KIS-Fly fishing

A few more words on our trip... There was a few very positive things on some new gear that we tested on the island: - Echo Ion reels. These reels were pretty nice. The drag was precise and smooth, the drag adjustment was very easy to use and very accurate and the retrieve and spool construction was right on the money. I am a bit worried about how it will take on hits from rocks and etc, but that we will found out in the future. This reel is a real champ and when you consider the price tag on it, it's amazing that they can make that good of a reel with that price. Nice job Tim(Rajeff)!! - Vision #8 Cult switch rod. Very smooth and powerful rod. It basically will throw any line that you but on it as long as it's between the weight of 28-35grams. It has an action that works it way all the way down to the cork, but most of the casting is done from the upper 2/3 of the rod. A 480gr or 510gr Airflo skagit switch lines are perfect for it. Very nice addition to the switch rod mar...

Back home from Vancouver island. It was an intresting trip and we saw a lot of beutiful landscapes and many, many awesome rivers. Compared to the fishing that we have experienced on the Lower Mainland the trip was a dissapointment = the numbers of fish moving in to the rivers was very low compared to the numbers on the Mainland. From the 11days of fishing that we did on the island(5days in the Campbell river area, 6days on the Port Mcneill area) there was 3days of decent/good fishing and one awesome day. There were some dark fish in most of the rivers, but we feel it's best to leave them to their mating business and focus on the fresh fish that are moving in. Fishing only for the fresh fish is in my opinion much, much more intresting then dredging for "boots" - the fresh fish are just so much more willing to take the fly. The drawback in fishing for fresh fish only is that if the fish are not moving in, you won't be catching anything. The biggest dissapointment on the...