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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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.
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.
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.
Fishing Report May
In May, with high water and strong, fast current the trout found refuge in the smaller eddies and slower runs near shorelines and off rocky outcrops. The biggest rainbow I hooked…
Expanded Fishing Inventory
Valley Firearms offers a vast and growing fishing inventory with rods, reels, bait, flies, fly-tying material, lures, lines, weights, and more. If they don’t have it, Sue can find it.
Bigwater Bucktails
Trolling bucktails on West Kootenay lakes is a tried-and-true method for catching large Gerard rainbows and bull trout.