The Squamish and Cheakamus in the Sea-to-Sky corridor are glacial coastal rivers best fished in the clear, cold months — bull trout (Dolly Varden) chasing salmon fry and eggs, winter steelhead running, cutthroat about, and huge salmon runs (pinks in odd years). Glacial melt clouds them through summer, so the fly game is autumn through spring, reading clarity and swinging or stripping for the char and steelhead.
The Squamish and its tributary the Cheakamus, in the Sea-to-Sky country north of Vancouver, are glacially-influenced coastal rivers holding bull trout (Dolly Varden), winter steelhead, cutthroat and big salmon runs (including pink in odd years). Glacial melt clouds them in summer; the prime fly window is the clear, cold months when bull trout chase salmon fry and eggs and winter steelhead run.
Wading: Glacial flows, cold water, braided channels, strong current
- Granite
- Partly confined
- Pool riffle
- Large river
