Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: BCfisherman97 on February 14, 2010, 03:11:13 PM
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Hey guys,
Kawkawa Lake is opening in a few weeks. I had a blast catching kokanee bottom fishing last year, but this year I want to get into a few with my fly rod.
What are your favorite flies for the lake? And what type of lines do you use (floating or sinking)?
Thanks in advance.
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I was there with two buddies last year, caught a few on #16 red Abbis. Them met a few other anglers who were slaying them on #18 partridge and orange
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I've caught more kokanee on black/brown/olive small leech/wooly bugger patterns slow trolled in the spring when fishing for cutties then when actually targeting kokanee
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I've caught more kokanee on black/brown/olive small leech/wooly bugger patterns slow trolled in the spring when fishing for cutties then when actually targeting kokanee
What type of line were you using?
Thanks
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an intermediate to med. full sinking line slowly trolled so it gets down deep, sometimes you get lucky and bump into schools of kokanee, sometimes you don't but you can hit cutthroat too
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Thank you very much for the info FishStick.
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I hope you get into a few, they're fun on light fly gear
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(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/rieber_photos/P3020026.jpg)
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/rieber_photos/P3020022.jpg)
Sorry for the fuzzy first pic. The second pic best describes the fly. 3wt clear intermediate sink line both on cast and slow strip or slow troll with the occational but momentary speed burst.
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Thanks Rieber!
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Was hitting 20 + a day on a olive elk hair caddis (lots of other flies work too)... that's all I'm saying ;)
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Done well on small black spratleys too fished on a full sink trolled slow.
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Thanks for all the help. I will most likely head out next week.
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Some articles that I've read online suggest that in the early spring the Kokanee are likely to be in the top of the water column feeding on chronies. As the weather warms up into the summer months, the zooplankton bloom and the kokanee head to deeper waters to feed.
I am heading out tomorrow for a few hours (I hope) and was wondering if this has been others experience. I'm trying to decide on how best to start my day!
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Good luck tomorrow.
Keep me posted on how your day went. My dad is heading out on Saturday but unfortunately I cant go. Dentist appointment. ::)
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Some articles that I've read online suggest that in the early spring the Kokanee are likely to be in the top of the water column feeding on chronies. As the weather warms up into the summer months, the zooplankton bloom and the kokanee head to deeper waters to feed.
I am heading out tomorrow for a few hours (I hope) and was wondering if this has been others experience. I'm trying to decide on how best to start my day!
I'm curious to hear how you do, as well as anyone elses input on your question. I have heard the same thing but also probably read them from the same sources as yourself. I am planning to head there this weekend with my daughter.
I'm in the same senario as the original poster in that i have bottom fished krill there but would like to expand to more flyfishing
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Yes bottom fishing with krill and eggs is deadly. I remember the first time I went to Kawkawa, I had bites every cast but I missed almost all of them. Only managed to land two. It was fairly frustrating. :-\
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bcfisherman the trick to hooking up when bottom fishing with krill is to slowly lift your rod tip when you feel a bite. if you jerk it to set the hook it just pops out. slowly lift the tip of your rod and once there is some tension there then set the hook carefully. took me a while to figure it out but then it was almost every cast. hope it helps.
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bcfisherman the trick to hooking up when bottom fishing with krill is to slowly lift your rod tip when you feel a bite. if you jerk it to set the hook it just pops out. slowly lift the tip of your rod and once there is some tension there then set the hook carefully. took me a while to figure it out but then it was almost every cast. hope it helps.
Thanks for the info island boy. I probably did jerk the hook out of its mouth because I got too exited. I will try lifting the rod up slow slowly next time I get out.
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(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/rieber_photos/P3020026.jpg)
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/rieber_photos/P3020022.jpg)
Sorry for the fuzzy first pic. The second pic best describes the fly. 3wt clear intermediate sink line both on cast and slow strip or slow troll with the occational but momentary speed burst.
Hi Rieber,
What's the fly pattern called, so I can look it up and find the materials.
Looks like a good pattern and looks like a bead head leech...does the body have anything on it or just what I see in the pic?
Thanks
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just a picked out red dubbing body.
Clear silver lined bead.