Terrace BC fishing guides for Steelhead & Salmon

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Westcoast

Chris & Craig with some Kitimat Chrome !

Fishing has been outstanding we had guests that have never fished steelhead catch multiple fish in a day in the 20 pound class we are nearly half booked up for our remote steelhead camp for next season only taking 4 per week into this location offering the highest level experience. Swinging flies is the prefered method however we do a little indictor fishing as well. Look forward to hearing form anyone with questions about our incredible fishery on the Skeena,Nass,Kitimat rivers.
Tight Lines
Gill McKean
Westcoast Fishing Advenutres 1-866-578-8552 toll free
www.westcoastfishing.ca

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Steelhead guides on the Skeena river fly fishing the kitimat river,nass river with over 30 rivers to choose from this is Disney Land for anglers from around the world book your trip today !

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Westcoast
Steelhead fly fishing guides on the Skeena river,Kitimat river, Nass rivers

Gill Mckean with a Chromer caught March 28 ..Terrace BC . And so it begins spring steelhead season March / April- we are looking forward to another great year of fishing our company is now an Orvis endorsed fly fishing guide service for the Skeena river, Nass river, Kitimat river with 16 years of experience we have the rod days and the knowlege to take you on a fly fishing trip of a life time with over 30 remote rivers to guide on the options are endless. King salmon enter the system in late May then the season just builds from there with Pink salmon,Chum salmon,Coho salmon,Sockeye salmon & the high flying Summer Steelhead mixed in. July & August can be what we call the grand slam month when guided anglers can expect to catch all 5 species in one day.

Westcoast fishing adventures / Terrace BC

Summer run Steelhead spring Steelhead camp inquire here!

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Tight Lines

Gill McKean

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Fly fishing Terrace British columbia skeena river fly fishing steelhead

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Westcoast

Fly fishing Terrace BC, Skeena river, Nass river , Kitimat river is what we do as guides in the Terrace Kitimat area for Steelhead & Salmon the past 15 years we have explored and seen most but not all of the bounties these river systems have to offer. with that said you can be assured with our professional guides you will experience a fly fishing trip to remember. We guide for Spring Steelhead starting April 1 through to May 10 then onto the early run Chinook salmon swinging flies for these monsters is epic to say the least. We are now booking up for spring Steelhead call for open spots, our next best time frame for Steelhead is July, August on the Main stem Skeena river this is the time when the true summer Steelhead are making there trip through the Big Skeena river and beyond  300km to 600km north to all other destinations we like to catch them when we are at there mercy! Fresh shinny pissed off Steelhead with no where else to go but back to the Ocean when they feel the prick from your swung fly.

photos attached are just a few of the best of Spring Steelhead 2011 to see more please look for the latest Salmon Steelhead Journal or The Latest Chasing Silver Mag we are in them loud and proud if you are looking for Chrome Fish with professional guides look no further than Westcoast Fishing Advenutres  the team of guides start with Gill Mckean, Gordon McKean,

Kitimat river Chromer.

Darren wright also guides on the Bow river in Calgary & the world famous Babine river out of Smithers BC, & Todd Haynes with this crew you can’t go wrong. we look forward to helping you plan your next dream trip to British Columbia Terrace BC.

Pick from three lodging experiences from B&B to 4 star we can offer the lodging to suit your needs.

Contact 1-866-578-8552

Cell 1-250-615-3477

email  – info@westcoastfishing.ca

Kitimat river steelhead.

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Fly fishing for spring steelhead in Terrace BC

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Westcoast

Fly fishing Terrace BC Skeena river, The Season will end October 31st, 2011.
The Steelhead season is still strong! Along with the Dolley Varden and Cut-Throat!
Inquiries are coming in daily in regards to our Epic Spring Steelhead Season, if you are considering a trip to remember for a lifetime, please call today. The last week of April is booking up, Get a flight seat sale when you tell Hawk Air you are flying with Westcoast Fishing Adventures! Link attached to our web site www.westcoastfishing.ca.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Tight Lines!
~Fishing is our addiction! Guiding is in our blood! Adventure is in our Blood!~

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Skeena river steelhead report!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Westcoast

The Skeena is back in shape and fly fishing on our radar, we are targeting Steelhead & Coho Salmon. Fishing the Skeean river,Nass river,Kitimat river, and many other remote rivers in Terrace BC for full weekly fly fishing or fishingreports complete with photos see our website @ www.westcoastfishing.ca or www.skeenariversteelhead.com / We look forward to hearing from you. Tight Lines Gill McKean

Read on for Skeena river steelhead counts to date.
Subject: RE: Skeena Summer Steelhead Update To September 25th, 2011

Please find, attached, the most recent update (to September 23rd) for the
Moricetown mark-recapture fishery generated steelhead population estimate.
All the best.

