Flyfish Fanatic

Over the years that I have Fly Fished, I have found that fall is one of the best times to fish.

The fish seem to be more aggressive, and they have a larger average weight than at any other time of year. The biggest downfall with fall fishing in BC is that the weather can be very unstable. I was out at Tunkwa lake 3 weeks back and we had snow, rain and high winds all weekend. The fishing was slow to say the least But going down in elevation to a nearby lake was the ticket.

This is the type of thing that you will need to learn, do I go up or down in elevation when the fishing is slow? I have found that there are times to do both. I will usually go up in elevation in the spring and down in elevation in the fall when the fishing is slow.

This is a general guideline and I will deviate from this depending on certain factors, these are weather, time of year, time of day, weather pattern over the past few days, and the region that I am fishing in. These things took me MANY years to learn and I am still, after 17years learning. I keep a very indepth log that records weather, date, moon, barometer, elevation, region, temperature, flies I tried, water temperature, depth fish were caught etc…

The interior of BC is a greta place for fall FlyFishing and there are certain flies that I use religiously. I almost always start with a micro leetch, then if that does not work, I will switch to a Dragon Nymph, from there I will try a Scud, All the while having my floating line in with either a chironomid or a boatman. If none of these work, I know it is going to be a tough day.

Fall fishing can be GREAT, but it can also be very slow, cold, wet, and windy so for the big ones you will need to tough it out and learn the patterns for the lakes in the area you go to.

The biggest thing I can recommend is to keep a thorough log and make sure to be  dedicated to making entries every time you go out.

Good luck

Tight lines & Fun Times

“The FlyFish Fanatic”

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