Christmas Draw
STS Guiding is giving away a beautiful STS Guiding fleece vest valued at $80.00.
The draw will take place before December 25th so get your entry in ASAP.
Just send us an e-mail with Fleece Vest in the subject line.

Fraser River
Winter Cutthroat fishing is spotty but that would be normal for this time of year. Over the next few weeks fishing will improve in the main channel and back waters of the Fraser.
Fishing with single eggs, roe bags and spinners are all effective.
Fly fishers should use flesh fies, single eggs, and leech patterns. Watch for winter stone fly activity in the early afternoon. Be prepared to switch to the dry fly, the hatches are short but worthy of rod ready to go.

Sturgeon
Sturgeon fishing has slowed considerably the past week. If you work hard, cover lots of water you should be able to pick up a few fish. This week we had one boat hook a 7footer so larger fish are still feeding and available for anglers to catch.

Great Christmas Gift idea
We are extending our $50.00 discount until Christmas. If you book an 8 hr guided sturgeon trip or a gift certificate you will receive $50.00 off the regular price if you mention this ad.

Vedder
Water conditions Dec 14 – Upper River – High and Tea Color, Lower River – High - chocolate brown

The Steelhead fishing on the Vedder has picked up a bit, it’ still early but I have heard of several good catches by local anglers. After the heavy rains last night the lower river is blown out and the upper river is tea colored. If the rain lets up it will take a couple days to get the river back into shape.
We have just released a new article on Early Season Tactics for Steelhead on our website. You can view this article at
www.guidebc.com/articles/earlyseasonsteelheadtactics.asp

Great Christmas Gift idea

Steelhead season is just around the corner.
This season will we once again be offering our annual steelhead/river fishing seminar. This seminar is a 3- day seminar. The first 2 days are 2 hours in a classroom where you will learn the how’s, where’s and when’s of river fishing plus how to make your own tackle and save tones of $$$$. The 3rd day is a 6-hour fish out on the Vedder River. There are some great prizes to give away and you will receive a FREE STS Ball cap. You will also go home with tackle that you make during the classroom sessions.
Seminar Dates: Hub Sports- January 14,16 & 19 5 spots remaining
Gills tackle- January 8, 10 & 13 3 spots remaining
January 15,17,& 20

This is what one of our students had to say!
"Hi Vic, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your Steelhead Seminar. I admire your patience, your excellent people skills and your superb knowledge on all aspects of the fishing industry. It's really enjoyable to watch a pro work at what they do best.

My confidence is high, my lines are always tight and my turn will come. I look forward to seeing you on the river again."

Thanks Again."
Don Clarke
Class of Jan 99
Chehalis
High water conditions.
A few colored Coho still around and the odd summer run steelhead kelt is being caught. This river will be slow fishing for the next month or so while Steelhead slowly trickle in. I would concentrate my efforts more on the Vedder over the Christmas Holidays.
Harrison
We have had no reports on the Harrison River the past few weeks. Harrison Lake beach fishing has been fair as well as some of the smaller tributaries. Don’t expect too much from the Harrison over the next 3 to 5 weeks as fishing will be slow. If you’re after trout you would be better off fishing the back channels of the Fraser.

Updates and New Stuff on Guidebc.com
We have been working hard the past week on some new resources and upgrades to our website. We now have a What’s New Page that will contain updates and changes to our site. Checkout our NEW Product Review Page where you will find useful field test reports on rods, reels, line, waders and other fishing related items.
Please feel free to comment on our changes, we appreciate feedback, good or bad.

Remember to conserve your catch
Tight Lines and we will see you on the water
Vic Carrao
www.guidebc.com
sts@guidebc.com
604-671-FISH