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flyguys.net Official 2011 Fishing Reports
Sponsored by Surplus Herby’s! … the one stop shop for all your fishing & outdoor needs! flyguys.net Official 2011 Fishing Reports Post! So since our flyguys.net Official 2011 Ice Off Reports post went so well we’ve decided to take the … Continue reading
More Kamloops Lake Spooning
Well the weather worked out and the Kamloops area iced off lakes were still pretty limited so we packed up the family and headed back out to Kamloops lake for some more spin cast fishing for feisty Kamloops rainbow trout! … Continue reading
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Tagged Fishing Report, Kamloops Lake, Spin Cast Fishing, Spin Casting, Spoon Fishing
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Kamloops Lake – Chironomids & Crocodiles
I just couldn’t take another day of chasing around ice off reports on the Kamloops area lakes so the boys & I packed our packs with fishing gear and enough food to last us the day and off we went … Continue reading
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Tagged Fishing Report, fly fishing, Kamloops Lake, Spin Casting
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flyguys.net Official 2011 Ice Off Report!
flyguys.net Official 2011 Kamloops Area Lakes Ice Off Report So this year we wanted to try to keep all of the ice off reports in one post. We decided that the easiest and most efficient way to accomplish this was … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Mile lake, BC Interior Lakes, Beaton Lake, British Columbia lakes, Campbell lake, Edith Lake, ice off, Ice Off Report, Jacko Lake, kamloops area lakes, Kamloops Lake, Monte lake, Morgan Lake, Pat Lake, Paul lake, Scuitto lake, Six Mile Lake, Stump lake, thaw, White Lake
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Best BC Fly Fishing Knots
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flyguys 2010 Fishing Wrap Up Video
……. better late than never 😉 ……. see ya in 2011 folks! 😀 Like our stuff? Subscribe by Feed or Email
BC Fly Fishing Web Cams
… this is a living document with cams being added as they come available or are brought to our attention. If we are missing a river or lake web cam that should be on this list please leave the info … Continue reading
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Tunkwa Leighton Lake Ice Fishing Report
[embedit snippet=”gas-auto-responsive-link-ad-minimalist”] Got in touch with Al from the Tunkwa Lake Resort to find out how the ice fishing has been going and was pleasantly surprised with what I heard! [embedit snippet=”gas-336×280-ti”] While the ice fishing everywhere else seems to … Continue reading
Beer & Brandy Wild Game Meat Marinade
[embedit snippet=”gas-ar-td-minimalist”] Beer & Brandy Wild Game Meat Marinade A way too simple to be so damn good wild game meat marinade! WITH BEER & BRANDY!!! 😉 Beer & Brandy Wild Game Meat Marinade | Ingredients: [embedit snippet=”gas-336×280-ti”] 1 can … Continue reading
Kelly’s Awesome Fish Batter
[embedit snippet=”gas-ar-td-minimalist”] Kelly’s Awesome Fish Batter Recipe Next up is this simple yet extremely delicious fish batter recipe sent in by Kelly from the BC Interior! We tried it & we loved it so ……. here it is! Thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Batter, Fish Batter Recipe, Fish Recipe, Fish Recipes, Fish Sauce
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Geri’s Canned Venison
[embedit snippet=”gas-ar-td-minimalist”] Geri’s Canned Venison Recipe ……. [embedit snippet=”gas-336×280-ti”] This delicious canned venison recipe was sent to us from Geri, one of our visitors from New York city! We tried it & immediately decided to that it needed to be … Continue reading
Turn Over & Lake Stratification Made Easy
[embedit snippet=”gas-auto-responsive-link-ad-minimalist”] For many of us some of the terminology and slang associated with our sport is extremely confusing. “Turn over” (lake stratification) is one of those terms and every year, especially during the winter when fishermen are anticipating ice … Continue reading
Ice Cold Kokanee | Ice Fishing Kokanee
[embedit snippet=”gas-auto-responsive-link-ad-minimalist”] Ice Fishing Kokanee ……. It’s hard to believe that 2010 is gone & that we are already writing our first post of 2011! In keeping with the season we wanted to give you a report on our latest trip … Continue reading
Boxing Day Rainbows
Well it’s been a hell of a year and what better way to wind it up than a boxing day ice fishing trip with family & friends! So after a quick check of the weather and the solunar tables we … Continue reading
How to Clean a Fish!