________________________________
From: Beere, Mark FLNR:EX
Sent: September 25, 2011 11:11 AM
To: Wilson, Andrew S FLNR:EX
Subject: RE: Skeena Summer Steelhead Update To September 25th, 2011

Please find, attached, the Skeena Update to September 25th, 2011.  This file
contains the Tyee Test Fishery generated Skeena River summer steelhead index
to September 24th, including daily, cumulative and escapement estimate
figures, in addition to a summary table showing cumulative index data since
1998, overall and decadal averages, et cetera, the Upper Sustut River
Enumeration Weir steelhead counts to September 19th.  The Moricetown Canyon
(Bulkley-Morice) mark-recapture estimate figure to September 16th is
pending.  The estimate is ~= 13 K, and the project is currently challenged
by yet another high discharge/turbidity event.

The Tyee Test Index to the September 24th (now complete for 2011) is 147,
63% of last year’s index to the same date and 74% of the all years’ average
(this is only the eighth year that the Test Fishery has operated on the 24th
of September – average of the 8 years fished to this date = 198; range all
years: 33 (1957) to 264 (1998)).

Nine hundred and ninety steelhead have been captured to date at the Upper
Sustut River Enumeration Weir, above average to the same date (average all
years since 1994 = 567; range: 80 (2006) to 1106 (2009)).

As of August 24th, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans estimate the
Skeena sockeye aggregate escapement past Tyee to be 1.48 million.

Commercial fishing activity in the Skeena River approach waters is complete
for this season.  Commercial fishing activity to date can be found in the
attached: Commercial Openings 2011.

Hope you have enjoyed our fishing report for September 29th 2011

Tight Lines Gill Mckean

1-866-578-8552 office toll free

email – info@westcoastfishing.ca

Spring Steelehad at its finest giuded by Westcoast Fishing Adventures

 

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Fishing report Skeena river,Nass river,Kitimat river.Sept 29/2011

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Westcoast

I just returned from a trip down south to the Thompson river, to shoot a fly fishing show with Mark Pendlington from sport fishing BC.  This time it was my turn to be shown a quality trout fishery, well guess what we missed the stone fly hatch by a week or so and the wind was blowing 80 km but we decided to launch the 18ft Clackacraft anyway, since I had just drove 15 hours.

What came of the trip? A few hook ups with some beautiful Thompson river rainbow trout, I also could not believe the sheer numbers of salmon Sockeye & Pinks swimming by us all day long. Then the real wind hit 80 km with out a doubt the worst I have seen, making it near impossible to row down the river.  There were waves at times all of 6ft high breaking! I said to Mark & Justin at one point “I feel like George Clooney from the perfect storm”. However, if I was not already impressed with the 18 ft Clack, we all were at the end of the day and we lived to tell about the ride, but never got the footage we were looking for.

The conditions in the Terrace area have been nothing more than tough to say the least.  On my trip home Sept 28 from Ashcroft, BC the Bulkley was blown as well as every other tributary clear down to the town of Terrace.

The Kalum river has been un-fishable since August and continues to be in the trees and over the banks in some areas.

Copper river is living up to its name Copper in color.

Kitimat river has been high & very dangerous for anyone with out rafting experience, as there are some new channels being cut daily as well as new log jams. We have been doing some lake fishing while we wait for the water to recede.

BC moose looking for steelhead too.

The Kasiks river has been high, but fishable off and on we are looking forward to the cooler temps October will bring as the rain will turn to snow, making the water drop and giving us one last shot at some Steelhead & Coho salmon on the Fly.

Tight Lines!

Angling guide Gill McKean

 

Fishing is our Addiction! Guiding is our Passion! Adventure is in our Blood!

Gill McKean 1-866-578-8552, info@westcoastfishing.ca

Tight loops on another remote steelhead river.

