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Rocky Mountain Grand Slam River Fishing!
August 9, 2010: Well we couldn’t make it to the Bahamas’ this weekend for their Grand Slam so Steve and I headed for the East Slope of the Rockies for its Grand Slam. The plan was see if we could … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Trout, Grayling, Peace River, Rainbow Trout, River Fishing
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Alwin Holland Park Peace River Fly Fishing Report!
July 28, 2010: Steve and I headed out to fish the Fingers on the Peace River the other day but Hydro had other plans. The river has been running very low the last month and silly us assumed it would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alwin Holland Park, Caddis, Hudson Hope, Peace River, River Fishing, Rock Worms, Stoneflies
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Genna’s First Fish
July 20, 2010: Well after what seemed like forever the whole family finally managed to coordinate a few days off together. As we don’t get opportunities like this very often we decided to minimize travel time and head up to … Continue reading
Peace River Bull Trout & Hoochie Mama’s!
July 14, 2010: My son, Timbre, and I headed out last week for an evening fish on the Peace Rive. The quarry…. Big bulls. We headed just up stream of where the Halfway river joins the Peace. This area 5km … Continue reading
My Early July Roche Lake Camping & Fishing Report!
July 11, 2010: Well it was hot 30 plus July day when my daughter and my two grandkids, Madison and Caleb, came up to Roche lake to visit with pops! I had been up at the lake since Tuesday July … Continue reading
Short & Sweet Fraser River Sturgeon Report
July 9, 2010: Awesome weather + good friends + stinky bait = BIG Sturgeons! Biggest of the day was 7′ 3″ and 200 pounds! 😯 …….Adam Like our stuff? Subscribe by Feed or Email
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Tagged Fraser River Sturgeon Fishing, Sturgeon Fishing, Sturgeon Fishing in BC
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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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Pass Lake Kamloops May Long Weekend Fishing Report
2010 May Long Weekend: Pass lake is a little gem of a lake located about 20 minutes from Kamloops heading north up the Lac Du Bois Rd. It is a trophy fly fishing only lake that is well know among … Continue reading
Peace River / Hudson Hope Fishing Report
June 22, 2010: Nobody around to go fishin’ and the jeep in the shop means it’s off to the Mighty Peace River to fish around Hudson’s Hope. H.H. is about 1 hour drive west of FSJ. And the highway parallels … Continue reading
Chunamun Lake Fishing Report
June 21, 2010: It was time to head up to Grizzly country so Steve and I headed into one of my favourite lakes over the years Chunamun (formally Chinaman) lake. This little gem is a 43 hectare lake @ 3000’ … Continue reading
Great Weather, Good Friends & Big Kamloops Rainbows
June 14, 2010: Since the weather was nice today decided to take a good friend out fishing. He had just bought a new 5 wt TFO rod and reel and wanted to test it out. This was his 2nd only … Continue reading
Fraser River Sturgeon Fishing With Mom
June 13, 2010: Decided to take a quick day trip to the mighty Fraser to do some sturgeon fishing. The river was a little high so my usual fishing spots were not even accesible, but there was one hole that … 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
Last Day Of May Kamloops Area Lakes Fishing Report
May 31, 2010: Decided to go fishing again today. Life is good! Got to the lake around 9:00 and there were already 15 boats anchored up!!! There were only 2 boats close to my spot so I just drove right … Continue reading
Another Flyguys Northern Division Fishing Report
May 30, 2010: Once the hoards had moved on after the long weekend and all the snow had melted Steve and I headed out mid week hoping for a bunch of brutes. When we got to the lake we were … Continue reading
Cariboo May Long Weekend Fishing Report
May Long Weekend 2010: Well, we arrived at our May long destination on Friday and the rain started to pour down. This didn’t discourage us though as we decided to go out for an evening fish before setting up camp. … Continue reading
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Tagged Burbot Fishing, Cariboo Fishing Report, Kokanee Fishing, Lake Trout Fishing
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May Long Weekend Kamloops Highlands Lakes Fishing Report
May 23, 2010: In our attempt to avoid the crowds this May long weekend, we ventured out to a couple little gems hidden in the Kamloops highlands in search of feisty Penasks. With both lakes over 4200 feet, and with … Continue reading
Fishing Report – Flyguys Northern Division!
