At the beginning of March, Trish, Dianne, and I signed up for a 4 hour guided steelhead trip on the Vedder.  Flygal's provided the necessary tackle and we provided the hutzpah to brave the chilly weather.  Although no one caught "da feesh" the opportunity to learn new techniques and develop a larger understanding of the river system can not be negated.  Thanks Flygals for an excellent experience.  Jacqueline

I was asked to share this recipe...Jacqueline
Utensils:  12" pie plate, spatula, mixer
Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 c. sour cream
1/4 c. mayonnaise
3 -4 oz. tin/fresh broken shrimp (cold water rinsed/patted dry)
1 c. seafood cocktail sauce
2 c. mozzarella cheese (grated)
3 green onions (chopped)
1 tomato (diced)
1 green pepper (diced)

Method:
Mix 1st 3 ingredients together till smooth
Spread on to pie plate
Scatter shrimp over mixture
Add layer of seafood cocktail sauce
Add layer of mozzarella cheese
Add layer of mixed tomato, green pepper, green onion
Add sprinkle of green onion

Notation:
Keep refrigerated, serve with crackers

Marj, Carol M and I spent a fun day this past Saturday fishing for salmon on the Vedder River.  For Carol and I, the salmon won, as we had no luck in landing one of the elusive creatures.  Marj, however, was more successful than we, landing one Pink on her spinning rod and the lucky lure that Randy had picked out for her.  Thanks, Randy. 

We met another fly fisher, Ejay, who was very helpful to we three novices, offering lots of tips on where to cast, what flies to use and even gave us some of his personally tied "dollar store" flies - not to mention offering Marj some of his catch. 

While we weren't overly succesful in catching fish, we all had a wonderful day on the river.  The view down river with the mist rising off the water, the mountains in the background and the multitude of other fishermen lining both sides of the river, , was beautiful.  I don't beleive there is such a thing as a bad day on the water.   

We hope to get out aqain soon.   Dianne

Just returned from 4 weeks of road travel checking out 5 fishing zones.  Zone 1:  Bow River, 25 km south of Calgary.  I swear the trout were as big as steelhead.  Most exciting moment?  The monster swam two feet in front of me, rolled to its side, looked me right in the eye and stuck his tongue out at me.  Folks were using 0x leader.  For a Bow neophyte, I was happy with 4x and c&r of 3-4 lbs babies.  Zone 2:  Crimson Lake.  Rocky Mountain House.  "Duuhhhh...the lake is dead, you fools!"  Next time I'm going to phone Alberta Parks to double check accuracy of their reviews.  Zone 3:  Trout Pond/William Switzer Park/Hinton:  This tiny pond holds trout between 2 to 8 lbs.  Green Spratley/Caddis Fly worked well.  Tried chirominids but could not hold the canoe steady in the wind despite the anchor system.  Zone 4:  Lac La Jeune/McConnell Lake.  Four glorious days on the smaller lake.  One day clearing line from the prop on the bigger pond.  Beautiful trout on caddis hatch.  Mighty winds nearly blew my 20lb We-No-Nah back to Kamloops.  Zone 5:  Clearwater River/Wells Gray.  Heaven!  Nice fat, healthy, clear-eyed wild trout.  Enough heart to make c&r a challenge.  Folks were using a modified Tom Thumb on nearly continuous caddis hatch.  Truly lovely days and only a few fried eggs from the Alta oil patch.  Jacqueline

I'm back home again with lots of stories but no fish! It was a great experience though, fishing the Skeena River and the Kitimat River. An eagle flew down in front of me, an osprey fished (successfully!) all the time I was on the Kitimat, a seal came in - also catching fish! - and of course, bears. It was just incredible, so quiet and peaceful. The pinks were nearly done, the coho hadn't started their run yet but the chum were there by the hundreds, not that I really wanted to catch any of them. They weren't at their prettiest and kept bumping into us. I'm already making plans for next year! Yvonne

Hi,
  Is anybody interested in going salmon fishing?????????????????  Would love to go with somebody/somebodies!!!!!
Marj

Aren't vacations supposed to fun and exciting times?  Then, why is it that I'm feeling conflicted about the vacation I'm about to have (which should be fun) vs staying home & catching some of the multitude of salmon that are coming in now? I have an untried 8 weight fly rod just waiting to be tested.  Darn - it will have to wait to another time.  I will, however, have some fishing stories to share with my Fish'nChick buddies when I return.  I'm going fly fishing in Norway.  Way cool, as the kids say.   

Have fun ladies, and catch some salmon for me.  Dianne 

I hope you will keep checking in on our blog. I know many of our members have great stories to tell after their summer adventures! They have travelled all over the province in search of great fishing and good times!