The Elk River is one of the world’s best dry fly fishing rivers. It flows ‘S’ through Elkford, Sparwood & Fernie, then SW into Lake Koocanusa, Kootenay Land District at 220km long. The river offers numerous Sportfishing opportunities with species from greedy and large Cutthroat & Bull trout and White fish. This August the Kootenay BC FISHN team set out on a drift … [Read more...]
Spring Steelhead on the Spey
This year I spent my first week in Terrace learning something new, spey or two handed fly casting. Learning something new can always be frustrating but when it all comes together it can be very rewarding. I somewhat taught myself how to do the "Snap T" and the reverse "Snap T". Maybe look it up on you tube if your curious because what I do is not the right way. I was … [Read more...]
Courtney Lake – The Thompson Nicola Best Kept Secret
Courtney Lake is found south of Merritt on the Okanagan Connector about 20kms from the junction from the Coquihalla Highway. This 74 hectare lake is located just after Corbett Lake on the East side of the road. Many anglers over look this lake because it is located just off the highway. From the highway the lake looks more like a slough than a trophy trout fishery. What most … [Read more...]
Forest Lake
The day started out cold and cloudy and fishin was slow which Forest is famous for. We dragged some leaches( being a leach fisherman its what I do) around and did some drift casting managed only one long line release and one smaller 2 lber. Sinking lines with every color combination and size from 8 to 2x long shank magnum leaches were tried. The 2x long mangnum leached … [Read more...]
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