Fishing The Okanagan Valley

When you move to a new country and there is an over abundence of lakes, the fishing you hope is good but, where do you start?   Finding myself in this situation some 5 years ago, I faced the problem with the usual approach. Purchases of maps, studies of all available material in books, magazines, [...]

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Avons.

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. Avons. The old name of Avon has been used across the spectrum, ie a boy’s name, cars, tyres, cosmetics and UK counties.  For me the name Avon is associated with rivers, fishing rods and floats.  This is not to be a history or open discussion of rods [...]

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A Lake In West Sussex

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. A Lake In West Sussex. Whilst in England in April, I was invited to fish a small, day-ticket water in West Sussex. It was a pleasent experience to drive through the lanes of my youth and I was surprised at the lack of traffic. Perhaps it was [...]

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Petersfield Lake

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. Petersfield Lake. A trip to England saw me walking around a lake, which had remained in my memory from when I had been in the area seeking a new job. The day was sunny, but from the distant clouds there was the threat of thunder and heavy rain. [...]

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An Unexpected Landing

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada. Carp fishing in the Okanagan. The lilies in the background had been a magnet for the Carp and I had taken full advantage of the opportunity. Sitting on the shingle had been a pleasure as the evening sun went down. Each tree had been used as a [...]

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Redmire And Vanishing Big Fish

Note From:- Julian This question is relevant to anywhere, not just Redmire and I believe some of you may know considerably more than I do about such matters. A question often posed about Redmire and the huge uncaught carp, is that during the 1976 drought the pool shrunk to a much smaller size and the [...]

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Wading And Fishing In The Okanagan

Photograph and Article submitted by Kelowna Trout Angler, BC, Canada Here we stand in the beautiful water of the Okanagan. In front of us the depth drops down to about 2m, but there are fish down in the depths. Someone on the bank said there are few fish to be caught from the lake. Little [...]

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