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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: Ry the fly guy on July 25, 2014, 11:46:44 PM

Title: Where to fish around Duncan and lake cowichan
Post by: Ry the fly guy on July 25, 2014, 11:46:44 PM: I have a 12ft aluminum boat and a 45lb thrust electric motor. The cowichan river is to busy right now with tubers. I have a 6# fly rod with floating line. What kind of flies should I use and how should I fish them.
Thanks.
Title: Re: Where to fish around Duncan and lake cowichan
Post by: awurban@msn.com on July 26, 2014, 08:50:24 PM: Hey man, the trout fishing is more or less at a stand still right now in my opinion. If your up for a bit of a drive you will be better off heading up to the punledge river or campbell river for pink salmon. They are coming in thick and the campbell has a fly only portion up top
Title: Re: Where to fish around Duncan and lake cowichan
Post by: Ry the fly guy on July 26, 2014, 10:32:50 PM: I never really considered that becuase I thought my rod wasn't heavy enough for salmon. But I will consider it. Also do pinks come up the cowichan?
Title: Re: Where to fish around Duncan and lake cowichan
Post by: RalphH on July 29, 2014, 07:41:56 AM: Pinks aren't native to the Cowichan or Koklisah but DFO has been sponsoring a program to release pinks in Cowichan Bay with some results. There is a similar program in Nanaimo Harbour. Your boat and motor would be perfect for fishing smallmouth bass in some of the lakes near Duncan or Victoria. Shawnigan, Langford, Elk, Fuller and Quennel all have smallmouth. Trout gear is fine for these. Wooly buggers are effective flies. On bright sunny days the bass will go into deeper water during the day but are closer to shore or on shoals or sunken island morning and evening.
Title: Re: Where to fish around Duncan and lake cowichan
Post by: Ry the fly guy on July 29, 2014, 02:10:55 PM: Ya I have been doing a lot of small mouth fishing on fuller and it is defenetly fun. Thanks for the info!