If you don't get that Christmas gift for your angler this week, it will be nothing but excuses.
You might think that by this time much of the popular fishing
equipment, at most shops, will be well picked over and you may be right. But there are still some items many shoppers have overlooked.
Fishing time. Ask what does your angler like more than that? Sun Valley Trout Park in Mission offers three hours of catch and release fly fishing for $25.
Pre-pay for the time, slip the receipt in a cardand hide it under the tree.
As their resident fly fishing instructor, I can tell you the fishing is good there year round, with the largest fish consistently caught during winter.
Who wouldn't like to land a fat five-pounder, on a dry fly in mid-January?
Then are always fly fishing or fly tying lessons.
Hatch Match'r Fly and Tackle in Maple Ridge has a full house of both, with some of the best anglers in the province for instructors.
And there are books, too. Any angler is an avid reader and, if not, they should be.
The best anglers are always the best students of angling. Some of my favorites that I have not listed previously in this series are: In The Ring of the Rise by Vincent Marinaro; Tying
Flies For Trophy Trout by Jack Shaw; Fly Fishing: The Trout Lakes by Jack Shaw; The Gilly compiled by Alfred G Davy; Fly Patterns of Roderick Haig-Brown by Arthur James Lingren; The Freshman Flyfisher's
Insect Guide by Rick Passek; and Flyfishing Strategies for Stillwaters by Brian M. Chan.
THE REPORT
Fishing on our Lower Mainland lakes remains slow. For better success concentrate on the northwest sections of your favorite lake from mid-morning through mid-afternoon.
The Fraser River back waters are fishing fair to slow for cutthroat. The Stave River is fair to slow for coho and cutthroat.The Harrison River is fair for coho and cutthroat.
