Update time....I spent the last week doing a bit of everything; some extended treeplanting, some partying on our beloved Canada Day and a wee bit of angling. Most people might think that life as a fishing guide is all about angling and for the most part it could be; but most of my time has been spent putting together fly shop orders and doing the required maintenance on vehicles, boats and myself. After some crushing, fun nights out; detox and yoga are being honoured as I ground myself and get ready for another season on the sticks.
Spencer was visiting from Fernie to cash in on some festivities as Nelson's brand of fun is about two full ladder lengths above Fernie's and we played well and ate well. After bidding farewell to my planting amigos we pulled our alcohol soaked heads out of our asses and got the Hyde headed towards the Columbia.
It was a humid day but overcast and grannom and spotted caddis were bouncing on the water. At first lightly but after the confluence of the Kootenay the bug count picked up quite a bit. Some guerilla angling was allowed as the super high flows invaded the banks and swamped some of the riverbank forest and we had some fun maneuvering the boat through that.
After a slow start we tucked into a back eddy where I had seem some fish working and got busy right away with some double ups on small elk hair cdc caddis. The fishing continued to go well in the back eddy but after it cooled off we moved down into some other "productive" water. No such luck on my next two fav eddies but we did manage to sneak a few last minute fish in at the Waterloo eddy which by the way is churning huge whirlpools on it's outside seam convergence. To put it bluntly, it's damn right frightening watching those suckholes form as they collect speed and widen. The vortex drops a three or four feet below the surface and you get that feeling that if it pulled it down, you would likely not be making it back up.
The caddis had been collecting in the treetops that evening and I really thought we were going to get the caddis rains going but a small cold front moved in and dropped the temperature and they seemed to retreat to the cover of the trees....I head back tommorrow for some more Columbia love. Will post the results Friday morning.
As far as ALL other streams I usually guide on, I would say we are a week or so away from any kind of decent angling on that end. Spencer is keeping his eye on the Elk and the Alberta streams while I stay over here dialing into the Columbia and waiting hopelessly for the Slocan to drop. Likely won't be where it needs to be by the July 15th summer closure....hot weather on the way and the dry spell could be what saves us....Stay Tuned!!!
Spencer was visiting from Fernie to cash in on some festivities as Nelson's brand of fun is about two full ladder lengths above Fernie's and we played well and ate well. After bidding farewell to my planting amigos we pulled our alcohol soaked heads out of our asses and got the Hyde headed towards the Columbia.
It was a humid day but overcast and grannom and spotted caddis were bouncing on the water. At first lightly but after the confluence of the Kootenay the bug count picked up quite a bit. Some guerilla angling was allowed as the super high flows invaded the banks and swamped some of the riverbank forest and we had some fun maneuvering the boat through that.
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The caddis had been collecting in the treetops that evening and I really thought we were going to get the caddis rains going but a small cold front moved in and dropped the temperature and they seemed to retreat to the cover of the trees....I head back tommorrow for some more Columbia love. Will post the results Friday morning.
As far as ALL other streams I usually guide on, I would say we are a week or so away from any kind of decent angling on that end. Spencer is keeping his eye on the Elk and the Alberta streams while I stay over here dialing into the Columbia and waiting hopelessly for the Slocan to drop. Likely won't be where it needs to be by the July 15th summer closure....hot weather on the way and the dry spell could be what saves us....Stay Tuned!!!
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