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[tburns]

I spent an hour or so in furry creek, then pushed along to Squamish after reading the above posts here and not seeing anything happening.

I fished from ~11:30am to 3:30 pm on the Squamish.  I saw lots of pinks rising as they moved through.  Had three bites starting at 1 but didn't hook any.  Changed my hook as I was blaming sharpness, then hooked into one around 2pm.  The next hour was hot for me (not so much for other people on the run unfortunately) with me getting to play 5 fish and missing a few more bites. 

[fic]

No luck for me today on the rivers. Last week I had a couple of bites in the first hour and landed 1.  I didn't even bother stopping by Furry Creek as I didn't think it's worth going this season unless something drastically change.  I would say 1 in 10 took home fish where I was.  The majority didn't even get a nibble.

[dobrolub]

Limited out - leave. That should really be the behavior of a responsible adult.

[fic]

Limited out - leave. That should really be the behavior of a responsible adult.

Who made you the fish police?

[FlyFishin Magician]

Limited out - leave. That should really be the behavior of a responsible adult.

With a one fish limit, that would be very short day indeed!  For Fraser Sockeye, I would certainly take this approach.  But fly fishing for pinks that are practically in their home river?

[dobrolub]

Pros:

less pressure on the river
fewer harmed fish
more space for other to fish (especially on a river like mamquam and squamish that are fished by lots of young people)

Cons:

lesser satisfaction

make your pick.

[Jk47]

There's a lot of places to fish on the Squish/Quam, there's no need to be like that, now.  I'm sorry but I've come from white rock to Squamish at first light to fish for Pinks 5 trips now and every trip I get my 1 limit and then some. I don't come all that way to turn around and go home after I bonk a fish at 6 a.m.... RELAX PEOPLE I think there's still a mob of Pinks out there to come in but as of yet they have only been trickling through and if you: a) haven't  put thousands of hours in fishing all sorts of fisheries and you're in "the 10 percent" of anglers who know just how to "do it" ..... or
b) you're in the right spot at the right time.... then yes, it's been slow. THEYRE COMING LOL

[Tangles]

You should elaborate that you HOPE they are coming, because the test catches in the marine areas are telling a different story.

[Jk47]

Lol I HOPE they are coming. Meh. Truth is I just can't wait till Winter Steelhead 

[Jk47]

My point was please don't tell anyone not to catch and release Pinks all day long.... that's what this fishery is about IMO

[psd1179]

My point was please don't tell anyone not to catch and release Pinks all day long.... that's what this fishery is about IMO

You already went 5 trips to squamish? amazing

[Ambassador]

Mid-Saturday on the Squamish - (click to make it bigger)
Which one are you

[dobrolub]

My point was please don't tell anyone not to catch and release Pinks all day long.... that's what this fishery is about IMO

My message is for people who are ready to take that step but might need a little nudge. Obviously, not everyone will be taking that step, but some will. At one point you might feel the same way.

[Jk47]

Mid-Saturday on the Squamish - (click to make it bigger)
Which one are you

Lol I can't zoom in enough!

[Jk47]

You already went 5 trips to squamish? amazing

Pinks are the new Sockeye I heard