Sharpy and I went down to the knoll on Tunkwa last Sunday afternoon, and I was pleasantly surprised by the fishing. We got all sorts of takes on small black & red Ice Cream Cones, and while the fish were mostly small, they all fought very well. A throat pump revealed that the fish were eating small, dark-reddish brown - almost black - chironomid pupae, so we guessed right! Hoping to get Sharpy's GF Lisa into some fish on chironomids, we went back on Monday afternoon. Unfortunately, the wind was fierce and the fish were not nearly as cooperative as they were the previous night. I managed to hook a few, but Lisa and Sharpy went fishless.
On Tuesday, Don and I headed for Roche to begin the mini-trip to which the girls treated us.
It was an early anniversary gift (our anniversaries are on subsequent days: July 29 & 30) and Wendy & Judy were going to meet us at the resort at 1:00 pm, collect Spratley from us, and check into our chalet. It rained something fierce for most of the day and the fishing was tough. I managed an OK fish on a mayfly nymph in Monster Bay, but the takes were few and far between. Fran came out to fish with us and also had a tough time getting into fish. Wendy and Judy arrived at 1:30 pm, collected Spratley from Gerry who had kindly taken him from me (Spratley was soaked, cold and glad to be out of the boat!), and Don and I went back out to flog the water. The afternoon was just as slow as the morning.
The rain abated and the weather cleared for the evening, so after a tasty supper of Indian food from Kamloops, Don, and I headed out to meet Fran and fish the evening Travelling Sedge hatch. We only saw one sedge pop, which I captured and photographed to show Fran the colour of its abdomen, but there were some fish on the shoal and I managed to raise a few to a Mikulak Sedge. Most came unbuttoned, but I landed 3 or 4, which was fun. After the evening fish we had a very nice visit with Fran and Gerry, and we were treated to a great slide show of local wildflowers and pics from Slovenia.
Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny, and we ate a huge, delicious breakfast at the Roche Lake Resort restaurant. I didn't eat for the rest of the day after polishing off the three egg omelet with hash browns and toast! The girls checked out, looked at some units for sale, and Don and I went back out on Roche to try to get some fish. Different day - same story. There was nothing hatching and the fish were not cooperative. We saw fish on the shoals but they were very skittish. I managed to briefly hook one on Carl's Flats on a BMW, then hooked and landed a couple near the end of the day in Monster Bay - one on a BMW and one on a Pumpkinhead. 
I pumped one fish and it had only one pale scud. Tough fishing all-in-all.When we got back and checked email we discovered that Bob, Diane, Nick, Steven, and Nick's pal Jordan were coming for a visit on their way to summer camp at Naramata. Wendy and I fished Logan Lake for a few hours on Thursday (it wasn't too bad) before their arrival, and the Therriault gang came by and found us there on Thursday afternoon. We departed for Tunkwa and got them checked in and their tents set up, then dug out the guitars and had a sing-along around the campfire at Don & Judy's place. It turned out that Diane, Steven and Jordan are all guitar players! Luckily Steven had his guitar and I had two of mine. Great fun, and no dogs howled as a result of our attempts at playing and singing... ;-)
Yesterday, Judy and Wendy took Diane thrifting in Kamloops, and they came back with a full RAV (as usual). I took the boys out on Tunkwa to try our luck. Nick and Jordan were first up in my boat, and Bob and Steven rowed around in our old 12 footer while the rest of us fished. Tunkwa was its usual self and gave up no fish to our flies, so we put the boat back on the trailer and headed for Logan Lake which is fishing better. This time it was Steven's turn to fish, and he had his best day yet, hooking a few fish and landing three of them, all on his own. Despite being allowed to keep fish from Logan Lake, Steven opted to release all of them to fight another day. Don had a banner day, too, landing many fish including one that topped 5 lbs. Nick decided he didn't want another turn in the boat, so he, Jordan and Bob headed for camp with Steven and I following soon after. The boys had a Texas Hold 'Em lesson while Wendy and I visited with Steve and his pal Ed.Today saw Wendy and Judy leave for Langley in the morning while Bob & crew decamped and packed up the van for the trip to Naramata. After the Therriaults said their goodbyes and hit the road, I went out on Tunkwa for the afternoon to meet up with Steve and Ed. Fishing was slow as usual. Don got a few from Logan Lake, but it was also slower than yesterday. A few others from the gang fished Tunkwa and also had little success- are you detecting a trend? After a quick supper and a shower I took Spratley for a walk out on the point. I made a few casts with my new 3 wt CPX (sweet!), but only managed to rise one fish which was not hooked.
Well, that's the week in a nutshell.
Cheers! KW
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