Our spring seminars are now posted on our website. This year we are offering Jet Boat Clinics, 3 - day fly casting seminars, sturgeon seminars and our popular steelhead seminar. You can book on line or call us for Gift Certificates. These seminars are excellent for the novice to advanced and make great Christmas Gifts.

• Sturgeon seminar
• Steelhead seminar
• 3 - day Fly casting
• Jet Boat Seminar

Teresa, Vic and all the staff at STS would like to wish all of our friends, clients and visitors to our website and very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 2008 was not the greatest year for salmon fishing but the future looks bright as 2009 looks to be a much better year. We will be working on our 2009 pre-season forecast over the next week and should have it posted before Christmas.

Join us on one of our Hells Gate Jet Boat Tours.

We are working on some new pages for our website that will not only improve the site but also find you some the best rates on salmon and sturgeon fishing. There will also be some last minute specials and discounted packages.

Free Steelhead Literature

Last weekend I was supposed to speak on steelhead at Emporium with Steelhead University but do to truck problems I never made it out. I have 40 or 50 handouts that offer some excellent tips, tricks and strategies for fishing for steelhead and more importantly fishing the Vedder. If anyone would like a copy, please e-mail me your mailing address and I will be happy to send it out to you at N/C.

Win a Free STS Hoodie

Just e-mail me and we will enter you into our draw which will take place on Christmas Day.

Weekly Update

Sturgeon / Fraser River

Ryans largest sturgeon of the 2008 season, measuring over 9 ft.

The Fraser River is pretty much done for sturgeon fishing now that the ice flows have started. Although we don't normally get ice flows on the Fraser, this past weeks cold weather has made the Fraser look like one big ice rink. I'm not sure how long it will last but it looks like it might be here for a while.

We are now selling seats for our annual Sturgeon seminar head in April, to book a seat please call or e-mail us. You can read more about our Sturgeon Seminar.

Tom's largest fish of the season measuring 10 ft 2 inches.

Our next peak sturgeon season is in the spring, which brings our annual migration of the Eulachon (small bait fish) to the Fraser River to spawn. Food in winter is scarce so when the Eulachon arrive the Sturgeon are eager to feed, it's not uncommon to hook 15 to 20 fish in a 6 hour trip. If you're looking for a great spring fishing adventure, sturgeon/steelhead combo makes for a great angling vacation.

Monster Sturgeon Caught on Fraser River

This fish is the largest sturgeon hooked and landed on the Fraser river this year by a sport angler. It measured 11'1 with a 58 inch girth or 337.82 cm with a 148 cm girth and was caught by Missions STS Guiding Service Guide Matt Schaap and guests from Langley. The day was 5 minutes from being over when Matt recognized a small bite, he thought it was a small fish, set the hook and 90 minutes later landed one of the largest sport caught fish ever caught.

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Winter Steelhead Fishing

Sea-run Trout fishing is probably some of the most challenging and exciting fishing there is in British Columbia. Sea run rainbows are know to most British Columbians as Steelhead. They are beautiful creatures that can allude some of the best anglers that have ever search them out. Steelhead can grow to as large as 30 lbs but most rivers in British Columbia would consider anything over 15 lbs a trophy.

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Vedder River is producing some nice early steelhead, I have seen 4 or 5 fish over 12 lbs and heard of one over 20lbs. This is a great start to the steelhead season so hopefully this is a sign of what is to come. Water conditions are very good right now but fishing is a bit of challenge being that your guides will freeze in about 3 seconds after your line goes through the guides.

If your looking to get out on the flow for steelhead, we offer guided steelhead fishing on the Vedder River which is one of our largest steelhead producing rivers in SW British Columbia. STS Guide Gerry Dewar is considered one of the top anglers on the Vedder and has been catching brood stock for the past 30 years. All guide trips on the Vedder are walk and wade with instructional steelhead fishing available on all of our guided trips. Best fishing is between Feb 15 to April 15.

Winter Trout Fishing

There are several local rivers that offer some great winter trout fishing on the fly. Although these rivers can sometimes be difficult to reach due to bad weather, they are definatley worth the effort. We will continue to offer guided trout fishing throughout the winter for those anglers looking for some real adventure. Please give us a call or e-mail to find our more about our winter trout fishing adventures.

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Harrison River

The Harrison River can produce some good results for cutthroat trout in December. Although it might be a bit cool right now, if it warms up, it could be worth a try. Fishing egg patterns under a float with a drift rod or fly rod is a great way to entice them, also fly fishing with streamers and minnow patterns can work well. One fly that should not be overlooked in the winter is the Flesh fly using a down stream dead drift presentation. If you're not planning on hitting the flow over the winter, spend some time on our fly tieing gallery, you will find hundreds of fly patterns to choose from.

STS Guiding Service is committed to providing current and future clients with the highest level of service and quality angling experiences at the lowest price possible. We pride ourselves on our personal and friendly service, our ability to catch fish on 95% of our guided charters. We are fishing the area 12 months of the year. For us fishing is a year round commitment, not just a summer job.

Join our team of 8 professional guides for the 2008 season and see why STS is considered #1 in the valley.

To Book Your next guided adventure, call us Toll Free 1-866-771-3474

Remember to conserve your catch
Tight Lines and we will see you on the water
Vic Carrao
STS Guiding Service
http://www.guidebc.com
sts@guidebc.com
604 671-FISH (3474)