Muncho Lake

Getting on our plane at Pitt Meadows in BC, heading to Fort Nelson


This cool plane was in the hangar


The smoke from wildfires carpeted the Rockies we were flying over for several hundred miles. This was the highest I’ve been in a prop plane with the exception of one C130 flight to Wake Island


Landed in Fort Nelson for transfer to a van for a 2.5 hour ride on the Alaska Highway to Muncho Lake…caribou and black bears along the side of the road were spotted as we headed north

 

[Brute]

These wild cranberries were everywhere…tart, but tasty

 

[Brute]

Went to Liard River where a creek flowed into it…caught a bunch of medium sized grayling…hoping it would turn on a lake trout or bull trout to bite

 

[Brute]

Soaked in the hot springs on Liard River…shoulder felt great

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

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Soaked in the hot springs on Liard River…shoulder felt great

Love those springs - Number 1 son and I soaked in them an a cool, misty, early morning, was wonderful.

Sounds and looks like a great trip, thanks for bringing me along!!

 

[Brute]

Heading to Triangle Lake this morning…last day of fishing. It’s a pike lake…while not as plentiful as the last pike lake, the fish are generally larger…looking for the 40”+ fish

 

[Brute]

 

[Brute]

Man…what a day. I got 17 to the net, my partner 13…several over 40”…

 

[Shad]

Wow! Great trip!

 

[Brute]

Next to last fish of the day…

 

[klq@stl]

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Soaked in the hot springs on Liard River…shoulder felt great

Love the hot springs.
The blue color of muncho lake is spectacular. Great photos.

 

[Vagabond]

Excellent Adventure @Brute ! Loved that area of my trip northbound this past June. I saw more bison & bears than human activity, motorized or otherwise, from when I entered the valley until I crossed the Liard. Kept thinking…..I bet there’s gold in them there waters. Don’t want to hijack the thread so I’ll depart with this. N/B

 

[Brute]

The top & bottom flies were the most productive…especially the the top fly. After 3 pike, the schlappen unpalmered and layed on top like a flat wing, but caught 6 or 7 more pike…with the exception of the fire tiger bunny strip (which got hammered by a couple big ones last day that slimmed it down) I stopped throwing pike bunnies to save my shoulder…

When the plane landed at Ft Nelson to take us to Pitt Meadows, Tim Flagler & Phil Rowley stepped out as they were also headed to Muncho Lake…they were very pleasant to talk with…they were going to film an episode of The New Fly Fisher…