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I recently returned from a family trip to a resort in the Guancaste province on the northwest shore of Costa Rica. While I was there, I had time to get a bit of flyfishing in during the early mornings and at sunset. Sharing a recap as it may be helpful to any PNWFF members planning to fish...

It’s dependent on lake, weather, and time of year for me. At my favorite local lake I’m going to show up with an indicator rod rigged with chironomids on point and a sliding dropper. Unless I see surface action I probably won’t change because it’s usually just a matter of waiting until the bite...

Lots of good reasons to troll. If I’m fishing a local lake that I know well, I’m probably going to just anchor and move positions a small number of times throughout the day. However, if I’m on a new lake or a lake that I haven’t fished in a while I will troll quite a bit. Nostalgia. I grew up...

I prefer the same. Also has the added benefit that the indicator stays above the peg on the line, so you can't lose it unless you lose all tippet ring, flies, swivel, etc.

Under the indicator I always have two flies (both bead-headed) because it gets my flies in the zone twice as fast. I would consider trying unweighted for the upper fly, but for the point I need to know that I am sitting at the exact depth that I am targeting...vast majority of the action will...

My standard rig for a crystal clear lake up to 18ft depth. If water is colored I might go heavier. 10' of 4x Rio Indicator to tippet ring 4' of 4x flouro to double surgeons (sliding droppers added on this section) 3' of 5x flouro to point fly

For those that aren't tracking, the staples of the Alaska sport fishing industry are being threatened by the pollock industry. Halibut and King Salmon numbers have been way down for years. The solution has consistently been to enforce shutdowns on the sport fishing industry with much less...

Planning to go on Sunday and catch the Cutthroat Beach and Phil Rowley Dry Fly seminars.

What factors help you decide to fish this way with chironomids? Fish highly distributed across the water column? Shoals/sloped bottom? Calm day shallow water? Others?

I do have about 15 in the other side of the box, but I haven’t fished them in years. As SurfnFish mentioned, casting and drifting them through the shallows seems like the best application where they would be better than the beads/indicator combo.

I wouldn’t use BR on any hook smaller than #12. Small is good down to #14. Below that use X-Small. As others have referenced there are some good ways to accomplish the ribbing effect without the wire. For ASBs I just gap the ASB material to let the color of the thread beneath serve as...

Many of you regularly fish BC lakes also. For your awareness BC has proposed changes to regulations for many lakes that have historically been managed as trophy, flyfish, or non-bait fisheries. There are a lot of well known lakes on the list including Peter Hope, Stoney/Minnie, Hatheume, and...

Sam Deane is listed as the operator at Meadow Lake, so that info would be from the late 1960s. If you are looking to stay at a lodge off Hwy 24, I recommend Meadow Lakes. I have also been to Thuya (now Rustic Resort), but that was 30 years ago...they had some fun lakes within 30 minutes of the...

Sad to hear it. That was always the final stop before driving up to the plateau for a great week of fishing. Great intel, flies, and lots of materials that you don't see stocked in the States. Hopefully he finds a buyer.

The message sent on his way out was from the shared MLFC email, which I'd assume he is no longer using. He is on Facebook. I reached out to Roel (the guy acting on Francesco's behalf) a few times, but nothing back yet on the status for 2024. They usually have snow up there until at least...

+1 for Garmin Striker 4. I started using one in 2018 and my dad followed suit a few years later. It’s not going to help you target and catch an individual fish. It will give you information that will help you catch more fish, avoid the skunk, and avoid fishing where the fish aren’t holding. My...

Meadow Lake is on the market. Hopefully they sell to someone who wants to keep it operating with guests. Not sure if it will be operational in 2024 if it doesn't sell in the next few months. https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/26360117/taweel-lake-road-barriere-barriere

I fished the C&R lake not too far north of there Saturday. It was about as clear as it ever gets in that lake. Caught some fish. Surface temp was 58F.

From what I could tell only the Cutts were feeding on them when we were there...they were really aggressive toward anything near the surface. The Tigers/Browns/Brooks were keyed in on leeches/dragon/damsil/baitfish. I had the same experience there with Mayflies in the spring where only the...

Great report. I love those lakes. Made it up there in late June and again the last week of September. Lots of variety in both lakes and fish species to keep things interesting. Especially great outside of peak season when you get the lake mostly to yourself. Were the bees still dropping...