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A BIG thank you to everyone that participated in the flyguys.net 2012 fishing vacation & gear contest and to the Roche lake Resort & Surplus Herby’s for the great prizes!

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... ice just coming off a Kamloops area lake - get ready!

* a big thanks to Brian for allowing us to share this invaluable information on flyguys.net!

It’s a spring ritual observing Canada Geese defending mating territories and watching grown men in small aluminum boats trying to break up ice on an interior lake. Yes, spring is in the air and these anglers are jumping the gun a little but with good reason. They know the incredible fishing that can occur during the first few days after the ice has left or is leaving a lake.

…… read on for some great BC Interior ice out strategies by expert fly fisherman Brian Chan!

FGN's Wine & Gold Chironomid Pupa

Things are gettin’ a little ansy up this way! The lakes in the North Eastern region of British Columbia are seven to ten days away from being ice-off and it’s really hard reading about all the open water lake choices down in the Southern interior!

This week though I saw my first Robin and the first hint of green is showing down in the Peace Valley. I’ve been hearing geese for a couple of weeks so we’re there….right there! In the mean time I’m going to re-visit an old Kamloops area staple from years ago that might help out in these early days of Chironomiding.

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FGN's "Hot Spot" Chironomid Pupa

Well last weekend while the home office was no doubt sniffing out open water and wetting lines, we had a bit of a blizzard to deal with up this way. On the bright side, to get in shape for casting all day I shoveled the driveway …..again!

This time of year one of the ways to take your mind off the obvious is to sit down in front of a vice. When your staring at  a hook in the jaws of your vice you could be at home but you might be by a lake or stream side tying up “the fly” that will take care of business. I finished shoveling and that’s where I headed, to crank out some chironomids!

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Sawmill (Burnell) Lake Rainbow - April 2012

Having the trip planed for April 6 for over a month now we were pretty disappointed to read in the ice of reports that sawmill was still frozen. We decided to go anyways since we didn’t have any other options to go fishing that would offer the potential for good size fish like sawmill does so we wanted to check it out.

When we arrived we were happy to see that there were 2 big patches of open water around the aerators that extended all the way to shore so it was possible to launch the boats … so we did! …read the rest of this post now! »

My son Timbre wanted to go ice fishing so we planned a day to go out on Williston. Most of the small lakes have slowed right down but the big lake seems to always produce. Weather report was sunny with cloudy periods, highs around 4C and light winds. In other words a perfect day to park out on the ice and relax!

With daybreak coming earlier now the only way to get to our spot before light would required getting  up at 4:30 AM. Yea that wasn’t going to happen as the clan was over the night before for a bit of a birthday bash and the odd (possible even) drink was had by all.

We did manage to get rolling out of the house around 7:00AM and were on the ice drilling holes at 9:20 AM.  We went back to where I’d been a couple of weeks before as our mission was to bring back a rainbow dinner. I had told Timbre about how I couldn’t keep them off last time, so …read the rest of this post now! »

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JP's Simple Peppered Garlic Venison Roast

So there I was, sitting in the garage with a bottle of vino when I thought … “gee, a venison roast would really hit the spot right about now”! Fortunately for me I just happened to have some tender vitals tucked a way in the freezer from last seasons hunting trip! And not wanting to have to wait long to dig into it I knew exactly the recipe I was going to use. If you’re looking for a fast and easy, yet delicious and nutritious,  home cooked meal that will make your mouth water then you really need to check this out!

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The Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

The Pheasant Tail Nymph is one of the oldest of modern fly fishing patterns.  Originally designed as a general imitation to many of the thin nymphs that exist in rivers, streams and stillwaters worldwide, it’s success in representing nymphs of the Baetis family allowed it to quickly become world famous.

In this flyguys.net version of the PTN we have added a bead head and a flashback wing case to better represent the ready to emerge mayfly nymph … two modifications that we have noticed to greatly increase our success with the fly! The trout love it and therefore so do we!

… heres how to tie it!

Ready to Ice Fish Williston Lake!

Well it was now time to do some ice fishing! I was out doing a little exploratory mission on Williston Lake a couple of weeks ago and there was over a foot of good clean ice. The lake, on the Peace Reach, had frozen around mid Jan. during the real cold snap. I could see the slabs of ice angling down toward lake level. To give you some idea of the volume of flow that the Peace River is running at in the winter consider this: Williston Lake is 680 square miles and with ice cover there is limited evaporation. In one week the lake drops 14-16 inches! That’s a lot of water folks.

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... A Sight Fished BC Interior Bow on the Hook!

… another extraordinary article by Jason Majoskey (Mr. Rainbow), this one on the topic of sight fishing for trophy BC rainbow trout on the productive & pristine still water lakes of the beautiful British Columbia interior.  A bit of a read but, as usual with Jason’s articles, well worth your time as it will definitely improve your fly fishing! Thanks Jason for allowing us to share this invaluable information on flyguys.net!

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... if we could fish only one fly it would be a chironomid pupa!

Throughout the open water season chironomids are the number one, and therefore the most important,  food item in a trouts diet.  Although they are perhaps the toughest discipline for the fly fisher to master, they offer the greatest rewards. If we could fish only one fly on the still water lakes of beautiful British Columbia it would be the chironomid pupa!

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