November 2012

Not much fishing (or catching!) was done in November (sigh…). One trip to the Thompson, one trip to the Methow and that's about it.

Pat with a hefty fly-caught Thompson steelhead

The long rods

Jim and I made one last foray to the Methow. The fish were very scarce, but it was good to get out.

Come on, steelhead!

We stopped by the Similkameen near Oroville on the way home.
Here's Jim at the Enloe Dam.

Panorama of the Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River.
The powerhouse, closed in 1958, is on the left.

October 2012

October wasn't a fishing month, it was a wedding month!

Way to go Barry & Marie Soleil! 

Dapper lads - me, Barry and Lucas (Best Man)

Parents of the groom enter The Library at Manteo where the kids were married

Marie Soleil arrives with Pierre, her dad

Barry arrives with Diane, Marie Soleil's mom 

I do!

Awwww! 

Marie Helen - Marie Soleil's sister, and
Alison, the ring-bearer and her new sister-in-law 

The Woodwards with our newest family member: Marie Soleil!

Well, I guess we did a little fishing in October…

A jumper on the Adams

A healthy fish

Above The Gorge on the Adams

Success for Jim!

I have a sneaking suspicion big stoneflies hatch on this river!

Ahhhh, afternoon sun

You saw it here first - Wendy used her waders and boots
and went steelheading with me on the Methow River!

A bit of farming equipment ended up in the river

September 2012

Some of the Tunkwa Family turned 70, so we had a '70s party! Peace, man…

Trepanier Creek forest fire near Kelowna - looking towards Merritt. We made it past just in time.

Another view of the Trepanier Creek fire, looking towards Westbank.

First fish in my new Moby net. Thanks Wendy! :-)

The Woodys at the FlyBC Fall Fish-In at Tunkwa Lake

Ed looks on while Norm hams it up on Tunkwa Lake. Sigh… summer's pretty much over.

August 2012

August means Bomber time at Tunkwa!

The mid-summer algae bloom usually means good fishing at Tunkwa Lake

Lots of boats out for the Bomber hatch

Who says it's never calm a Tunkwa Lake? I'd say this qualifies as a bluebird day!

Chipmunk apocolypse!

Joshua and Grandpa Don out to try their luck at Tunkwa Lake

I love Zipperlip Lake!

Lucas with one of his first fish at Zipperlip

Alison pilots our new truck

Alison, Lucas and I at Logan Lake

Alison with a nice Zipperlip Lake rainbow

Rodney, Nina and Brian filming for GoFishBC at Logan Lake. My fly got that fish for Rodney!

Wendy with a typical Logan Lake rainbow

Nina films while Rodney and Brian admire Rodney's nice rainbow

Andre with a nice Six Mile Lake fish

This Six Mile Lake rainbow ate a chironomid pupa imitation

Our new truck in one of my favourite environments

July 2012

Ahhhh… Summer! :-)

Calibaetis dun

A nice Zipperlip Lake fish

This guy decided to take a rest on my finger at Mammit Lake

Mammit Lake algae bloom - pea soup!

Pelicans at Mammit Lake!

'Amazing that this Norman Lake fish grew this big! It might be even bigger now - I released it.

A nice Roche Lake specimen

Very interestingly coloured chironomid pupa from Roche Lake

Another OK Roche Lake fish

Don and Dan on Roche Lake

Some fish are strong…

Logan Lake oinker

Wendy woke up and fished!

I dream of this in the winter…

Feral horses near Tunkwa Lake