VANCOUVER FLY FISHING TRIPS
GUIDED FLY FISHING IN VANCOUVER BC
Fish with Chromer Sport Fishing’s pro guide staff on first-class fishing trips from Vancouver, BC. We have a variety of wild rivers within an hour of Vancouver that offer year-round fly fishing for salmon, trout and steelhead. When you book your trip with us you’ll be fishing with the most experienced fly guides in Vancouver. That’s not just something we’re saying, we have an awesome crew of guides that have worked in the Sea to Sky region for a combined 60 years! Most of us have 20+ years experience fishing the Squamish River system, this is why we’ve become the go to for guided fly fishing trips in Vancouver.
Welcome to our Vancouver fly fishing page. I’ve spent the past 18 years guiding in the Sea to Sky region, the area north of Vancouver to Whistler and know nothing beats local experience, that’s why I’ve assembled an excellent crew of experienced guides to get you out fly fishing while in Vancouver. We make it easy, we’ll pick you up right at your hotel and have everything ready the day and you’ll be fishing wild coastal rivers within an hour of the city!
Yos Gladstone
Owner | Operator | Licensed Guide
Our fully guided Vancouver fly fishing trips include everything you need for a great day on the water. Trips included pickup and transportation from Vancouver, fitted Simms wading gear and all fly fishing equipment. Not included are fishing licenses, taxes and food.
ONE PERSON GUIDED FULL DAY
$495 per person
TWO PERSON GUIDED FULL DAY
$345 per person
THREE PERSON GUIDED FULL DAY
$325 per person
Easy to enjoy BC fly fishing packages put you on wild rivers with no big travel plans. We’ll pick you up in Vancouver or at the airport. Not included are fishing licenses, taxes and food. Prices below based on two people, but solo packages are offered as well!
TWO DAY / ONE NIGHT PACKAGE
$825 pp starting price double occupancy
THREE DAY / TWO NIGHT PACKAGE
$1285 pp starting price double occupancy
FOUR DAY / THREE NIGHT PACKAGE
$1750 pp starting price double occupancy
Our guided Vancouver fly fishing trips take place on the Squamish River system, about an hour north of Vancouver. The wild and beautiful coastal rivers that make up this system offer year-round fly-fishing opportunities for salmon, trout and steelhead. We generally do a hotel pickup at 7 AM, that’s when our guide will pick you up in Vancouver for the hour drive north to Squamish. Once in the Squamish Valley you’ll be surrounded by snow-capped peaks and have the pure waters of our coastal rivers flowing beneath you. Most trips are walk-n-wade, but we do use framed rafts on drift days if conditions are amenable. You can expect to fish a variety of river stretches in a day and be back in Vancouver mid afternoon.
For fishing during the spring months we are lucky to have a healthy run of winter steelhead that return to the Squamish and Cheakamus rivers starting in early February with the best steelhead fishing being in March, April and early May. This can be a challenging fishery but it is also very rewarding with big hard-pulling chrome fish. The trout stick around this time of year as well and Spring trout fishing can be very very good. All of this within an hour of Vancouver!
Summer fly fishing in Vancouver start in June. This is trout season, when we target resident rainbows and big bull trout. The Squamish River is usually at its highest point in June due to melting snow, but most years our smaller local rivers and tributaries still offer some solid trout fishing in June. By mid July river conditions have vastly improved and by August we enjoy excellent trout fishing and our first encounters with returning salmon. On odd years (2015, 2017, 2019 etc.) we have Pink salmon that return, offering a superb fly fishing experience. Because summer river conditions can be variable please contact us for an up-to-date report.
Fall is when the salmon migration begins on our rivers and this is a fantastic time for a trip. Tens of thousands of fish return to the Squamish River system and fishing from mid September to mid November for salmon can be spectacular with lots of big fish around. We fish within 5-10 miles of the open ocean and we never target spawning fish. We put our emphasis on targeting fresh healthy fish that pull hard! These are great trips, for beginner or seasoned fishing nuts, a chance at targeting wild salmon about an hour from the city.
During the winter and spring is when we see some of the best fly-fishing in the Vancouver area. During the winter months from December through February we generally target the native rainbow trout and wild bull trout that live in our home rivers. Trudging through the snow and fishing rivers void of anglers is a great way to spend a winters day and a shot at a bull trout is something unique to the West Coast. By early March spring has sprung and fishing just keeps getting better.
We’ve packaged our Vancouver fly fishing day trips with comfortable accommodations at either the Howe Sound Inn in Squamish BC or the Executive Suites in Squamish to bring you affordable quality packages putting you into wilderness fly fishing with no big travel plans. Both hotels have onsite restaurants and full amenities, so you won’t need any transportation and can relax after a day on the river. Most packages work with a morning pickup in Vancouver, fishing that day, staying in Squamish that evening and then fishing the next day. If you’re flying into Vancouver we can pick you up on an evening flight and drive you to Squamish, you’ll then fish in the morning the next day.
This is an excellent option for anyone looking for a quick getaway and some wilderness fly fishing in BC. We build our Vancouver fly fishing packages for flexibility, so please contact us for a detailed quote and include your group size and how many days of fishing and nights accommodation you’d like.
We love what we do and we want that to shine through on every one of our Vancouver fly fishing trips. We have assembled an incredible team of fly fishing guides in Vancouver headed up by lead guide Tom McHugh. Please have a look at this independent write up on the ‘To The Wild’ website reviewing our guiding services to give you an idea of what to expect, you can also have a look at our Trip Advisor. Keep in mind, if you’re shopping around for a trip it’s important to note our guide staff is the most experienced in Vancouver, each with 20+ years of local on-the-water experience and we pride ourselves on professionalism, top quality equipment, leading safety standards and always customizing each trip to the comfort of our clients.
“All in all top notch service, amazing guides, unbelievable scenery, and incredible fishing!! We will be back for sure and when we are we will be reaching out to Chromer to hook us up again!!”
DAVE O
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
“I can’t recommend Chromer Sport Fishing and Yos himself more. Yos went above and beyond to make sure that my wife and I had a great day fishing. If you’re thinking about fishing in BC, go with Yos! He’ll take great care of you, and you will have a fantastic day on the water.”
JOHN MULLENHOLZ
WASHINGTON, D.C.
“Enjoyed a very good days fishing with a very good guide called Tom. He was very prompt picking me up from my hotel in Vancouver. We were fishing on the Squamish within one hour of leaving the Hotel and because of his knowledge of the river it didn’t seem long before I caught my first Pink salmon. I can definitely recommend both Tom and Chromer Sport Fishing.”
EDDIE RAMM
LONDON, ENGLAND
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