to? Late Coho and Chum or early Steelhead? I'd like to go Sunday possibly - but be properly prepared if I make the journey.

[sugartooth]

Can I ask what kind of fish are you getting in to? Late Coho and Chum or early Steelhead? I'd like to go Sunday possibly - but be properly prepared if I make the journey.

I landed 2 wild coho. Both were chrome bullets. The third one pulled like a truck but spit the hook before i could see what it was. All were caught on spoons.

[Knnn]

Not sure if it can ever be too cold.  I was out on the Squamish this morning and blistering ball sacks it was super cold.  Guides, float, line and spool were icing up.  However I could still fish when out of the wind.  On the lower Squamish there were dust devils been blown up and white caps on the river at Judd Road.  I had to submerge the rod tip to prevent the wind catching my line.  My drifts were not very good, almost unfishable.  Had to move higher up on the Cheakemus to try and get out of the wind. 

If you go up to the upper Vedder you should be ok.

[TheFishingLad]

Saw a few fish today, no luck

[Ian Forbes]

iced guides are the problem

If the guide gets iced up then he's not rowing hard enough and the client is usually frozen solid.

[HOOK]

I will be out there tomorrow.

frozen snot to my mustache - check
eyes full of tears from cold wind - check
rod guides froze up - check
fly frozen solid after hitting the air - check
listening to my dad whine its really cold - check
thinking to myself (WHY am I out here right now) - check
being toasty warm in my properly layered clothes/waders - check


hooking into a steelhead regardless of the climate - priceless





I have done just this already once when it was -27 from the wind chill. Caught my fish second cast, took me 30mins to gut it due to either my hands or the fish freezing 

Its been years since then and I guess I'm getting old because I have been second guessing whether I want to head out tomorrow or not however I have to make a trip into Sumas so might as well do some fishing first 

[norton]

For real steelhead fishers, it's never to cold . I prefer to fish above the vedder bridge when it's windy as that nasty east wind isn't as strong. I remember years ago , it was so cold , ice was floating down the river. The ice was actually forming on the bottom of the river also,  and in this particular run you could see the steelhead as plain as day , cause they were laying above the ice. Hooked 9 fish, landed 4 standing in one spot, all were released as it was when the vedder was catch and release only. That was before the hatchery started producing fish.

[Sandman]

When?  Tomorrow...stay home.

[Sandman]

I have done just this already once when it was -27 from the wind chill. Caught my fish second cast, took me 30mins to gut it due to either my hands or the fish freezing 

I remember a morning like that in my youth as well.  It was so cold and windy down in the canal, my brother and law and I had to lie down flat on the ground to get out of the wind.

I will see you out there Hook.

[Every Day]

TODAY! lol.

In all honesty, even the drop from 6C 5 days ago to the now -11C right now (with windchill on top of that getting close to -20), it's too much IMO. I hit 10 steelhead 5 days ago, many on swung spoons. Yesterday went out and only got 1 swinging and 2 on float gear. Today went out and only sight fished 1 steel and missed her, not a single thing on bent metal, and every other fish I saw wouldn't budge for anything. Too cold too fast, not saying you won't get anything at all, but I do believe it has affected them drastically, and that you'll catch way less. Maybe it this temp maintains, they will wake back up again, I just think the shock factor for this first cold snap got to them.

Not to mention you couldn't cast or get a good drift at all with all the ice on the guides. Why am I even going tomorrow? lol.