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Behead a Fish, Clean a Fish, Clean a Salmon, Clean a Trout, Gut a fish, Gut a Salmon, Gut a Trout, Skin a Fish
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Jerry’s 8 lbs 10 oz BC Interior Lake Fall Rainbow Trout
September 29, 2010: OK everyone it’s officially fall fishing time in the BC Interior and our buddy Jerry has started things off for us with this absolutely gorgeous eight pound ten ounce Kamloops Rainbow trout! Not much of a story … Continue reading
Pack Rat Custom Boat Rack Review
[embedit snippet=”gas-ar-td-minimalist”] Pack Rat Custom Boat Rack Review TDC Manufacturing (Kamloops) Well it took a while but I finally admitted that it was time to sell the old fishing truck of 20 years in lieu of an newer extended cab … Continue reading
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Tagged Aluminum Fabrication, Boat Racks, Dan Coombs, Pack Rat, TDC Manufacturing
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The Triple F Comes Through in the Crunch
July 9, 2010: Well tis that time of year so we packed up our fishing gear – heavy on the caddis patterns – and hit yet another gorgeous Kamloops area lake. Today’s lake sits at just over 4000 feet and … Continue reading
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Tagged Kamloops Area Lake Fishing Report, Leech, The Triple F
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A Still Water Fly Fishing Overview
[embedit snippet=”gas-auto-responsive-link-ad-minimalist”] A Still Water Fly Fishing Overview … [embedit snippet=”gas-336×280-ti”] For those just starting out here’s a general fly fishing overview on how to fly fish the productive still water trout lakes of the Okanagan & BC Interior. And … Continue reading
Rainbow Trout Strains of British Columbia
The following is a summary of five important strains of rainbow trout that the province stocks in the still waters of British Columbia. Specifically, this article describes the Pennask, Blackwater, Fraser Valley, Tzenzaicut, & Gerrard rainbow trout strains of BC. … Continue reading
Kamloops Custom Fly Rods
[embedit snippet=”gas-auto-responsive-link-ad-minimalist”] Kamloops Custom Fly Rods …by Paul Patterson If you are looking for a custom fly rod to handle the trophy trout in the best fly fishing lakes in the BC Interior then look no farther than Kamloops Custom Fly Rods – … Continue reading
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Tagged Custom Fly Rods, Fly Rods, Kamloops Fly Rods, Paul Patterson
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Trolling Flies | Fishing the Long Line
Well we’ve been talking about “long lining” so much lately that we thought we’d better balance it out by reminding everyone about the original meaning of the term – specifically trolling flies (yup, I said the “T” word) 🙂 Using the terms “trolling” … Continue reading
Roche Lake Kamloops Area Fishing Report
June 5, 2010: Ahh the BC Interior … a lake a day as long as you stay … and this day’s lake was Roche! For those that don’t know, Roche is one of the more popular lakes in the Kamloops area. It … Continue reading
Cold Wet Weather & Big Fat Rainbows
June 4, 2010: Well the fishing was tough … and it was cold … and wet … and it lasted the whole day cept for a 15 minute reprieve when the sun showed it’s face around noon … and did I mention … Continue reading
Mid May 2010 Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report
May 17, 2010: Ok the weekend reports are in and here’s what we know: This past weekend, in general, has fished slower than the week leading into it, especially at the lakes between the 3500 – 4000 foot elevation mark. Not sure if … Continue reading
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Tagged Black lake, Bleeker lake, Bog lake, Bulman lake, Campbell lake, Chironomid Fishing, Community Lake, Dairy Lake, Damsel, deep lake, Deep Water Chironomids, Duffy Lake, Edith Lake, Ernest lake, Frisken lake, Heffley lake, Horseshoe lake, Hosli lake, Ice Off Report, Jocko lake, John Frank lake, Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report, Kamloops Lake, Knouff Lake, Leech, Leighton lake, Logan Lake, long lining, Micro Leech, Morgan Lake, Pass lake, Peterhope lake, Pinantan lake, Pinaus lake, Red Lake, Roche lake, Rose lake, Scuitto lake, Shrimp, Six Mile Lake, Tom Campbell lake, Tulip lake, Tunkwa lake, White Lake
