Hey! I am traveling to port renfrew on Vancouver island, which will be my first time going to Canada. My trip is for the first week of August, but after reading the freshwater fishing regulations I am starting to realize that week may be bad timing due to closures. Nevertheless this is my best chance to explore that area in the near future so I am going to try and make it work.

I am not necessarily after BC trophy sized fish and most of the fishing I do at home revolves around catching 6” Brook trout out of tiny streams in the Appalachians. My thinking is that Vancouver Island, being wild and pristine, must have healthy little trout in just about any tributary that stays cold year round. My current plan is to get out of zones 1-1 through 1-6 (seems like just about everything there is closed the first week of August) and go around scouting for cold clean water in quiet areas. Hoping that if I find cold/clean water I may be able to catch a new species or a 12 in rainbow (trophy sized to me haha).

My question to ya’ll - is my approach/theory appropriate for BC? Or do I need to be more selective with what locations or types of streams I target? Would love to hear any advice ya’ll have on the topic.

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Hey everyone, I’m in the market for a new fly outfit after learning on a cheap 5-weight outfit from Cabelas. Looking to upgrade but don’t want to spend insane money. I think I need a 6/7 weight but I’m happy to take recommendations. I pretty much strictly fish medium-sized rivers around BC with floating line, but have bent the arbor of my reel 3 times, so it needs to be somewhat durable. Any recommendations for an outfit or rod+reel+line for under $400 ish?

My son has been planning a fly fishing trip for months and we are finally leaving tomorrow!
He bought a fly rod and we are both stoked to go explore the chilcotins and try to catch his first fish on a fly

We are heading to pemberton tomorrow night and then hoping to explore the back roads north and east. Mud creek, Yalakom river, Cayoosh, Birkenhead, tyaughton etc

If anyone has any recommendations or suggestions for rivers/roads to explore? We have a solid 4x4 but will keep it pretty tame

Also any good (aka quiet!) rec sites to recommend we would love to hear any suggestions too

We are both learning fly fishing this year so will be fun bombing around new areas finding some pockets to hit!

Has anyone caught any big bass in there recently?

I am planning to head down to the Skagit river for the first time this weekend. is there any tips you guys could share about this fishery?

im planning on bringing a spinning rod and a fly rod. what sort of lures/flies should i use? and whats the approach? this will be the first time I've ever done river fishing in general so any tips will be welcomed.

Would a 6 weight fly rod work?