I certainly wish there was some way to get some of our water to you. We finally had two dry days in a row. That's the first time in several weeks.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hi Wes: > > You are certainly doing a lot better than me. I have only had one > camping/fishing trip and I am currently held up waiting for some parts for my > 14 year old trailer before I can take another trip. My best fish so far is a > 41/4 pound rainbow but the fishing this year was certainly not as good as the > previous 2 years. I agree that the bug hatches are inconsistent or even > non-existent compared with the same time in previous years. I suspect that I > should have taken my trip 3-4 weeks earlier. In June we normally fish > chironomids and dries when a hatch takes place. This year there were very few > surface bugs and it is the first time in many years that I did not have a > fish on a dry fly. > > The Province of BC recently announced a category 4 extreme fire risk and > water shortage. Sport fishing has been temporarily banned for the lower half > of Vancouver Island as the rivers are too low and the water temperatures too > high. The last few days have been a bit cooler and we even had a very minor > sprinkling of rain, but not enough to do any good. I have a fishing trip > planned to Sunday (day trip) but I am half expecting the Ministry to ban > fishing in the stream I am planning to fish. > > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver > BC Canada > > > > >> On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Neville, >> >> Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in >> Oregon. >> This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring >> in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, >> cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke >> all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks. >> >> We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs >> filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, >> and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a >> normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast >> is not favorable. >> >> IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, >> quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been >> fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the >> famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes >> River Alliance. >> >> I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows >> over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26" that ran >> 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next >> season is not assured at all. >> >> Wes Wada >> Bend, Oregon > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
