Fishing Seasons at Spatsizi Wilderness Provincial Park
British Columbia • Canada

The Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park is located in north central British Columbia at the headwaters of the Stikine River.

The climate in this vast wild land is high altitude, sub arctic in nature. Surprisingly many areas of the plateau are semi arid. Pacific fronts passing over consecutive mountain ranges and other plateaus have much of the moisture squeezed out of them by the time they reach the Spatsizi Plateau.

Summers on the Spatsizi Plateau are short and fairly cool, though the long days partially compensate for these conditions. Precipitation, though quite light, is distributed evenly throughout the year. Average daily temperatures in July hover around the mid 60’s F. However, this is mountain country in its purest form and the weather can be extremely unpredictable and in a single day temperatures can vary 40 degrees. Fast moving mountain storms come up quick and blow out fast and anglers should dress in layers and have their raingear handy to adjust to the varying weather conditions. Expect crisp mornings, partially cloudy to bright mountain-sunny days and cool nights.

The fishing season at Spatsizi Wilderness lodge starts the end of June and runs through the end of August; 8 consecutive weeks. Middle season weeks (all of July and early August) normally bring the warmest temperatures of the summer and combined with long days make for some epic hatches of stoneflies, Caddis and mayflies.