08 Dec

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29 Nov

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As we wrap up the Fall salmon fishing season our focus turns to Winter bull trout fishing. There's some great bull trout fishing within short distance of Vancouver that offers eager anglers a Winter fishing experience after most people have put their gear away for the season. As I'm sure...

19 Nov

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One of my favourite things to do each Fall is venture into northern BC and swing flies for the wild steelhead in the Skeena River system. It's as much about the journey as the destination. Driving from Vancouver up to Smithers has become a ritual of sorts, I love the...

12 Nov

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Overall it has been a really solid Fall season of salmon fishing on the local rivers in and around Vancouver. We've seen healthy numbers of returning fishing starting in early October and that's carried right through. As I write this on November 12th, we're still enjoy really good fishing on...

21 Oct

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We've been enjoying some great weather and fishing this October in and around Vancouver. Our Fall fly fishing program has been in full swing and we've had some solid fishing on the Squamish River for coho salmon. More on that below. Thanks for reading our latest Vancouver fishing report and...

24 Sep

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Well it has been a great September for fishing around Vancouver with super solid salmon numbers, lots of big sturgeon and limited pressure on local rivers. With the US border still closed much of our September was opened to locals and we've had lots of people from the Lower Mainland...

26 Aug

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Well it's certainly been an interesting Summer with borders being closed and trips being changed and cancelled, we've been pretty busy for all the wrong reasons!  All good, we've still enjoyed lots of time on the water and some great river conditions and fly fishing near Vancouver. Since we have...

06 Aug

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Jordan Oelrich is the owner operator of the Interior Fly Fishing Co based in Kamloops BC. It's no secret that British Columbia has an incredible amount of diversity when it comes to fishing and Jordan's backyard is no exception. The rolling ranchlands of BC's interior are speckled with hundreds of...

11 Jun

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Here is our updated Vancouver fishing report update for early June 2020 from your friends at Chromer Sport Fishing, British Columbia's trusted source for first class fishing trips! We started back on full fishing guide operations starting June 1st. It feels great to be back fishing and guiding and we...

25 May

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Vancouver fishing report update for late May 2020 from your friends at Chromer Sport Fishing, British Columbia's trusted source for first class fishing trips!VANCOUVER FLY FISHING REPORT It was pretty tough sitting out the past few months, not getting our running our usual fly fishing program. We're happy to see the...

24 May

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Lael and I met each other for the first time at the Dallas International Airport. Islander Reels, had invited us on a trip to Argentina, along with Vancouver Island based rod builder Andy Sneddon. Lael was posted up at the airport bar, he had just flown in from Seattle and...

24 Apr

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Do steelhead eat prawns when in the ocean? There's a pretty good chance they do. The one argument comes from that steelhead general don't swim deep when in the chuck, while prawns are usually in the dark depths near the sea floor. Anglers who fish bait generally find success when...

23 Apr

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A go to steelhead fly pattern in British Columbia, the articulated egg sucking bunny leech is a fish catching machine!Easy to tie and affordable on materials, this version of the egg sucking leech fly looks great in the water. Tying articulated flies is easy, and in the video below you'll...

12 Apr

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Like everyone else in the sport fishing industry we're feeling the crunch of the current situation. Lots of us are dads, now at home with our kiddies full time, so I thought I'd make something that families could do together, or older kids could do on their own.Hopefully this activity...

05 Apr

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Fly fishing on BC's south coast picks up in the Spring months. This is a great time to hit our local rivers with warmer water temperatures signalling the salmon eggs from the previous Fall to hatch. As the salmon emerge from their embryos they are called alevin. Alevin resemble fry,...

05 Mar

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The blog post is all about Squamish River steelhead fishing! Surrounded by the snowcapped peaks of the Tantulus Mountain Range the Squamish River flows from Pemberton Icecaps into the salted waters of Howe Sound. Beginning in February a very special run winter steelhead enter the Squamish River. Initially the numbers...

28 Feb

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The Vancouver fly fishing scene is pretty tight knit and Chromer Sport Fishing has always prided itself on having the most knowledgeable fly fishing guides in the area. I sat down with Jon MacArthur, the newest addition to the Chromer Vancouver fly fishing guide team, to chat fishing, find out...

26 Feb

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It is the 26th of February 2020 and here's a quick Vancouver fishing report with what's been happening lately on our Vancouver fly fishing trips and our saltwater salmon charters. We've enjoyed a good start to the year on all fronts and fishing should only get better as we move...