Pacific Rivers Outfitting Company

Sporting goods in Chilliwack means fishing before anything else, and the reason is a pair of rivers: the Vedder and the Chilliwack are among the most heavily fished water in the Lower Mainland, and no other single fact matters as much here. Tackle, rods and river gear are a serious business here rather than an aisle at the back of a general store, and the shops carrying them sit toward the south end of the city, near where people actually get to the water. River gear is bought close to the river, and the geography of this trade barely shifts from one year to the next.

This is one of the better documented entries in the directory. A phone number, (778) 704-1481, and a website are both published, and between them they should answer most of what the listing itself cannot. One thing is worth settling early. The name says outfitting, which in this part of the province can mean retail, guided trips, or both, and the category heading does not distinguish between them. Ask directly rather than assuming. Visitor traffic through the Chilliwack River valley concentrates in the warm half of the year, so if the question involves anything seasonal it is better raised on the phone than discovered on arrival.