Sport fishing column for Nov 28 to Dec 5, 2011
By Jeff Weltz
This week on our list of Christmas gift ideas; we suggest some of the hard to find books for that book collecting angler on your list. You may need to enlist the aid of a good book scout to help find some of these titles.
"Rod & Creel in British Columbia;" author A. Bryan Williams, copyright 1919. This how-to book is said to be the original prototype of our BC fishing guide books.
"Fish and Game in British Columbia;" author A. Bryan Williams, copyright 1935.
"Moon Up - Moon down;" author John Alden Knight, copyright 1942. In this classic Knight tells the story of how he researched and developed the Solunar Tables.
"A River Never Sleeps;" author Roderick Haig-Brown, copyright 1946.
"The Western Angler;" author Roderick Haig-Brown, copyright 1947.
'First Annual Fishing Guide Lisle Fraser's Sporting Goods;' author Austin Spencer, copyright 1947. While this book is very hard to find, it is a real collector with detailed information on the Capilano, Thompson and other popular rivers of that time.
"Your Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns;" author Roy Patrick, copyright 1948.
"Northwest Angling;" author Enos Bradner, copyright 1950.
"Fishing Adventures in Canada and USA;" author G D Luard, copyright 1950. This gem includes a photo of the 70 lb Campbell Chinook caught by Sir Richard Musgrave, in 1896.
'Fisherman's Spring;' author Roderick Haig-Brown, copyright 1951.
"Fishing Flies and Fly Tying with William F. Blades;" author Bill Blades, copyright 1951. Bill Blades was the first to pioneer fly tying as a recovery therapy for wounded armed forces personnel.
"The Practical Fly Fisherman;" author Al McClane, copyright 1953.
"100 Steelhead Streams"; author Lee Straight, copyright 1955. Lee Straight was the legendary career outdoors columnist for the Vancouver Sun.
"Fisherman's Summer;" author Roderick Haig-Brown, copyright 1959.
"A Primer of Fly Fishing;" author Roderick Haig-Brown, copyright 1964. This book is a real prize, in that it is the only how-to style teaching book on angling that Haig-Brown produced.
More gift ideas next week.
The report
Fishing on our Lower Mainland lakes is slow. For better success try a slow troll or retrieve in the northwest sections of your favorite lake from mid-morning through mid-afternoon with: Coachman, American Coachman, Professor, Wooly Bugger, Micro Leech, Sixpack, Dragonfly Nymph, Halfback, Doc Spratley, Baggy Shrimp, or Zulu.
The Fraser River back waters are fishing slow to fair for cutthroat. For cutthroat try: Eggo, Rolled Muddler, Tied Down Minnow, Mickey Finn, Stonefly Nymph, or American Coachman.
The Stave River is fair to slow for coho and cutthroat. For coho try: Christmas Tree, Rolled Muddler, olive Wooly Bugger, Bite Me, or Coho Blue.
The Harrison River is fair for coho, and cutthroat.
The Thompson River is fair to good for steelhead and rainbow. Try: Squamish Poacher, Big Black, Flat Black, Popsicle, Kaufmann Stone, Steelhead Spratley, or Polar Shrimp.
Jeff Weltz has been a regular fishing columnist in several newspapers, and has a weekly fishing report directed at fishing in some of the best trout and salmon waters in the province. Want to join his mailing list? Shoot him an email at fishingnewsman@gmail.com.
