Fishing Licenses
Learning
- Animated Knots
- Guide to Fishing Knots, Hooks, Bait, and Lures
- Scott Cesari’s Beginner Fly Tying Video Classes Tools, Techniques, and Tying Basic Flies
- Hans Weilenmann’s ~5000 Fly Tying Patterns
Water Levels
- Big Time Dave’s detailed daily Tide, Current, & Weather
- Cowichan Water Levels
- Tides near Victoria
Weather/Tides/Wind
- Tide-Forecast.com is best for wind.
Fishing Reports / Blogs
- BC based:
- Fishing With Rod information website.
- Sport Fishing BC’s forum, has section just on Lower VI Lakes.
- FlyBC forum – some great discussion on various topics including Fly Tying.
- Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC – stocking info and other fishing tips.
- Island Outfitters’ Fishing Report
- BC Outdoors Magazine – Many past edition articles.
- Canada & USA:
- Angler’s Atlas – a good source of maps with contour depths.
- On Fishing – DC Reid
Other Vancouver Island Clubs
- Victoria: Haig Brown Fly Fishing Association
- Victoria: Victoria Fish and Game Protective Association
- Sooke: West Coast Fly Fishers Association
- Saltspring Island: Saltspring Rod & Gun
- Cowichan Valley: Valley Fish and Game Club
- Parksville/Qualicum: Midisland Castaways
- Port Alberni: Alberni Fish and Game Club
- Comox: Comox Valley Flyfishers
- Campbell River: The Tyee Club
Miscellaneous
- Goldstream Fish Hatchery
- Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue – Station 35, Victoria
- Government of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC’s Freshwater Stocking Reports