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Topic: Fly fishing at Stump lake |
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silvadv
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Report for June 11, 2004 I was up at Stump Lake from monday to wednesday(June 7-9) which is just past Nicola lake outside of Merritt. When I arrived late monday afternoon I realized that Stump's notorious wind was absent so I quickly got in the water in my tube and thought I would try a floating line and chironomid at 10 feet below the surface. Much to my surprise my strike indicator went down within 1 minute and I was into a healthy Stump 'bow of 3 lbs. These 18-20" rainbows sure know how to fight, with immediate airtime and surface runs that go into backing quickly. After several minutes of battle, I win and net the chrome beauty. Of all the lakes I have fished, I think Stump rainbows are the healthiest. They have very thick bodies and look well fed. I cast out my chronie again and within 5 minutes we replay the previous scene. This fish comes in too, but several others that evening were long line released. A great way to start a fishing trip. The next day was clear and hot with very little wind to speak of. I hit the water cat 9am and things started slow until 10 am when the bite came on strong and over the next 3 hours about 15 fish were hooked, the biggest being 22" or 5 lbs. All fish were fooled with my special chironomid patterns I have developed just for Stump Lake. See picture. In the late afternoon evening the wind came up a bit and that removed most anglers as the fishing slowed down too. I decided to tough it out and see if any patterns could defeat these tight lipped fish. You see, Stump lake is notorious for going off the bite and nobody does well when these fish seem to vanish. I had a hunch that a certain small beadhead microleech in red would entice some action. I switched to full sink line and tied on the fly and trolled slow and steady. Wham! a fish hit hard and was screaming line out. A beautifull 22" came to the net minutes later. I casted out again and another fish smoked the fly minutes later, a nice 20" fish. By this time dark was drawing near so I called it a day and what a day! The next day was a touch slower but still produced about 8 or 9 fish up to 22". Tight lines all and remember to properly resusitate your fish when releasing it. Dropping it into the water and watching it float upside down is not acceptable like a certain flyangler I saw at Stump.
===== Brian McKinlay-Silversides Fishing Adventures Vancouver,BC cell-(604)864-5445 www.bcfishing-guide.com email@bcfishing-guide.com
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Nickers
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Thanks for the heads up at Stump. We are heading up to Roche Lake next week and I wanted to do a side trip to Stump (wind permitting) as we fish from belly boats. What part of the lake were you fishing. Is there a good place to park off the 5a ??
Your report and pictures were extremely valuble. Thats what this web forum is all about. (Not all the other crap that goes on!)
Thanks again, Nickers
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Balloons
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Brian, how's your hook-up ratio with those hooks? I used to use them for tying the "Golden Shrimp" to use on Hihium. Had so so hook up ratio. Your thoughts.
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silvadv
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Duke, hook up ratios are the same as non curved hooks(#12-14). The trick is to make sure the bead head is not too big which crowds the point. Sometimes I give these hooks a slight straightening out to improve the performance. Cheers
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