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Have a pal in Victoria who is interested in acquiring a Hardy 1010 rod for use, not a wall-hanger. I know they are hard to find etc. etc. etc. but if any of you know of any please let me know and I'll hook you up with his info. Thanks in advance. Take care.

I may have posted this before but it's 20 plus years old so I hope someone new might enjoy it. It was the year of the big El Nino, and the spawning channel inside the Lower Island of the Campbell was dotted with small sockeye, sparkling like an assortment of Christmas ornaments, all red bodies...

Back in 1996 the then existing SSBC Branch at Campbell River built a small memorial rest area on the Quinsam River called Eric's Riffle. It was a memorial for two young people lost in accidents related to steel-heading, one being Eric Hanley and the other Doug Bruce. A shelter above a swing, a...

October was always my favorite month at Jordan River. First good swells would arrive. The kelp would be cleaned out a bit. Water was as warm as it gets after a summer in the reservoirs above the fog. Still some sunny warm windless afternoons. Muddy hikes down to Sombrio when the point was...

Back in 1970 I decided to take the plunge and either buy or have built a stock car to race at the Oyster River track, as it was then called. I was single and had a good job as Warehouseman at the logging division in Gold River. As such, I had a few dollars plus a few contacts, so I put the word...

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, and the opening day of our annual pursuit of the famous Tyee. And we're not crazy, our Moms had us tested. Hello everyone. I'm going to open with a couple of sad events that happened earlier this year, and by that I mean I found out that my friend since...

And here's why. Very happy to pass on something that will help create new memories for young people learning at my old alma mater. I graduated from the old CARIHI 60 years ago this year, and wanted to celebrate with this gift to their Fly Fishing Program...

Sad to see one of my lifetime's favorite Hollywood beauties pass away, at age 82. What a career she had, seemed like it was a million years long. Take care.

So rumor has it that a certain assassin of fish, unable to get that elusive Tyee once again, tried fishing for Tuna down south. Evidence suggests he caught one, and a very nice one indeed. I've seen it, all 111 pounds of it and it's a beauty. Here, see for yourselves. Good going amigo...

In a disaster of near historic proportions, a local Tyee rowboat crew managed to have an oar escape their boat while they were engaged in netting what turned out to be a Tyee wannabe, weighing but 21 pounds but fighting like it was much bigger. The Chinook was hooked by accident as they were...

I was just told that a white hulled Tyee rowboat with Strikes 90 on the side of it has apparently been stolen from the wharf downtown. The owner went to get it for use tonight and it was missing. A police report has been started and I'll post this on the Tales From The Tyee Pool thread in a...

I'm baaaack!! Hello everyone and greetings from Control Central and your humble host, soon to be a major movie star. But I digress. NOTE: I mistakenly believed we wouldn't be able to keep a Chinook large enough to be a Tyee until August 1st. and said so in my original post. I was wrong and...

Weather permitting I usually take a walk down the Tyee Spit every morning and 95% of the time I have my camera with me. This morning, however, Murphy pulled his trick on me and I forgot it at home. Naturally, this was the morning a little family of Humpback whales decided to hang around just...

Sad day losing both Louie and Meatloaf. Here's Louie and his first appearance on Carson. His opening line killed. Take care.

Last day of the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout with pretty good conditions at Pipeline today. Have a look if you're into surfing or watching it. Take care. Over now.

Long before the Internet, home computers, Tyee fishing and the like, I was a surfer and part of a small but dedicated group who frequented the point break at Jordan River. Surfers are famous for both bequeathing and receiving nicknames, so here's the story of how I may have acquired mine, which...

Word is Bob was found in his hotel room deceased. Authorities claim no sign of drug use or abuse, so cause of death not known as yet. No more dirty jokes from him. Take care.

A link to recent coverage of what is happening next door to us. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/weather/washington-flooding-emergency-alert-landslide/index.html Hoping our Fraser Valley and other areas aren't badly affected by this. Why am I not in Hawaii?? LOL Take care.

But I couldn't see out through my windshield. So I didn't go. Not a snow fan here. LOL Take care.

Now that I'm finally getting old I have an annual poke and prod with my Doctor as well as an annual visit with my eye specialist in Comox. I'm at a slightly elevated risk for what's called Open Angle Glaucoma because I'm a mutant, having been born with Nail Patella Syndrome. This year the...