Fish that spend time in a river return to the traditional colours of a rainbow trout. With hundreds of steelhead rivers on Vancouver Island, you have a great opportunity to hook into these legendary fish while fly or gear fishing. An exciting fish to catch, and always willing to put up a good fight. These lake and river fish are smaller than steelhead, with an average length of 14 to 20 inches. Rainbow are known worldwide for their bold red stripe that runs down their body, which is usually darker in river fish than in lake dwellers.
Rainbows are aggressive fish that can be caught easily with fly and gear angling.
The lower half of Vancouver Island has an adundance of rainbows in its rivers and lakes. A great fish to angle for those family outings and for the serious anglers. A beautiful trout that is known as being wary, elusive and difficult to catch. The average length of the Brown Trout is 16 to 18 inches with plenty in the 20 plus inch range, and on our world-famous Cowichan River, browns up to 10 lbs have been caught. These light brown coloured trout have pronounced black spots on their backs and rusty red spots on their sides.