Cowichan River

[Fins -n- Skins]

Be careful out there. Sorry late report but there are trees across at lower bible left side and right side where the river splits. Had to drag the drift boat around and was not fun. Rafts have it easier. Maybe someone had dealt with it by now ? On a side note 2 rafts have flipped already with the last one on Saturday at bible. Always changing condition out there.

 

[onefish]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[onefish]

First drift in 3 years, been drifting since the early 80's. Stoltz to Sandy today. Gorgeous day. Pretty straight forward drift, no trouble spots. River level 1.25, in the old days that would have meant lots of really nice water to fish. Sadly the trend of a shallower, straighter, swirly, sandy bottomed river, has continued. There were no grade A, can't miss spots, a couple of small B grade spots that should hold fish, and some edge of the swirl spots, but really a whole bunch of nothingness. A few other drifters, a few bank anglers. Really hard to give a decent fishing report given how little holding water there is on this stretch now. We manged to hook one. Pretty pathetic for the third week in Feb, but not surprising considering the lack of holding water.