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Full Sink Deep Water Chironomids
Folks you’re in for a real treat! Below is an excellent post by John Scalr outlining how to fly fish full sink deep water chironomids. The article is long but it is well worth your while to read it all … Continue reading
More BIG Kamloops Area Lakes Rainbows
May 10, 2010: Well I’m speechless … and tired … this was one of seven bows over the 5 pound mark landed today! Sorry Bob but I think Krazy’s bumped you out of first place! 😉 Needles to say chironomids … Continue reading
May 2010 Edith Lake Kamloops Fishing Report
May 7, 2010: Hard to believe another year has gone by but here we are again at our annual CEP fishing derby and, as the title of this report states, this years host lake was Edith! Edith is a little gem of … Continue reading
May 2010 Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report
May 2, 2010: Yikes! Snow shmoe – it’s May and the chironomids didn’t seem to care about the weather so we gave it a shot … and it panned out! 🙂 Beautiful fat bow Carey! According to the reports coming in, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black lake, Bleeker lake, Bog lake, Bulman lake, Campbell lake, Damsel, Edith Lake, Ernest lake, Frisken lake, Heffley lake, Horseshoe lake, Hosli lake, Ice Off Report, Jocko lake, John Frank lake, Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report, Leighton lake, Logan Lake, Micro Leech, Pass lake, Peterhope lake, Pinantan lake, Pinaus lake, Red Lake, Roche lake, Rose lake, Scuitto lake, Shrimp, Tom Campbell lake, Tulip lake, Tunkwa lake
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The Mexican Fisherman
[embedit snippet=”gas-468×60″] Stop drowning yourself in the pursuit of a material existence in the hopes of some ‘better’ life at the end of the line when the good life is available to you now – everyday! This life philosophy was shared with us by … Continue reading
Bob’s End of April Triple Lunker Day
April 30, 2010: What a great day! My best ever … got a five pound bow at 10:00 am on a micro leech and then after celebrating and enjoying the moment 15 min later I get another bow that I don’t see but … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Lakes Fishing Report, kamloops area lakes, Micro Leech
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Long Lining Deep Water Chironomids
This is an exceptional article on deep water chironomid fishing witten by By Jason Majoskey (AKA Mr Rainbow). It was edited by Al Horne (horneblower) & Illustrated by Dale Sharp (Sharpy). It’s a fairly long read but well worth your … Continue reading
Roche Lake Kamloops Early Spring Fishing Report
April 27, 2010: Roche lake is located about 40 minutes south of Kamloops on Highway 5A (the old Merritt highway) and was our fishing destination for today. Roche lake sits at about 3800 feet and has been ice free for no … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodworm, Chironomid Pupa, Fishing Report, kamloops area lakes, Leech, Roche lake
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Jocko & Edith Lake Kamloops Fishing Report
April 26, 2010: Having checked the weather forecast the night before we decided to get on the water early to take advantage of the calm winds predicted for the morning. I’ve come to the conclusion that if I had to … Continue reading
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Tagged Edith Lake, Fishing Report, Jocko lake, kamloops area lakes
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Kamloops Area Lakes Early Spring Fishing & Ice Off Report
April 23, 2010: Well it’s still April but it’s fishing like early May and with the chironomid hatches still warming up the micro leech has been doing a stellar job taking up the slack! But before we get into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black lake, Bleeker lake, Bog lake, Bulman lake, Campbell lake, Damsel, Edith Lake, Ernest lake, Frisken lake, Heffley lake, Horseshoe lake, Hosli lake, Ice Off Report, Jocko lake, John Frank lake, Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report, Leighton lake, Logan Lake, Micro Leech, Pass lake, Peterhope lake, Pinantan lake, Pinaus lake, Red Lake, Roche lake, Rose lake, Scuitto lake, Shrimp, Tom Campbell lake, Tulip lake, Tunkwa lake
