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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
