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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An Ambitious Duck

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. An Ambitious Duck. It was a reasonably early start and the weather was slightly overcast with a promise of rain. I’d set up the trolling gear and was calmly motoring along at about 2 mph. From out of nowhere a duck dropped onto the water. She was [...]

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Invaders From The Lake

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. Invaders From The Lake. The mooring bouys have disappeared and these "House Boats"  seem to be heading "ownerless" toward the shore. It was an eirie sight to see first the tops of the boats appearing and gradually the whole boat came into view like something from a horror [...]

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Clouds Forming

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. Clouds Forming. At last the snow has come to the valley. An optimistic 10 cm became more like 20 cm and the temperature fell through the floor to -26C! Now that’s enough to freeze a lot of " brass monkies " in the nether regions. Because the lake [...]

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Hot Feet

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada. Hot Feet. "It’s always the same, they build these stages far to long. We have to walk  from the shallow end just to get in the water. However, on warm sunny days the surface gets hot and it burns your feet. So you have to hop and [...]

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Big Fly

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada. Big Fly. Early one morning, whilst walking along the shore of the Okanagan lake, fish spotting. I saw this bug on the beach  and I hope the fish don’t start taking them or I’m going to need bigger hooks and a bigger rod.   Tags: Okanagan Lake, [...]

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Baldy And His Fish

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada.  Baldy And His Fish.  It had been a glorious sunny day, just right for a trip out with the kayak on the Okanagan Lake. We paddled  along the side of the lake before the holiday makers came out with their speed boats. There had been several Ospreys [...]

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Okanagan

Taken by Mark Evans, BC, Canada A cold winter morning, taken looking south east across Lake Okanagan, from the Gellatly Nut Farm, in Westbank. We are going to be stocking a number of Mark’s photographs for sale soon, as signed prints in various sizes, as calenders and as a book. More news when we have [...]

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Welcome To The Beach Party

Note And Photo From:- The Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada. Welcome to the Beach Party. Come on guys the beach is empty. the tourists have all gone and the Canadian Geese have moved so there’s no goose droppings. Messy creatures. That water looks good but it sure is cold on the "bum",  we can sit on [...]

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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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