Pacific Angler Expeditions Presents The Squamish Drift, Spring 2013 Each year we wait in anticipation for the month of April. This is the month that we drift the Squamish River with the expectation of catching a chrome steelhead and feisty bulltrout feeding on fry. The Squamish is a magical river flanked by snow…
Pacific Angler Expeditions: 2013 Cutthroat on the Fly in the Fraser Valley Cutthroat on the Fly in the Fraser Valley Cutthroat trout fly fishing marks the true beginning of the West Coast spring in British Columbia. Salmon fry emerge from the gravel of the many rivers within the Fraser Valley, creating one of the…
Outlook: Rain has been the hot topic over the last couple of weeks at the shop. While most land based Vancouverites are moaning about the gloomy weather we have had our eyes peeled to the river graphs and local forecasts praying that “THE DAY” will be on our day off. The key for fishing on the…
Outlook: The story for this last week was the long awaited pineapple express that we experienced last Friday and Saturday. With heavy precipitation blowing out all of the river systems fishing conditions improved this week for steelhead in the lower mainland. Stable weather conditions this weekend and more precipitation in the forecast for next week…
Outlook: It is hard to believe, but it is the 1st of March. While the rest of Canada is still dealing with winter weather, spring has pretty much started for Vancouver. And with the first signs of spring comes the prime time for our local steelhead fishery. With big rains come the peak of the…
Outlook: What a difference a week makes. Last Friday we were praying for rain, and wondering if we would get any at all! Now it looks like the rain gods are smiling down on us with a good amount of precipitation forecasted on Friday, Sunday and into next week. While in the short term rain…
March and April are arguably the two best months of the year for river fishing within the Lower Mainland, Vancouver and Sea-To-Sky Corridor. These two months bring the peak of the winter steelhead runs and the annual fry emergence. And to get you even more excited the ice on the local and interior lakes will…
Outlook: This past week has been a good one for the local Vancouver fishing scene. For river anglers steelheading has continued to be good on the Vedder River and our staff saw the first fry out and about in the backchannels while fishing for bulltrout and cutthroat trout. For the saltwater anglers the local Vancouver…
Since the first time Pacific Angler staff, Jason and Dimitri, tested the prototype Abel Mooching Reel over a year ago they’ve been waiting for the final product. While there were a few minor adjustments to be made the guys were excited about Abel’s first ever mooching reel. A year later and Pacific Angler just received…
Fishing this past week has remained steady with some great opportunities for the first ever BC Family Day long weekend, which we have renamed BC Fishing Day. Because you can bet we are all going to take advantage of having the store closed on monday. The question will be where? It looks like we are…