Mamquam River 06/11/2010

Hit the Mamquam River today with Sean Dwyer from the morning to early afternoon. Initially, we drove to the Cheakamus, up by Paradise Valley, but the river was super high and full of colour and debris. So afterwards, we drove down and hit the upper Mamquam. The fishing methods for the day were as follows: Sean was dead drifting single egg patterns under an indicator, and I was swinging popsicle style flies, for dollies, bulls, bows, or whatever we could hook up with. Sean ended up landing a nice Dolly Varden on the first stretch of river, right before the canyon. The rest of the day was spent exploring the lower Mamquam below the train bridge and at the confluence of the Mamquam and Squamish. We did not have any more luck though, as both rivers, especially the Squamish, were really high.

This is a picture of the Dolly Varden Sean hooked and released on a single egg pattern at the upper Mamquam.