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Wicks  /  Fly fishing

Fly water, reached by boat.

Sea-run cutthroat, bull trout, Dolly Varden and steelhead on the lower Fraser and its tributaries — single and double-handed, half day or full day.

The idea

Water most people can't get to.

The boat is the reason these trips work. Stretches of the Upper Pitt are reachable only by helicopter or boat, which usually means having the run to yourselves — and on a river with pressure on it, that's the whole difference.

Trips are built around whoever's on the boat. First-timers get instruction as part of the day; experienced anglers get pushed and get shown water they'd struggle to find alone.

What you're after

The fish

Sea-run Cutthroat Trout

14–20+ in

Among the most beautiful trout you'll ever hold, and excellent light-tackle sport. Fresh out of the ocean, they push into the Fraser and Harrison in spring to feed on the abundance of salmon minnows. Much of this fishing is surface-oriented and it reaches a genuine peak. Most run 14 to 18 inches with better fish over 20 — and the biggest of them come out of the remote rivers through winter and spring.

Steelhead

8–16 lb

The hardest thing we offer and the pinnacle of West Coast sport fishing. Ocean-going, supercharged rainbows — every one worth calling a trophy. Winter fish show up as early as December, but cold water means fly fishing doesn't really come on until the end of February. Spring run peaks March through May. Summer run starts in July and peaks at the end of September.

Bull Trout & Dolly Varden

14 in – 14 lb

Not true trout at all — these are char. Increasingly rare elsewhere in the world, and British Columbia holds one of the strongest populations left. Sizes vary enormously. Sea-run dollies sit in the same pools as resident fish; the sea-runs come in bright and chrome, the residents darker and more colourful. They're here year-round, and the rivers they live in are half the reason to go.

White Sturgeon

up to 12 ft

Prehistoric, enormous, and the most popular trip we run. Available all year with the peak from April to the end of November, and it works for anglers of any age or experience. Adult fish in the Fraser and its tributaries reach twelve feet. We also run juvenile trips where you can help with the voluntary tagging program and contribute to the conservation work directly.

Where it happens

Three rivers.

01

Upper Pitt River

Boat or helicopter access only. Classic runs, gravel bars, Coast Mountains on both sides.

02

Lillooet River

A winter wilderness run reached by jet boat from Harrison, with next to no pressure on it.

03

Fraser & tributaries

Thirteen hundred kilometres of river and the reason the whole operation exists.

Next step

Get a date on the water.

Send the dates and Dayton comes back with availability and a rate. You're talking to the guide, not an office.

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