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A visiting fishing writer, describing one of our smaller streams wrote:
".....I nearly gasped! There before me was the most picturesque pool
one could ever imagine...This spot will be recorded in my memory banks
as the single most beautiful pool I have ever had the pleasure to fish."
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Your British Columbia fly-fishing trip will be full of variety. Our fishing spots are located from a 10-50 minute
boat ride from the lodge. Some of these locations require short to moderate
hikes, so guests should have the appropriate physical mobility necessary
to reach these locations. Blackfish Lodge is licensed and insured for
all freshwater fishing.
When’s the best time to have a Canada trout fishing vacation or a salmon/steelhead trip to Blackfish Lodge? Click here to
see a month-by month description of our season.
Our 100% catch and release streams, lakes, and rivers are, indeed, some
of the most beautiful, productive, and unpressured waters you’ve
never heard of. Our truck can take you to some fine lakes and streams
on nearby Gilford Island. Fish small streams or bigger water, dry flies,
or wet. Depending on the time of year, you’ll find yourself hooking
summer or winter run steelhead, cutthroat trout, dolly varden char, a
few rainbow trout, and chinook, silver, and pink salmon.
We have water and fishing opportunities to satisfy every skill level.
Experienced anglers will appreciate the variety and challenges of the
different streams and waters that we fish.
We are very pleased to provide fly tying and casting instruction to first-timers
or beginning anglers. We’ve taught many a guest who had never touched
a fly rod before. We’ll teach casting basics and have you (if you
wish) tie a fly or two. Then we’ll go out on the water. More often
than not, you’ll land your first fly-caught fish.
Our guides will take you into lovely small streams where the sighting
of another angler would be an extraordinary event. Tying into a leaping,
twisting, running steelhead or silver salmon in a stream that you might
be able to cross in two jumps is quite an angling thrill. Want a real
challenge? Bring your 10 weight gear, fast sink tip line, a strong arm,
and hook a 20-60 pound chinook salmon in a stream on a stripped fly. Landing
that fish, however, is quite another matter.
If larger water is on your menu, you’ll want to take our
full-day Wakeman River float trip. Designated as Class 2 Classified Waters by
the B.C. government, we are one of only two lodges authorized to fish
the spectacularly beautiful and legendary Wakeman. Again, rarely will
you see other anglers. Clear in the spring and turning to a striking jade
green color in the mid and late summer, the Wakeman has very often been
noted as the highlight of our guests´ trip.
Your Wakeman day starts off with a 50 minute boat ride
up lovely Kingcome Inlet. Your float trip starts with a short truck ride up the river to your
put-in spot. You and your guide will
serenely raft your way down the river, fishing innumerable pools and runs. After hooking your
fill of steelhead, salmon, trout, or dollies, (depending on the season)
you’ll come back to the lodge for another great dinner.
Saltwater fly-fishing for sea run cutthroats and salmon is becoming a
popular part of the fly angler’s repertoire. Fishing the estuaries
and rock piles for cutts can stir up some non-stop action. The estuaries
can also produce some excellent fishing for silvers waiting to enter the
streams. Further, silvers can be fished in other saltwater areas around
kelp beds and tidal rips.
For our guests´ use, we feature fly rods and reels from G.
Loomis and Sage
. However, we do find that most fly fishermen prefer to bring
their own gear. See the “What You’ll
Need” section for further details. Blackfish Lodge has one 20´ Grady-White and two 19´,
open, "Boston Whaler" type boats. Each boat is fully equipped
with GPS, downrigger gear, depth sounders, and quiet, smokeless 4-cycle
trolling motors. Personal floatation devices are provided for all guests.
All licenses, use of any tackle, and fuel are included in our rates.
Should you want even more variety and excitement, with advance notice,
floatplane and/or helicopter charters can be arranged (significant extra charges apply)
that will take you right from the lodge to fish nearby pristine and rarely
fished lakes and streams.
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