20 pounder? Not on the fly rod, though, right?
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Date: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Spokane Area
>Justin,
>
>Yep, that's me. Actually, I have only had the opportunity to fish the lake
>one time about 3 years ago (Caught a 20 pounder though!!!). I keep
planning
>on going back up there but I never seem to make it.
>
>While I was there, I got to know several of the local guides quite well.
The
>basic rundown on the lake is this. During the Fall, Winter and Spring, you
>can take those monsters on a fly rod, near the surface. They use fly's all
>the time during these time periods. They are huge and made out of polar
bear
>hair and imitate the Kokanee populations in the lake. The guides troll
them
>on side planers as the fish are sound and boat sensitive and push out to
the
>sides when they troll by.
>
>There is a fly shop in Kaslo that had some good info. According to the
lady
>that worked there, she takes fish in the 5-10 pound range all the time on a
>fly rod and float tube just off the mouths of some of the inlets. She
highly
>recommended coming up in the late Fall. I can't think of the name of the
>shop but it appeared to be the only fly shop in town. Seems as if she used
>the Polar Bear fly pattern too but also had a full selection of the more
>typical fly patterns.
>
>If you get up that way, swing by Woodbury Resort and ask if Dennis is
around.
> He guides out of there during the Summer and lives on the grounds. He can
>tell you everything there is to know about the lake. Buy him some hard
>liquor and he will tell you even more, haha.
>
>Let me know how you do.
>
>Mike
>
