BC Fly Fish

Fly Catalogue

Here is a great site with images of all categories of flies.

Fly Tying Bench

I am looking to set up a fly tying bench and have found a few sites that sell benches and some sites that show you how to build benches.

Check this one out

Or this one for portable fly tying (in the field)

Unseasonably Fishy

It may still seem like winter, but hungry trout are ready for action.
by John Gierach   

Early one spring, the head guide at a fishing lodge on Colorado’s West Slope asked a friend and me to help him scout some area lakes. He wanted to see how the fish had held up before his first clients arrived, and he needed a couple of extra rods to cover the water. There was a set of large ponds strung up a narrow valley that didn’t get much sun. They were still half frozen, but the trout were lying along the ice shelf as if it were an undercut bank. The trick was to drop a weighted Woolly Bugger within an inch of the lip, let it sink for a count of five, and begin a slow retrieve. These rainbows were between 18 and 22 inches, they were hungry, and they hadn’t been pestered for six months. It was almost too easy.  (click here for the rest of the article)

Fly: WD40

I was listening to a fly fishing podcast (MP3) the other day and they were talking about their favourite flies and the fly WD40 came up a few times and since I wasn't really familiar with this fly, I first checked out my favourite source for flies, Terry Minnis  but he wasn't selling them so I checked out ebay and ordered 6 of them (3x #18 and 3x #20) from Blue River Traders.

The WD stands for Wood Duck and as you can see from the pic, the tail is duck feathers.  Has anyone ever tied or used this fly in BC and if so under which conditions or which lake/river?

Cheers! .. RobC

Day One.

This is the first post to the BCFlyFish.com Communique.  We will try to provide posts quite often and will try to be topical to the season, and anything newsworthy.  We will also encourage guests and fly fishing personalities to contribute to this section as often as possible. 

The posts will be designed in such a way as to encourage your participation so feel free to add your comments at the bottom of the posts.

When I find interesting news and articles about fly fishing I will also post a short paragraph and a link to that article.

Hope you enjoy! ... Tight lines! .. RobC