Outlook: Middle of June is here. The last couple weeks of stellar fishing at Thrasher Rock are now upon us. By the end of June the coho should be showing up off W. Vancouver. The Capilano has already seen 1100+ coho come in to its system. The marine forecast is for 10-15knots on Friday and…
Outlook: The best description for the recent weather patterns and barometric pressure patterns is YO-YO! It has been up, down and all around. We had a charter last sunday and the forecast was for strong winds in the Gulf Islands and it was flat calm. Same happened in the middle of the week as well….
Outlook Well, it is going to happen. There is a fair chance that the warm weather that is forecasted for this weekend will set off the annual freshet. Yes, the annual freshet typically marks the end of our local river fishing for steelhead, cutthroat trout, and char for the spring. However, as the rivers rise…
Well, the weather happened. Mother Nature gave us a quick taste of the summer weather to look forward to. The forecast going into next week is a little more familiar for spring. Madriga the infamous weatherman has told us to look for sun until Saturday afternoon then we can expect some unsettled weather and rain….
Outlook: Pacific Angler will be closed on Monday May 20th for the Victoria Day holiday, but will be open for business as usual on Saturday and Sunday. COMING SOON!!! PACIFIC ANGLER ANNUAL SUPER SALE!! The Vancouver weather forecast is calling for cloudy conditions on Friday, clouds and rain on Saturday and then a mixture of…
Outlook: Welcome back to typical late spring and almost summer weather here in Vancouver! The barometer is looking fairly steady over the next few days. Lows of 9 and highs of 20 straight through to Monday. 40-60% chance of rain in the lower mainland this weekend but this should not stop anyone from hitting the…
Pacific Angler Summer Super Sale Well, loyal angling community. The day is here!! The Summer Super Sale starts today! NEW HOURS FOR SALE WEEKEND: 9am – 7pm Fri, Sat & Sun! This is the hottest angling sale of the year in Vancouver. At no other shop can you receive the same level of expert advice…
Outlook: Vancouver almost experienced an early summer over the long Easter Weekend. For a while the Pacific Angler staff almost thought we would experience an early freshet. We had many concerned river anglers calling in asking if the steelhead season was over. The boys simply smiled and said, “it is just beginning”. While the warm…
Outlook: Well, we are into the final long haul of the steelhead season. At least that is what it can feel like for a lot of steelhead anglers after a long January, February and March of slogging it out in the cold, hoping for that float to go down or your line to pull tight…
Outlook: The Vancouver fisheries have been solid over the past week. Living on the west coast we are in no short supply of fishing opportunities. You have the choice of river fishing for steelhead, trout, char or sturgeon, saltwater fishing for winter chinook salmon, crabbing and prawning, or lake fishing for kokanee or trout. In…
INTRODUCING PA’s NEWEST TEAM MEMBER We want to take this opportunity to introduce a new member to the PA team. Bryce Franks is in the process of taking over the reins from Dave as the PA Marketing & Operations Mgr. His passion for fly-fishing has taken him all over BC’s rivers, beaches and lakes and he has fished Belize for bonefish, tarpon and permit, Boston…
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: 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: After the big rains from last week the weather has settled down and the blue sky and sun has come out. With sunny skies and some awesome fishing to take advantage of it is definitely feeling like spring in the Lower Mainland. Top fisheries at the end of March is steelheading on the Vedder…
Outlook: This past week we have seen sunny skies with warm temperatures and warmer temperatures expected for the Easter Long Weekend! BC anglers are catching chrome steelhead in the balmy west coast sun, while the rest of Canada is still experiencing the hangover of a long winter. For the local fishermen we have three good…
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…
Pacific Angler Outlook: The weather pattern seems to have changed from cold and dry conditions to our typical mild and wet conditions that we Vancouverites experience on the coast. This is welcome news for the river fishermen. Precipitation will help to drive in fresh steelhead to the river systems. You can expect to see this…
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…