OC Outdoors: A steelhead adventure on Vancouver Island

Visiting the lodge at Gold River

Gold River offers easy access to several rivers with runs of purely wild steelhead and salmon, and is only 10 kilometres from the saltwater of Muchalat Inlet, which connects to Nootka Sound. (Click to see a celebrity guest and salmon angler.) The Lodge offers a variety of packages for winter, summer, fall, steelhead and salmon, and supplies all gear, including Sage rods and Simms waders. Many thanks to everyone for their hospitality and generosity. To experience it yourself, call (250) 283-2900. And watch for the full story in OC’s Spring 2015 issue, because there’s more to tell…