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The TFO Pro III package is a fly-fishing combo package including rod, rod bag, reel, floating fly line, backing, leader, and reel-on-rod hard case. Specifically, this review will focus on the package containing the 9’ 6wt 4 piece model (906-4) rod, which is currently listed at the MSRP of $519.99 (CAD) through the TFO Canada website.
First impressions of the package generally were that the case, sock, and rod and reel were of excellent finish and workmanship. Continue reading
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This gal is ideal for indicator fishing either in a static position or on wind drifts. The fly should be above or travel past weedy areas where damsels live. I usually suspend damsels about a foot under an indicator or a depth wherever you can see the migration path. Continue reading
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“Hog magnet” A beauty little bug they will take for a chironomid pupae/larvae or as a great searching/attractor style when trying to figure things out. Mr. Kent knows a thing or two about chironomid fly patterns and is a “OG” in the interior chironomid game. Continue reading
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Our fly tying group was super stoked to have a surprise visitor show up for our wrap up fly fishing class! Big thanks to Deb Paskall for dropping by to show us how to tie and fish her Weight Watcher Scud pattern! Continue reading
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Always Fly Casting was established in 2022 by me, Drew Alway, with the goal of helping those interested in learning fly casting in the Kamloops and Logan Lake areas. While most of the services we provide are two-student personalized lessons, we also run lessons for larger groups. Continue reading
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We were honored to have the one and only John Kent stop by one of our Kamloops tying sessions last week to give us the goods on his Hot Legs Damsel fly pattern! This is a great overall damselfly pattern, but it really shines during Continue reading
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Let’s get the bitter out of the way right now. Please bear with me as this is therapy, of sorts, so I can move on with my life … Continue reading
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So, it’s that time of year again when our food thoughts turn to venison and coming up with more ways to enjoy! We have a new toy in our kitchen, a Freeze Dryer, that we are having a lot of fun experimenting with. With it, we’re finding creative ways to add more flavour to not only our tried and true recipes, but as an inspiration to come up with fresh meal ideas. Here’s a updated take on our always enjoyable stuffed venison tenderloin recipe …
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Here’s another Caddis Pupa for the lake box. It’s a variation of a variation of a variation of a Juan Ramirez fly. Juan is a famous guide out of Colorado and has designed a number of wonderful flies. His nickname is Hopper Juan Continue reading
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First off let me introduce my new fishing God … Grizzly.
This summer I had to put down my 13-year-old giant Alaskan Malamute and it left a huge hole in my wife and my life. Weeks later, as life sometimes does, I was thrown a life line and an opportunity to pick up a pup. Continue reading
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Here’s a quick & easy candied brook trout recipe that you’re going to love! The recipe will work with all types of fish but my preference is brook trout as it seems to firm up real nice! Thicker pieces are better so try to use fillets from 3lb+ fish. If that means more fishing to acquire such specimens then so be it! Continue reading
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The boys and I had missed out on two spring fishing trips and I have to say I was getting a little bit antsy. Late spring, I threw out the possibility of a Fall fly fishing road trip hoping that travel restrictions would allow it. Don had already booked time off in late Sept so this was going to be our window. Continue reading
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With floaters being the number one type of fly line used on our BC Interior stillwaters, it’s nice to see, and test, new technologies/ideas/brands as they come up. We are happy to offer the following floating fly line review.
TFO describes their Special Delivery Plus Weight Forward Floater as follows … Continue reading
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A simply delicious land locked freshwater salmon recipe for those with a bit of an exotic palate! Continue reading
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The new TFO LK Legacy series fly rods replaces the BVK in paying homage to TFO’s founding rod designer Lefty Kreh. The manufacturer describes the LK Legacy as “the ultimate “big water” trout rod for intermediate to advanced anglers” and “powerful & responsive with perfect tracking and crisp, smooth recovery.” Continue reading
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Been planning a trip to Sawmill for 2021 since last April. Due to Covid, I couldn’t camp up there, but did sneak in a great day of fishing in 2020. I’m a newer fly fisherman, but let me tell you, I’m hooked! Continue reading
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After some time discussing the “church window” effect with retired fisheries biologist/local Kamloops fly fishing enthusiast Richard Bailey, he has graciously taken the time to share a write up on the what it is, the why it’s important, and the how he has implemented it into the chrironomid pupae tying process. Continue reading
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I finally got the chance to sit down uninterrupted, something that doesn’t happen much lately, and read through the Osprey Fly Box’s latest publication: their 50th anniversary edition of Flies of the Pacific Northwest. I’ll get into more detail within the review but if I had to sum it up in one word it would have to be … comprehensive! A made in BC book about everything BC fly fishing. Continue reading
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Big thanks to Devan Sieben for sharing his Strip Leech fly with us! This beauty has fish magnet written all over it and I can’t wait to tie some up and give them a go!
My version of the Strip Leech came to me out of necessity. Continue reading
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I’m not sure when the Pornomid fly was developed, or who developed it, or even if the fly I was initially shown, and to this day refer to as the pornomid, is actually in fact the pornomid, or not! What I do know is Continue reading
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I designed the muddled leech to have more neutral buoyancy as a lot of my leeches had bead heads. Leaving off the bead, and adding the deer hair, allows for the muddled leech to be retrieved super slow, which is sometimes necessary, but hard to accomplish, with regular type leech flies. The buoyancy also helps to keep the fly in the zone. Continue reading
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I am not a chef, but I really like to cook. I especially like to cook from “scratch” and do as much by hand as possible. I’m not especially knowledgeable about different qualities of knives/steel, and since mine cut alright, I wasn’t looking for anything new. Then my husband came home with a new set of knives, the Chatwin Heirloom Crucial Knife Set. Continue reading
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The TFO Pro 2 fly rod combo pack includes a rod, rod bag, reel, floating fly line, leader, and reel-on-rod hard case. The purchase price currently listed on the manufacturer’s website is $409 CAD. Upon exploring the alluring retail packaging, a nice-looking 4 piece case was revealed. Inside I found Continue reading
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Okay a little back ground on this pattern whether you like it or not! I’m going to avoid Latin, Chemical processes and complex biological actions. This will be Gord’s Kindergarten Cole Notes with apologies to any biologist out there. Continue reading
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Time for a floating fly line review! This one on the Togens Nymph Line floater.
