Still Water Trout Fly Fishing Report
Ok Finally did some Fishing worthy of posting about
Anywhoooo 6 fish in 3 hours the biggest a 17″ brown. The air got to +27C and I was catching fish shallow in the mid day that won’t happen again!
No Woolly Buggers were used 😉
Fall Fly Fishing in Manitoba
Many of us outdoor types pine away for spring during winter. As fishers we pine through early spring till things warm up and ‘get good’ later spring and early summer. Then we all lament when it is too hot to fish or morally drag fish up from the deep and wait for fall.
Fall is a magical time for no other reason than we know know most fish get more active. Sunday the 2nd of October was such a day for me.
Hunt Lake is one of many Manitoba lakes that are
a.stocked with trout and
b. an easy launch.
It is also one of the few trout lakes under 2 hours from the city. Like Lyons Lake from my last report, it is a beautiful shield lake with rocks and tree and trees and rocks (as well as cliffs and creeks and wildlife coming to the shore). Unlike Lyons, Hunt has a few small cottages on it (Lucky Ducks!) but it seems none of them fish. It is one of many lakes that does not allow power boats which is nice for those of us seeking quiet fishing without unscheduled surfing trips in our floats tubes and pontoons.
The water was 14-12° C and the air got to 20° I’d say perfect. The fish seemed to be in one small area of a predictable part of the lake. The predictable part was the western end of the lake (due to the easterly wind) but it was only one bay and only the shady part that seem to hold active fish. The winning setup was an un-named panfish fly (pictured) that, because of the foam always floats, on a medium length leader with a sink tip. the fly stays suspended above the sink tip and ‘swims’ down on retrieves. Very similar to a common water boatman setup.
Slightly Busy Guiding Month
I had a couple of Fly Fishing clients this month. One was a Dell computers employee from Texas. His thing was to fly fish where ever his company sent him.
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I’m going to fish THAT!
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Another one to hand
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Oh there’s fish able water below that
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Oh yeah the bugs
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But there are fish too
The next Clients where two teachers from Sudbury. Not a lot of fish caught but one of them got a personal best.
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It’s not Fly Fishing unless the fly gets in the tree
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I dunked my camera after this
Fly Fishing A Manitoba River
Don’t Ask Because I won’t tell. Here is a day fishing one of the few Manitoba trout Streams
Lyons Lake Manitoba Still Water Fly Fishing
Experimenting with a video rig to allow me to record myself from the tube.
The fishing wasn’t great but the experiment was a win win.