Each year when the salmon migrate their way back to the tributaries to complete their spawning cycle, Trout follow them to target the salmon eggs for an easy meal to help fatten up for the winter months. In the fall trout from a far will start to bundle up near the mouth of the rivers or congregate in the tail end of runs waiting for salmon eggs to drift downstream. As the … [Read more...]
Nymphing Techniques
Over the past few years I have learned that nymphing is to me the most productive way to fish for trout. Growing up at an early age I didn't have the understanding of fly fishing as I do today and even that I still learn new things every day. As a small child I always used dry flies thinking that was the only way how to fly fish and not doing any studying till the age of 16 I … [Read more...]
Swinging Streamers for Late Winter Rainbow Trout
The later months of winter can be a great time to hit the rivers with the fly rod! Some of the most popular techniques to winter fly-fishing rivers are nymphing and indicator fishing with egg patterns. Although these methods can be productive, there is one technique that is often overseen by anglers and that is swinging a streamer fly. Whether you are a beginner fly angler … [Read more...]
Small Stream Fishing
As I've developed into an fly angler it's occurred to me that I have a preference to where I fish that keeps me coming back again and again. We all have that one spot we go where we consistently catch fish and rarely get skunked. I'd say I have a small stream addiction because as I make plans to fish for the day I have a battle going on in my head about where I should go. … [Read more...]
Drift Fishing the Kettle River
A popular river to fish in the BC Interior is the Kettle River. The Kettle stretches over 290kms from its headwaters in the Monashee Mountains to the confluence of the Columbia River. One of the most popular stretches of this river is the stretch between the West Kettle near Westbridge all the way down to Midway. By far the best way to fish this river is by drifting with a … [Read more...]
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