Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum

Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: rhino on June 20, 2011, 08:11:37 PM

Title: roche lake flies
Post by: rhino on June 20, 2011, 08:11:37 PM

What's your go to fly for this lake? i had some some success (6 fish in 2 days) trolling leeches and doc spratley's last year when it was very hot and the were deep. any other suggestions?

Thank you.

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: bbronswyk2000 on June 20, 2011, 11:08:36 PM

Deep water chironomiding. No specific ones as its whatever is coming off.

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Kype on June 21, 2011, 07:47:00 PM

Small Damsel nymph fished deep below an indicator on a breezy day - better to have a weighted fly, it fights the indicator and jigs around well - imparting life

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: GoldHammeredCroc on June 25, 2011, 08:35:54 PM

Something with green in it, and a couple of chironomids with a touch of blue

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: armytruck on June 25, 2011, 11:07:48 PM

I've had good success with a blood red micro leech .

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Sandman on June 26, 2011, 05:34:08 PM

Deep water halfback also good when it is hot.  Sit it right off the bottom at 30' off the islands at the South End and hang on.

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: typhoon on June 27, 2011, 08:11:16 AM

(http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/Stillwater/leech_small.jpg)

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: rhino on June 28, 2011, 10:35:19 AM

thanks you for all yor responses. I spent 2 and a half days there. I lost a fish trolling a spartly on the first day. weather was not so good. it hailed on us 2 times. :o. the second day i threw everything at them and got no bites. the last day i hooked a beauty 4 or 5lbs fish using a micro leech under an indicator and lost it after about a min. Weather was not the greatest but it was fantastic being out for 2 days in a row! dont get to do that often.

ill get em next time.
 :)

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: steelie-slayer on June 29, 2011, 05:26:15 PM

trolling big black leeches
green or yellow shrimp
chronies

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: BigCoho on April 21, 2012, 10:59:39 AM

Bump this thread

Any hot patterns last season?

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Rp3Flyfisher on April 21, 2012, 02:02:13 PM

I have always done well with:

(http://www.danica.com/flytier/rpassek/ricks_red_butt_snowcone_chironomid.jpg)

And:

(http://www.danica.com/flytier/rpassek/ricks_brown_bomber.jpg)

And:

(http://www.danica.com/flytier/rpassek/gold_head_black_burgundy_micro_leech.jpg)

And my favourite is the one below but with silver ribbing.

(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/albun84/IMGP0371.sized.jpg)

Rick

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Iyekim76 on April 25, 2012, 12:42:20 AM

Rick, just wanted to know what size hooks and beadheads you're using for the chironomids? Are those size 12 or 14's with 5/32 or 7/64 bead heads? Love the two-toned ribbing on the first one!

Mike

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Sandman on April 25, 2012, 08:22:39 PM

Size is going to depend on the time of year and time of day.  Roche has very small chironies (size 16-18) as well as very large (10-12), although they do not often get those monster "bombers" like Tunkwa and Leighton produce (up to size 8 ), and they are typically size 12-14.

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: YetiHunter on April 25, 2012, 11:22:14 PM

First fly I use on that lake is a sparse black soft hackle with a gold bead head. Had great luck with that fly first time I ever fished that lake and have always started with it since.

Title: Re: roche lake flies
Post by: Todd Oishi on April 27, 2012, 12:30:42 PM

I've always had real good success in Roche Lake using my Coho Bugger fly pattern. Here's a fly tying video of me tying this pattern that gives a bit of an explanation about this pattern and why it's so effective for me:  http://innovativeflyfisher.com/forum/index.php?topic=121.0 (http://innovativeflyfisher.com/forum/index.php?topic=121.0)