 

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Fly fishing steelhead & coho salmon on the Skeena,Nass,Kitimat rivers out of Terrace BC

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Westcoast

Hello all.

We have experienced a historic weather in the north west for the last to months making water levels high and un-fishable at times so when this happens we go fly fishing on the local lakes that are often over looked in the Terrace Skeena region. attached are some photos of the lake fishing that took place in the last couple weeks.

It is now Sept 15th and water conditions have returned to normal levels however the fish have either returned to the Ocean or made their way to higher ground where we the fishermen & women cannot bother them i expect the fresh fish to make there way back into the Skeena,Nass,Kitimat rivers in the coming days as things have returned to normal letting the fish sit in the happy places where we can swing flies and continue our recreation.

Making for tight lines & happy faces we still have some open dates for anyone looking to hook a trophy Salmon or Steelhead October is the month to get this done with much more stable conditions due to cooler temps.

We look forward to hearing form anyone with ? about the Skeena,Nass,Kitimat fisheries.

Tight Lines\Gill Mckean

Forrest & Ralph Delph with a fine skeena river Coho salmon / silver salmon

Greg Weston with a fine rainbow on a local lake fly fishing rainbow trout while the skeena was blown out.

Carl with another Skeena river Coho caught Sept 15th on a secret river guided by Westcoast Fishing Adventures.

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Fly fishing Salmon & Steelhead on the Skeena river Terrace BC Fishing Report.

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Westcoast

Hello all, the last few weeks have been very busy. The last two weeks of August were very wet to say the least, with the odd dry day mixed in. However this is what makes Terrace BC Skeena country so green, all this water supports an amazing water shed with all 5 speices of pacific salmon, as well as Rainbow Trout & Dolly Varden. We also had the opportunity to have the New Fly Fisher film crew here, Thomas Rosenbauer & Jeremy Kennedy to document this incredible fly fishery, while filming we encountered almost every fish that swims the mighty Skeena river. Steelhead, Coho salmon, Pink salmon, Dolly Varden; you name it, we caught it!  I am looking forward to seeing it air on WFN world fishing network some time in the New Year. Stay tuned.

Our guide season is still in full swing, it is now prime time to book your Steelhead & Coho salmon fishing trip, we still have some open spots so if you have not booked and been sitting on the fence, wait no longer get er done.

We look forward to the next two months of great fishing On the Skeena River, Nass River, Kitimat River and most of their tributaries.

Tight Lines to all.

Gill McKean

Good times Filming the for the New Fly Fisher.

Skeena river summer run steelhead caught on a weighted pink intruder.

 

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Fly fishing guides

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Westcoast

Season review to date.

With the Chinook season over and the pink salmon & sockeye salmon coming to an end we are seeing great returns of Coho Salmon & Steelhead so far it appears the Steelhead run is an average size however it is to early to tell what may be swimming in the Skeena any day, we have had some great days swinging flies on the Skeena hooking all speices during your guided fishing day the weather has been very cool and damp for August however the rivers have been in great shape with over cast skies giving anglers the best of both worlds.

We still have some available dates in September & October for Coho salmon & Steelhead Fly fishing for these incredible fish on one of our many pristine rivers is like nothing else you will experience we guide on 30 remote rivers in the Skeena,Kitimat,Nass regions.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Tight Lines

Gill McKean

Fly fishing Coho Salmon & Steelhead

Fly fishing Steelhead Gill Mckean & Forrest

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Fly fishing for Steelhead, Coho, Chum, Pink, Sockeye, Chinook Salmon, Guided fishing in Terrace, BC Westcoast Fishing Adventures

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Westcoast

Guest Arild & Tor From Norway Spent a week with us here and soaked up the sun and scenery, fly fishing and catching the “Grand Slam” all salmon species while they were here, went away with many stories and photos to last for a lifetime.

The Kitimat and Skeena river has has record number returns this year, which has been an amazing dream come true for our Spey and Fly guys!

Good times, Good friends made, Safe travels home and look forward to hearing from you in the very near future!

Fishing is our Addiction! Guiding is our Passion! Adventure is in our Blood!

Tight Lines from the crew at Westcoast Fishing Adventures!
1-866-578-8552 or info@westcoastfishing.ca

 

Tight Lines!

Guest from Norway Arild & My Son Austen

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