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Vickers Atlantic Salmon Pools

2011 was a very special year for Atlantic salmon on the Main Southwest Miramichi River. In our privately owned pools, more fish were hooked than in any comparable time in the past 50 years. More than 95% of these fish were released. Perhaps the early ice-out, or perhaps the relatively high water levels and low water temperatures were responsible for the great year. Surely, conservation efforts by the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Atlantic Salmon Federation fostered this exceptional salmon season. In 1946 our family began hosting Atlantic salmon anglers on the Main Southwest Miramichi River in Howard, New Brunswick, Canada for Miramichi River fishing. Our primitive four bedroom cedar lodge was replaced with a new five bedroom cedar lodge in 2008. We added an A-frame log cabin with a first floor bedroom and sleeping loft near Washburn’s Island in 2009 and a traditional two bedroom cabin on the Cains River in Shinnickburn, NB in 2010. Our private pools include Vickers Bar, Johnson’s Rock Pool, Horseshoe Pool, Washburn Pool, and the Brophy Pool.

Our anglers at the home pool lodge have their meals prepared by our exceptional cook, Patricia Duffy. Anglers leasing our Washburn’s Island or Cains River cottages prepare their own meals.

At our facility, you will fish when you wish and have meals when you wish. We listen to you! Our private pools are only a few feet from our front door. The pools have a gravel bottom and are easy to wade.

We provide traditional, professional, personalized service in the peaceful, secluded surroundings of the Miramichi and Cains River valleys. If you’re looking for a fly fishing experience on the most productive North American Atlantic Salmon Rivers, please join us in 2012!