May 19, 2010: Well after 3 weeks of straight graveyards it was definitely time to go FISHIN’. The ice had been off this lake 14 days and we we’re a little worried about turnover. The great thing about this lake … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska Highway, Fishing Chironomids, Fishing Leeches, Fishing Report, Fort St. John, Peace River, Williston Lake
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Salmon and Scuitto Lake Fishing Reports
May 18, 2010: Hey guys, I fished Scuitto and Salmon Lake this weekend. Scuitto fishing was fair with lots of chironomid action. Salmon Lake was lights out! I fish this lake regularly and this year has been the best I … Continue reading
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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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Krazy’s Nine Pound Kamloops Area Lakes Rainbow
May 11, 2010: Today’s lake might sit at about 3600 feet, might be in the Roche lake area and might be named after a certain animals footwear – but then again it might not – and if not, we’d bet money … 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
Colin’s BIG Rainbow Day
May 8, 2010: Decided to head out one more time before the busy week ahead of me and I convinced my friend Colin to come along. Colin has been fly fishing for a while but wanted to fine tune his … 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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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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Roche Lake Kamloops Fishing Report Update
April 29, 2010: Hit Roche again today and thought I’d give a quick update even though the day was almost identical to your report from two days ago but without the chironomid action. I did see some small (and I do mean small) chironomids hatching … Continue reading
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Tagged Fishing Report, kamloops area lakes, Micro Leech, Roche lake
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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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Thompson River Kamloops Fishing Report
April 17, 2010: Took the 10 year old son Jared out fishing last Saturday on the South Thompson river. We had some mixed weather but decided to tough it out and give it our best shot. We started by trying a few … Continue reading
Another Paul Lake Kamloops Area Fishing Report
April 21, 2010: Fished Paul lake today and yesterday and had some not bad fly fishing till about 10:30 AM when the wind came up creating white caps on the water! Surface temperature today was 43 – 44 F. . … Continue reading
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Tagged Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Leeches, kamloops area lakes, Paul lake
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Morgan Lake Kamloops Fishing Report
April 20, 2010: Had a bit of time to kill today so I took a quick trip to Morgan lake. For those that don’t know Morgan lake is about 20 minutes west of Kamloops on highway 1 west. At … Continue reading
Roche Lake Kamloops Area Ice Off Report
April 18, 2010: With the weather so nice I decided to take what has lately become my weekly trip up to check out a few of the awesome Kamloops area fly fishing lakes around Roche lake. As last week I made … Continue reading
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Tagged BC lakes Web Cams, Black lake, Bleeker lake, Bog lake, Bulman lake, Campbell lake, Ernest lake, Frisken lake, Horseshoe lake, Hosli lake, Ice Off Report, John Frank lake, kamloops area lakes, Micro Leech, Roche lake, Roche Lake Area Map, Rose lake, Scuitto lake, Tom Campbell lake, Tulip lake
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Low Elevation Kamloops Area Lake Fishing Report
Sunday April 18, 2010: Sunny & clear with a bit of wind on this low elevation (approx 1800 feet) Kamloops area lake. The water temperature was 53 F and the lake appeared to be in turn over. There were lots … 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
Back to Deep Lake Kamloops
Went to deep again today and it was even better this time (more action) but same size fish. There was a big chironomid hatch today which was lots of fun! You could just cast out your chironomid and the fish … Continue reading
Deep Lake Kamloops Fishing Report
……. Who says you can’t fly fish from shore??? Well, being such a beautiful day out today, I decided to go for a hike up to Deep Lake and do some fishing. Deep lake is located in the Lac du … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook Trout, deep lake, fly fishing, kamloops area lakes, Rainbow Trout
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Roche Lake Area Kamloops Ice Off Report
Well it was a nice day so I loaded up the quad to check out a few Kamloops area lakes around Roche lake. Did a big loop cruising by Frisken, Bulman, Ernest, Bog, Black, Rose, Tulip, Horseshoe, John Frank, Campbell, … 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
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
