T.F.M. Spotting - Lou in the P.N.W.

Lou Unkeless snuck out of the house again and this time headed north to British Columbia for a nine day adventure. The photos he returned with are a sure reminder that there is magic in the forests and waters of B.C.


Lou sent along an email about his trip...The pics were from the nine days I spent in British Columbia. I first fished with my buddy Doug Mooring, an outfitter up there, for a day on the Horsefly River, and a day on Forest Lake. I then went west through Houston (town with the biggest fly rod)and fished the Zymoetz River for two days which is near Terrace, the mainstream of the Skeena for a day, and then two days on the Stellako River on my way back. So the route was Northern California up to Prince George, West to Terrace, then retrace my steps. Almost 2000 miles each way.


I was hoping to catch some nice steelhead on the Zymoetz River and caught two, but I also caught six coho salmon. That was unexpected.


It was also my first fish on my spey rods, which was cool and a nice validation.


The Stellako runs between two lakes and gets sockeye from the Fraser river run. So I was fishing for rainbows but ended up catching a couple of hot sockeye as well. It was one of the only rivers that had a good return of Salmon this year. Caught quite a few rainbows, the largest being sixteen inches.


I wonder if the next time Lou packs up the camper if the wife would notice if I wasn't around for a couple weeks in a row? Not likely.