The Salmon River is the home river, but you will also be in striking distance of the fabled Nimkish and Gold as well as other smaller, more secret, rivers on the island. With so many options there is virtually always something in shape. With multiple rivers available it is important to use the weather conditions to choose the best available option. This flexible program puts the angler on the best water at the best time. Diversity is what truly makes this trip special for winter steelhead. Some of the creeks only fish well with huge amounts of rain, while others fish best at low water. Many of these rivers are lake fed ensuring that you will be out fishing in all but the absolute worst conditions. The week-long trip will have you swinging flies only a handful of miles at most from tide water every single day, hiking intimate walk and wade creeks, stalking wild steelhead with smaller spey rod setups and floating remote sections of the larger more famous rivers. For those that have connected with it, no other place can compare. Fishing here has become a sanctuary for those who know it. The sections of old growth rainforest, the mystique of the rivers and the landscape, and the heart and soul of the people who live there make this one of the most unique locations to fish in North America. Vancouver island still maintains a cult following among hard-core winter steelheaders. With the popularity of winter steelhead growing right along with the sport of spey casting, it is getting harder and harder to find productive systems with little to no angling pressure, but it is still possible here up here! The opportunity to hook fish this fresh, in rivers this beautiful, is a combination that is hard to duplicate elsewhere. This is your chance to get off the grid to chase dime bright missiles within sight of the ocean. The short rivers that drain the island rainforest are home to an amazing strain of winter steelhead. Vancouver Island lies just off the southern coast of British Columbia, and in the northwestern dent in Washington State: the heart of the winter steelhead world. Hard-core stealheaders still whisper about the chrome bright missiles that swim up the remote and unpressured streams of the island. Roderick Haig-Brown wrote stories of the anadromous fish that poured into these rivers, painting images in anglers’ minds all over the country and the world of a fishing paradise. This place was and can still be an absolute fish factory. Vancouver Island is one of the most fabled places in steelhead fly fishing lore, and for good reason. International Fly Fishing Travel Magazine.Skip to content The Fly Shop 800♶69♳474 Menu
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