Cowichan River Fishing Report
The last few days of flyfishing on the Cowichan river have been wet wet wet! The rain has been incessant most of the days. Thankfully, the fishing has been getting better after the very hot weather we had in early May, which slowed the fishing considerably. The weather for the next few weeks looks like [...]
The Cowichan river Brown Trout have been pretty quiet during that very unusually hot weather we had in early May. They seemed to have retreated into their little hiding holes and stayed there till the water level came up a little. We were still getting into them, and thankfully there was lots of rainbows and cutties to keep us [...]
The Cowichan river has seen some fantastic weather over the last few days, the river has dropped significantly as well. Conditions are pretty ideal for Dry Fly fishing! The Mayflys, Pale Morning Duns, Stonefly’s and even some Caddis flys are thick in the air. Yesterday the hatch was so crazy that it slowed fishing for [...]
Mid April is typically the start of the Dry fly season on the Cowichan river as the Mayflies and the Stoneflies begin to hatch in earnest. This year is no different, everyday rain or shine, the hatch occurs. Last week we were having a hard time getting the fish to the surface. This week has [...]
The Cowichan river is the number one Fly Fishing river in Canada! The fishing is always good and right now we are focusing our efforts on the big resident Brown trout that are hiding behind logs and boulders waiting to pounce on steelhead eggs, salmon fry and insects that may be floating by. As many [...]
People always ask me when is the best time to fish for winter Steelhead, my answer is always: March and April! All the largest steelhead I catch are in March and April. The Cowichan, the Gold, the Stamp and other unmentionable rivers all have a good March/April Steelheading. I’ve been so busy the last couple [...]
The Cowichan river is fishing well, the lower river fishes better in higher water as the river is lower than it normally is in February. However, fly fisherman are doing very well in the Upper river for trout and Steelhead. I have been spending a lot of my guide days lately on the Upper river [...]
The Cowichan River fishing report is made possible by my friends at Alberni Toyota! The Steelhead have been huge so far this year with multiple fish over 15lbs caught and released. I’ve been on the river everyday and the water has been dropping steadily and the fish have been hiding in a lot of non-traditional spots. The [...]
Cowichan River Guided Steelheading Fishing Report: The rains last week raised the water level almost to a height of 2 meters but dropped extremely fast the next few days and is now at around 1.2 meters. The water clarity is good with 5-7ft of visibility, clear water conditions for the Cowichan. The fishing has been consistent [...]
The Cowichan River fishing report is made possible by my friends at Alberni Toyota! Well the water has been dropping steadily for the last couple of weeks until today. Today with the rain and the snow this afternoon, the river is on the rise. The water clarity is a steelhead green with about 4ft of [...]
Fly Fishing the Cowichan River for Steelhead and Trout. ~ RamblingFisherman.com
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Nice Steelhead Caught In the Gold River
New Cowichan Steelheading Video ~ Must See!
Fishing was good today, and one of the fish was an acrobatic, cart wheeling, chrome 8lb doe that I happened to get on video. Here is a video of that doe we caught today, this is a must see: (When viewing enlarge to full screen)
Rescuing a Bald Eagle on the Cowichan River
During today’s drift down the Cowichan river we came across an injured Bald Eagle on the beach. Guide Peter Dick managed to capture it and we called Pacific Northwest Raptors to come and meet us at the bottom of the river. The Eagle was totally calm while being held and transported, which surprised all of [...]
According to the Minister of Natural Resources, I’m a ‘Radical’?! – Enbridge Pipeline.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have most likely heard about Enbridge’s proposed pipeline that may be built from the Alberta tar sands to Kitimat BC, so that the oil and gas can be shipped to Eastern world markets. I oppose this pipeline, as it will introduce an immense risk to the habitat [...]
Top 5 Offshore Fiberglass Sport Fishing Boats
Fishing offshore of the West Coast of Vancouver Island requires a boat that will troll all day 20 miles from shore in safety and comfort then be able to get you home quickly when the weather starts to blow. So today I’m going to give you my list of the Top 5 single engine offshore fiberglass fishing [...]
Basic Centerpin Casting – How to Cast a Centerpin Rod and Reel
I use three basic casting techniques when casting a centerpin rod and reel. – The common cast, where you just pull the rod as far back as you can and then swing and free spool the pin reel. This is very similar to level wind casting. The cast needs no instruction as this is the most [...]
The best Halibut recipe I have ever tasted! – Breaded Halibut Recipe and Tartar Sauce Recipe
Here is our favourite Halibut recipe, which has to be eaten with homemade Tartar Sauce: Breaded Halibut Recipe: 1 1/2LBs of Halibut 1/2 Cup of Flour 2 TSP Dry Mustard 1 Egg Beaten 1/4 Cup of Cornflake Crumbs 1 TBSP Coconut Oil or Vegetable Oil Subscribe to The Rambling Fisherman by Email Cut fish into [...]
Candied Smoked Salmon and Candied Salmon Jerky – Port Alberni Sockeye.
I’ll post our recipe up later, in the mean time here’s how we make Candied Smoked Sockeye ^^ If you like this post become a Facebook fan to get notifications.
Angler Goes Over The Stamp River Falls… Locals are HEROES.
A Burnaby angler was trying to float from the falls pool to the gun club. Apparently he got the launch information from a friend, but obviously it turned out to be bad information. He launched his pontoon boat at the falls provincial park, which is directly above the Stamp River falls. The falls is higher [...]
Kitimat 2009 – Epic Coho Fishing
Every summer I try to convince my father in-law to go back up to his home waters in Kitimat to fish for those huge, exciting Coho and every summer it never pans out. This year was different, I had an open invitation to fish with an extremely experienced fisherman and guide in Kitimat. I certainly [...]
