Had a great time fly fishing loch style today with a new friend. The weather was ideal and the trout were far more active and willing to chase our flies. We even managed a couple of double-headers, which made the day’s adventure all the more exciting and enjoyable!
#flyfishing #kamloops #fishing
Had a terrific time hanging out and fishing with some friends on an interior lake near Kamloops. The beautiful colouration and markings of our province’s rainbow trout, as well as the sport that they provide, never ceases to amaze me and I never take for granted…
#gofishbc #kamloops #flyfishing
Beautiful trout and photo!
Had an enjoyable time at one of my local lakes today. The weather was ideal but unfortunately the water clarity was less than ideal, as a result of turnover.
I did manage to catch a few trout, by casting weighted nymphs on slow sinking lines to rising fish.
#flyfishing #kamloops #fishing #trout
My little helper is content to just sit on my tractor and play with the buttons all day long… 😁
#tractors #kamloops #farmlife
Agreed! It can’t come soon enough!!
Tying up a few of my favourite stillwater patterns today, with great hopes and optimism with each and every pattern completed. Hearing more and more reports of the local lakes shedding their blankets of ice, and so, the countdown begins… 🙂
#flytying #flyfishing #troutfishing #fishing #kamloops
Tying some nymphs based on notes and observations from past journal entries. Hopefully these bad boys will produce some fish! Fingers crossed…
#flytying #flypatterns #kamloops #flyfishing #trout #fishing #rainbowtrout #hanakhooks
Spending more time at the fly tying bench these days makes me realize just how much I enjoy fly tying and playing around with patterns, materials, and hooks.
How about you? Do you find more inspiration at certain times of the year??
#flytying #flyfishing #kamloops #trout #fishing #rainbowtrout
I find that I am much more inspired to sit down at my vise and tie flies when it finally feels as if spring has arrived and reports of ice-free lakes start trickling in...
#kamloops #flyfishing #flytying #trout
#stillwaterfishing
Stunning photos, Marv!
Nine years to the day! Good times spent enjoying watching a game of hockey with family!
#kamloopsblazers
Agreed! My wife and I bought new iPhones in December and it was so simple to do it ourselves!
Yesterday afternoon I stepped outside just in time to enjoy and photograph this spectacular sunset. The fiery glow of the sun, cast through the trees and reflected from the river and snow, reminded me of the brighter and warmer days ahead…
#kamloops #sunsets #photography
The glow of Christmas lights cast upon a blanket of newly fallen snow can brighten even the coldest and darkest of winter nights…
#winter #kamloops #logcabins #loghomes #christmas #christmaslights
Thanks Marv! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!
A Christmas sleigh that I built from scratch for my grandson and granddaughter, and for future grandchildren to enjoy for many more Christmases to come. Merry Christmas to you and your families!
#woodwork #woodworking #christmas #sleighs #santa #kamloops
Looks great! Good job!!
Enjoying organizing and adding another workstation in my woodworking shop. It’s been a great way to shake off cabin fever and stay out of my wife’s hair. Just need to finish building and installing the cabinet doors…
#woodworking #kamloops #woodwork
As a woodworker I accumulate a fair amount of "off cuts" from the various projects that I build in my workshop. Storing them while trying to find a purpose for them is a constant struggle, but today I finally figured out the most practical use for them... #woodworking #backyards #kamloops #campfires
It’s great to have a junior helper when it comes to snow removal from our driveway…
#snow #kamloops #winterwonderland
Ulterior motives when selecting cartoons for my grandson to watch…
A pretty spectacular Northern Lights display visible from our backyard tonight! Thankfully the skies are fairly clear and the clouds aren’t too much of a
factor…
Missing the time spent fishing, but having just as much fun woodworking and building some storage lockers to organize the shop…
#woodworking
Yes, it was pretty impressive!
What a spectacular, backyard sunset tonight!
#kamloopsbc #sunsets
Yes, our lakes have an abundance of aquatic life, which accounts for the rapid growth rate and sizes of our brook trout and rainbows. Here’s an example of the size that our rainbows trout are capable of reaching at 2-1/2 years. This one measured 21 inches and 3.6 pounds (I kept this one for dinner):
Agreed! There’s nothing better than a shore lunch of fresh trout when camping!
Here’s a photo that gives you an idea of the growth rate of our eastern brook trout that are stocked as fingerlings (average size 7.736 grams ) after living for 16 months in one of my local lakes:
I know that brook trout are the native trout for your part of the country, and rainbows very popular, but do they having stocking programs for your lakes that use brook trout as well?
The lakes in my region that are stocked with both eastern brook trout and rainbows are very popular with anglers.
