Sport fishing column for Nov 22 to 29, 2010

Christmas is now five weeks away; which means it is time to start shopping for the anglers on your list. Our first three recommendations (not available locally) are sure to please the technologically savvy angler and can be viewed on line at the Cabala's website.

Pro Catch Plus 50 Oxygen and Temperature Meter; this device computes water temperature, identifies the thermo-cline, displays water clarity to six feet, light intensity to fifty feet, and makes lure color recommendation.

Cabalas, Temperature Plus Oxygen Meter; this gem, displays water temperature, dissolved oxygen content up to sixteen parts per million, and water visibility to one hundred percent.

Spike It, Color-c-Lector; reads water conditions and tells what colors are most visible.

Next on out inventory of recommendations, are the hard to find books for the collectors on our list. Yes many are out of print, so the help of a book finder may be required.

Western Fish & Game, published by Western Fish & Game Magazine. A Cutthroat Collection, published by MacLean hunter Ltd. Sportsman across Canada, published by the Sportsman cigarette comp. Modern fly Craft, author James H Hyndman. Practical Flies and Their Construction, authors Lacey E Gee and Erwin D Sias. Moon Up Moon Down, author John Alden knight. Trout Fishing, author Joe Brooks. Kamloops an anglers study of the Kamloops trout, author Steve Raymond. Fly Rod Steelhead, author Bill Stinton. A Primer of Fly Fishing, (the only teaching text on fly fishing Haig-Brown published), author Roderick L Haig-Brown. Fly Patterns of Haig-Brown, author Arthur James Lingren. In The Ring of The Rise, author Vincent C Marinaro.

We will have more gift suggestions next week.

The report

The fishing on our lower mainland lakes is slow. Try a slow troll or retrieve with: Big Black, Nation's Black, Wooly bugger, Pumpkinhead, Mico Leach, Baggy Shrimp, Coachman, Cased Caddis, Halfback, Dragon Nymph, black or olive Matuka, Carey Special, Zulu, or Doc Spratley.

The Fraser River is slow to fair for cutthroat and dolly varden. For cutthroat try: Rolled Muddler, Mickey Finn, Eggo, Tied down Minnow, Epoxy Minnow, black, Flesh Fly, Stone, Professor, Lioness, Coachman, Zulu, Chez Nymph. For dolly Varden try: Large (#4 to #1) Eggo, Dolly Whacker, Bucktail, Epoxy Minnow, Big Black, Muddler, or Zunker.

The Vedder River is slow cutthroat and rainbow. For rainbow try: rolled Muddler, Mickey Finn, Eggo, Flesh Fly, Kaufmann Black Stone, Black Gnat, Zulu, Chez Nymph, Big Black, Sixpack, or Renegade.

The Stave River is fair for coho and cutthroat. For coho try: Christmas Tree, Rolled Muddler, Epoxy Minnow, Dolly Whacker, Tied Down Minnow, Bucktail, olive or black Wooly Bugger, Coho Blue, Blue Christmas, Bite Me, Eggo, or Egg Sucking Leach..

The Harrison River is fair for coho, cutthroat, and rainbow.

The Chehalis River is fair for coho.

You can find more at "The Reel Life Press" by Jeff Weltz.