We have been river fishing for decades all up and down Vancouver Island but over time we have really fit into the September/October salmon-on-the-fly experience which Quatsino Sound has to offer. There are 5 salmon bearing rivers and streams that possess prolific enough runs to engage both the novice and the experienced fisher. And fly fishing is easy to learn on our island rivers. Really a treat. Sometimes we have steelhead, river dependent of course, but the majority of our target species is Coho and Chum salmon. We avoid the spawning Chinook once they reach the river because catching them their spawning run has been shown to increase mortality dramatically yet Chum don't seem to mind at all. Just a flick of their tail and off they go back up stream.
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