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 sun, clouds, and rain on Sunday and Monday.  The daily high temperatures through the weekend will range from 17 to 18 degrees Celsius while the daily low temperatures will range from 10 to 11 degrees Celsius.  After the big warm spell we had over the last two weeks things are cooling down a bit which will slow down the freshet a bit.  The Pacific Angler staff have noticed that some…

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 from the warmer days the lakes in the interior are icing off and turning-over. River fishing for bulltrout and cutthrout trout has been good throughout the Fraser Valley and Sea-To-Sky Corridor has been good with reports of lots and lots of bait balls making their way down the rivers.  Long leaders and fry patterns have been the ticket for this fishery resulting in some very hard grabs. We expect trout…

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 for stripers and Florida for bones and redfish. We are thrilled to add Bryce to the team and welcome you to come in, say hello and see what tips and secrets you can share with Bryce. Now that we got Bryce out of the way…on to the important information! Outlook **Pacific Angler will close at 5pm on Saturday, April 27th so we can attend and support the King Fisher Banquet who in turn…

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 April you can expect all of these fisheries to be fairly productive. The winter steelhead fishing is still going strong and should remain to be productive over the next two weeks when the freshet occurs. Fly fishing has been good for cutthroat trout and char as well with the warmer water temperatures and the abundance of fry.  Due to the cooler weather we had this past week the river levels…

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 against your fly rod. While some anglers are suffering from steelhead burnout, others are anticipating some of the best fishing of the year over the next two to three weeks. The key over the next few weeks for steelhead and cutthroat anglers will be to keep your eye on the river levels.  This past two weeks the rivers have been going up and down like a yo-yo.  If you have…

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 temperatures from last week brought up the river levels throughout the Lower Mainland, the cooler temperatures over the last week have helped to suck the levels back down.  Overall, this trend will improve the fishing conditions for steelhead moving fresh fish into the river systems and re-distributing the fish that were already there. The one thing that can foil the plans is the expected weather over the next few days.  If…