Fly Fishing Strategies

for BC Lakes and Streams

Ask any seasoned fly fisherman and they will have their own fly fishing strategies for their favorite BC lakes and streams. In this section we will give you a few of our own strategies that we use effectively in the Kamloops Area lakes as well as strategies used by others in different locations within the province and around North America.

Kamloops Area Lakes - South Central BC

In the Kamloops Area our quality fly fishing lakes are usually small to medium in size ranging from 10 to 100 hectares. The typical trophy lakes may have blue-green water with marl bottom and weedy shoals or they may be dark tea-coloured bodies with lily pads and rocky shore.

Long Leader and Dry Line

One of the most effective ways to flyfish for rainbow trout in Kamloops area lakes is to use a a long leader with a dry (floating) line while fishing a bloodworm or chironomid fly pattern.
It took a long time for me to develop the patience and will to use a longer leader but when I did my success increased immensely. To most river fisherman or novice fly casters, anything over a 9 foot leader seems pretty long but it doesn't come close to the 18'- 22' leaders that we use here in the trophy lakes. more...

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