Tag: fly fishing
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The Quatse River
Nestled in the Pacific’s coastal paradise of beautiful North Vancouver Island, Kwakiutl traditional territory, is a small but mighty Quatse River system. It is made huge by an amazing diversity of plant, trees, fish, animal, and bird life found in the river and along its shores. This magnificent river is a glistening jewel in British…
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Visitors to Hardy Bay
On this day winds were calm, sunshine high, a misty blue haze, and an outgoing tide offering a clear view of a multitude of fascinating shorebirds, foraging in Hardy Bay’s nutrient rich tidal pools. One’s imaginations is easily captured by a chorus of seabird sounds:
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Nature’s Rare Hair Ice
Along side the Quatse River we noticed numerous small tennis ball sized white wavy beard like formations… attached to bark-less alder branch debris. On closer inspection these were fragile curly hair structures…. spectacular “Hair Ice” find! Touch them and they would melt and fall apart.
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Suquash Shore
Our plans are to explore a remote beach area at an old mine site this afternoon…. driving to a coastal location well known for it’s abundance of shore life, including interesting weathered stone architecture of an abandoned coal mine….
