SOTD,

You mention that these large rivers are in B.C. I haven't fished there in a while, but when I did, the fishing etiquette was completely different from here.

The pool belongs to the first angler to arrive, whether by foot or by boat. You didn't fish a pool being angled by another. I had the problem you mention, floating mile after mile of occupied pools and passing them by, out of respect for the local etiquette. In such a case, the rule was that you could stop at a pool being fished by another and wait until they finished, and then it becomes your pool. This was not the Thompson, but further north. I stopped going up there, partly because it was too long a drive to only fish a half day, spending the other half waiting for other anglers to finish.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.