A Chat with Chillbilly
WeSportFish caught up with one of the Columbia River’s premier guides, Graham Cloutier, and asked for some insight into fishing the Columbia in the fall.
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Fishing Report September
In September local anglers related some amazing fishing stories -and who doesn’t love a good fish story? I look forward to October hatches, and some good top water action.
BC Rivers Day
Celebrate BC Rivers Day by joining Neighbours United at Gyro Park on September 24 to celebrate the mighty Columbia River and help clean up the river shores.
Salmon Recovery
Salmon may indeed be on their way back. This past month (Aug. 2023), local anglers reported catching juvenile chinook salmon and sockeye on the Columbia near Trail and Castlegar.
Fishing Report August
I was fishing a promising run for trout when I hooked a smallmouth bass. A couple casts later I brought in a walleye, then a rainbow. All caught on Emile Contant’s Sore Lip Jigs.
Fly Fishing 101
Some call fly fishing a sport, others a hobby. For the best of fly fishers – it borders on a religion. It’s as deep as you want it to be, says Sport Fishing on the Fly host Don Freschi.
Fishing Report July
Fishing the Columbia River has been literally up and down in the month of July. The fishing was great in the first week or so, challenging after that, but getting better.
Open For Fishing
The Columbia River is exempt from the provincial order that anglers fish only in the morning and early afternoon. These cool deep tailwaters allow the fish to find respite.