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Simple Smoked Trout Recipe
[embedit snippet=”gas-ar-td-minimalist”] Simple Smoked Trout Recipe OK so it finally all comes together and you’re catching and releasing trout with the best of them, but a part of you wants to bring one or two home to prove to the family … Continue reading
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Tagged Candied Fish, Candied Salmon, Candied Trout, Smoked Fish, Smoked Salmon, Smoked Trout
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Fly Fishing the Micro Leech
OK JeFF you asked for it you got it! At the time of this writing (spring 2010), fishing micro leeches under indicators is still a fairly new phenomenon. Given our success rate with it, however, we suspect that it will … Continue reading
Paul Lake Kamloops Area Fishing Report
See … we told you it was only gunna get better! It was overcast, rainy and windy but that didn’t stop the chironomid pupae from making their way to the surface! I guess nobody told them that the weather wasn’t going to … Continue reading
Yet Another Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report
This report starts at this very pretty 2000 ish foot elevation little gem where the fish were keying in on the tiny pale green chironomid pupae that were hatching off in the low 40 degree water column. And when you couldn’t hook … Continue reading
Roche Lake Provincial Park Map
Since JeFF’s “Roche Lake Area Ice Off Report” article last weekend we’ve received quite a few inquires as to the locations of the lakes mentioned in his report. A quick Google search turned up this site and the following provincial park map: Need more … Continue reading
Another Kamloops Area Lake Report
Today’s Kamloops area lake found us at about 3000 feet where, like yesterday, there was nothing hatching, the water temprature was just under 40 degrees and the air temperature felt about the same! Unlike yesterday, however, today was sunny, the wind was fairly … Continue reading
Kamloops Area Lake Fishing Report
Another cold wet day but this time with a bit more ‘to the boat’ action than our last trip! This particular Kamloops area lake sits at about 2900 feet and has been ice off for almost 3 weeks. Within these … Continue reading
Edith Lake – Take 2
Well it was cold and it was wet but we just had to get out so …. off we went to fish the ‘almost’ ice off Edith lake! And although we did finally manage to key in on what they were taking … Continue reading
Edith Lake Report
Well it was a lazy Easter Sunday so I decided to take a drive and check out the status of Edith Lake. Edith is famous for it’s large rainbow’s and brookies AND it’s close to home so needless to say I … Continue reading
BC Lake Information on Google Earth!
Sorry this app is no longer supported. Please visit our BC Interior Stillwater Resource pages here. This application combines the best of Google Earth with information compiled and provided by Go Fish BC. The result is a tool that displays … Continue reading
Time to buy you fishing licence
It’s that time again so dig into the old wallet and pick up you new fishing licence today. To make it easy just use the link on the “Fishing Resources Menu” on our site or Buy Your Fishing Licence here. Like our stuff? … Continue reading
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2009 Fly Fishing Video
While in the process of learning how to embed video into the blog we thought we could test run it with our 2009 fly fishing wrap up video so … here it is: Hope you enjoy it! Like our stuff? Subscribe by Feed or … Continue reading
Back to Kamloops Lake
Well we had so much fun last time that we had to go back and try it again! Not even the rain and the snow that fell over night (and continued into the morning) could hold us back! On arival at … Continue reading
Things that make you go hmm…
With a little time on our hands last weekend we decided to take a hike out to Kamloops Lake in hopes of casting chronies to hungry rainbows. The wind, however, had other plans for us! Thinking as much we had come prepared with spinning rods … Continue reading
