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Summer time fly fishing in the beautiful BC Interior!

By mid-July, the quantity and frequency of our “hatches” will be past their seasonal peaks. Those bugs that come to the lake surface to turn into adults (Chironomid, Mayfly, Caddis, Dragonfly and Damselfly) will all be hatching in numbers below the annual average for the rest of the year.

That doesn’t mean that it is time to put away your fly rod (more…)

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… brought to you by BC Boating Licenses!

British Columbia is a beautiful spot for fly fishing and with BC boating licenses there are plenty of rivers, lakes and ponds to take advantage of! However, in order to have the greatest access to fishing sites, you obviously need a fishing boat. Here’s some information on the top three types of crafts found on the productive fly fishing waters of our province!

Flat Bottom Fly Fishing Punt

The Flat-bottomed “punt” style jon boat is among the most common type of boat found on the fly fishing waters of British Columbia. These boats are (more…)

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" I'm only interested in fillets! "

Like most things in life, there are many different ways to skin a cat (or in this case to fillet a fish) and for the most part the method chosen is simply due to personal preference. The following is one of our favourite methods … a simple but comprehensive step by step approach to filleting fish!

……. read on to learn how we do it!

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... where to fish in beautiful British Columbia!

The Where & How for BC Lakes!

These pages combine the best of Google Earth with information compiled and provided by Go Fish BC. The result is a tool that displays a wealth of relevant lake & fishing information (location, stocking charts, etc) on the best fly fishing lakes in British Columbia! (more…)

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- Muddy Tasting Fish -

……. an article by long time BC Interior fly fishing expert Ron Newman … Thanks Ron!

Over the years, I have heard a lot of information and misinformation about why trout sometimes have a muddy taste. So I’ve done some research and can now give you the straight answers.

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A "Fraser Valley" Strain AF3N Triploid Rainbow Trout

If you are like me, you sometimes look at the fisheries Stocking Reports just to see what lakes are being stocked. When you get into these reports, you start seeing terms like “Pennask 2N” or “Fraser Valley AF3N” and wonder what the heck that means. The following is a quick overview of what all those stocking terms mean. ……. read on and learn a bunch!

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....... come on ice off!!!!

Well, it’s the end of February in Kamloops and I, like many others have had my “early ice-out dreams” dampened by the latest cold snap. The bulk of the Interior’s stillwaters are likely locked up in winter’s grip for another month and a half, give or take. If I was not the optimistic (yeah, right), resourceful (or is that resourceless?) hopeless angling addict that I am, I’d mope around town talking trash about everyone that has had a chance to go somewhere warm and sunny this winter. Luckily, I’ve been around the proverbial block a few (too many) times and have been lucky enough to learn some early spring angling opportunities that have (mostly) helped me from becoming a grumpy ogre at this time of year. In the pursuit to bring happiness to all anglers that enjoy the southern Interior’s angling bounty, I will share a few locations that have potential to offer opportunities early in the new year. ……. read on for early spring fly fishing opportunites in the Kamloops area!

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The following is a very interesting article written by Kamloops Fly Fishers Association member, and long time BC interior fly fisherman, Ron Newman. Ron has been fly fishing rainbow trout in our province for over 30 years, during which he has done a great amount of research and data collection which has  enabled him to acquire a vast degree of knowledge on the subject.   Thanks Ron for sharing some of your invaluable fly fishing expertise with us!

……. read on & improve your strike rate by learning the relationship between barometric pressure and fishing!

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Web Cams for the Best Fly Fishing Waters in beautiful BC!

… this is a living document with cams being added as they come available or are brought to our attention. If we are missing a web cam that should be on this list please leave the info in the comments section below and we’ll add it to the site as soon as we can! (more…)

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For many of us some of the terminology and slang associated with our sport is extremely confusing. “Turn over” is one of those terms and every year, especially during the winter when fishermen are anticipating ice off and dreaming about spring fishing, we get a lot of questions about it and its relationship to fishing. What does it really mean and, more importantly, how does it affect us as fly fishers. Of all the answers that we have seen, we feel that the following by Todd Oishi does the best job of explaining it all!

……. continue reading to learn how understanding turn over can make you a better fisherman!

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A Freshly Caught & Cleaned Kamloops Rainbow Trout

Well every year we get a good number of emails on this subject so we thought it would be a good idea to get a step by step post out on it.

Properly caring for your catch is the most important thing you can do once you’ve made the decision to take a fish. You owe it to yourself, and the fish whose life you’ve just taken, to do this right and to do it in a timely manner to ensure the (more…)

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The Sockeye salmon is arguably the highest sought of the five species of pacific salmon. Their deep red rich flesh is highly desirable amongst fisherman and food connoisseurs alike. Sockeye range in size from 5 – 10 LB’s with the odd ones coming through at upwards of 15 LB’s !

Mio with a nice silver Fraser River Sockeye salmon!

Fraser River Sockeye fishing is unique. It is an abundant fishery where retention of fish is usually permitted and this is a good thing! There is nothing better than enjoying a fresh sockeye, which you actually caught yourself, with family and friends. Unlike other salmon species, however, the consensus seems to be that Sockeye salmon rarely feed or strike at lures once they begin their freshwater trek through the Fraser. This behavior limits the fishing technique required to catch them to a highly controversial method. The purpose of this post, however, is to explain how to bottom bounce for Sockeye salmon … if you would like to comment on the ethics of the technique you can read this post and share your opinions there. So … without further ado, if you want to catch Sockeye salmon on British Columbia’s mighty Fraser River then you’d better learn how to bottom bounce!

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