Fly-In Fishing Trip And BBQ

We had some guests over from the UK and they had told us that they wanted to do something a bit different as a holiday experience. Easy thing to say on the telephone from 5000+ miles away.  After some discussions we agreed on a fly-in fishing trip. The fateful day arrived and the mist and [...]

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Mountain Lake fishing

There are many streams in the area which, I am sure, would provide excellent fishing for small wild trout.  However these streams are really for the adventurous (or younger) fisherman.  I have to admit that in my younger days I would have tried many of these streams just to see… We do have good access [...]

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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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Oliver Kite, Master Fly Fisherman….

Casting my eye over the ocean that is YouTube and I came across these classics…. Oliver wrote amongst others “Nymph Fishing in Practice“, and invented the Kites Imperial and is synonymous with the Hampshire Avon, in England. from JesusBoom, www.theboomerverse.com

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Kamloops Rainbows

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler Kamloops Rainbows. I had been contemplating a fishing trip to Kamloops for some time. Throughout the season, visiting the Fraser for Sturgeon and Kokanee in the Okanagan, flyfishing had been neglected. With this in mind I spoke with a friend, who lives in Kamloops, and arranged to [...]

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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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Oyama Lake

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler, Canada. Oyama Lake A new lake  among the 200 or so that surround the valley. There really is not enough life left to try them all, but I’ll have a go. The Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. in it’s guide had stated that" Oyama was a high elevation [...]

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