Togens describes their Nymph Fly Line as follows:
This line will take your fishing to the next level. Using a braided core with a smooth PVC coating for superior strength and function.
This line features a long, fine front taper for the lightest of presentations. This extra supple line is built with weight distributed towards the back of the line. It is helpful in making easy roll and single handed spey casts. Continue reading
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I spend as much time fishing as I possibly can. Although I release a fair amount of my catch, a significant portion of my fishing is for the purposes of putting food on the table. This is particularly true with fishing for salmon and bottom-fish. All my preferred methods of preparation invariably involve boneless fillets, and in that regard, a great fillet knife is of paramount importance. Continue reading
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Soft hackles are under rated, and we certainly don’t have enough of them showcased on the site. So when we saw this beauty by @debpaskall on IG last week it was a good reminder that we needed to start filling the gap. Big thanks to Deb for whipping up this quick step by step and allowing us to share her Green Haze Soft hackle Caddis here on flyguys.net! Take it away Deb … 🙂 Continue reading
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I’m sure most of you at some point in your scholastic endeavors had to, upon returning to school in the fall, write this essay. It was looking like mine this year would be an epic two word masterpiece. I Worked. Then the door opened a smidge, I booted it open, took 22 days off, loaded the Jeep and got out of Dodge before they figured out what was going on. Continue reading
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This little puppy, as indicated by the name, is a very versatile BC Interior stillwater fly pattern. The materials are minimal and easy to acquire, the tying sequence is simple, and yet the fly is a super effective multi insect imitator. Continue reading
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Trout School – Lessons from a Fly Fishing Master, is written by Mark Hume. In it Mark passes on what he’s learned from his countless hours on, and off, the water with the Mo Bradley. If you have done any digging around for information on fly fishing the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia, you’ve most likely heard of Mo Bradley. If not, stay tuned. Continue reading
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If you’ve been fly fishing long enough you’ve most likely encountered a scenario where the bows are chasing adult Sedge’s across the surface. It’s an incredible experience! Continue reading
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* Guest post by Jake Connor, a Michigan angler with extensive fly fishing experience. Although geared more towards rivers, the three fly fishing tips he discusses are also very applicable for stillwaters. …
When I’m out fishing I always try to encourage a mindset of “proving yourself wrong”. What do I mean by “proving yourself wrong”? Take some rule, tactic or method and try to disprove it. I’m sure most anglers can relate about catching fish while not following their ‘correct’ rules/methods on hooking up fish.It’s great to have the mindset that failure and mistakes are just opportunities to learn from; there are no mistakes just lots of learning opportunities – lots and lots of opportunities. With fishing, the same is true! Continue reading
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Who knew something so very simple could be such a help at the tying bench! Have been working with the new hook and bead mat from Togens Fly Shop and it didn’t take long to realize that it’s now something I don’t think I’ll ever work without! Continue reading
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Welcome to another flyguys BC Interior Still Water Fly Pattern series, this one focused specifically on fly patterns dedicated to the fall. In this series we will discuss and describe five time tested and proven BC Interior still water fly patterns that excel during the post summer/pre hard water window season. The series ran for 5 weeks on our youtube channel. This post will index the series and make it available Continue reading
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One of my biggest regrets when it comes to fishing is not learning how to use a fly rod at an early age. I grew up in an area of Nova Scotia that was littered with lakes and ponds stocked with bass and trout. Using a spinning rod and reel, I had an amazing time spending my days trying my luck at all the different fishing holes, and at the time, this was enough for me. One of my fishing pals took fly fishing classes Continue reading
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To be honest the only thing I want to invest in right now is more fishing. With the weather hot and the lakes around here pretty warm, it’s time to fish rivers. With a Fishin’ Friday available, a plan was cobbled together to head for the Rockies and do some Tributary fishing. With last weekend’s monsoons dumping 100 mm in 24 hours near the mountains, it was a bit of a gamble. Hot and dry all week was going to bring the levels down but how much? Continue reading
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You know that feeling you had in Elementary school as you cleaned out your locker on the last day of school? Loading everything into a garbage bag because mom wanted to see everything from the year. There you were lugging that bag home but it didn’t matter as you were now free for the summer. Free, free ,free to Continue reading
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Share the passion, share the excitement with these twelve Local Kamloops area family fishing lakes that Should Keep them Entertained while they learn!
It’s BC’s Family Fishing Weekend and Father’s Day this weekend. It’s a weekend where families can fish license free with all sorts events province wide to promote Fishing and encourage more families to get out and enjoy what many of us have already grown to know and love. Continue reading
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The term “artificial fly” is generally described as a type of fishing lure constructed with furs, feathers, thread or any of very many other materials, tied onto a fish hook for the purpose of imitating natural food sources which fly fishers present to their target species of fish while fly fishing. “Fly fishing” is an angling method in which Continue reading
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Headed down to Vernon first week of April for a family shindig, I left my tube at home but brought some fishing gear. I had talked to the boys about trying OK lake with some plugs and bucktails and maybe Kal Lake too. We’re a good 6 weeks away from ice off in these parts so I just wanted to troll around some open water. Continue reading
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