Fly Fishing Fabisch, the Weekly Picture Archive 4 - 2018

Water levels in the Wiesent aren´t encouraging either, as several ditches tap its water to irrigate farmland. Despite it all I have been lucky enough to fish a very nice evening hatch last week. In the beginning, a little buck caddis worked very well. Besides several small trout I got a very nice brown. Later in the evening I should have changed to a somewhat larger pattern. I didn´t, because I had already had some problems tying on the first one. I guess I better take my glasses along next time.

But, as always, where there is a lot of light, there is also lots of shadows. The drawback with the rivers is that a shower of the stronger kind will reduce the length of fishable water to about 4.5 km. The only one of the three lakes where permits can be obtained is Lake Hintersee. Neither Lake Königssee nor Lake Obersee are accessible to anglers. This area is always worth a visit, though, because it offers much more than just fishing, but also the scenery and the Great Outdoors. It´s a unique combination.

This way they gain weight much faster and grow to larger sizes. The Babine is another one of these rivers. Whereas a steelhead of 25 pounds is a top fish in the Bulkley, your nymph or fly might hook a fish 10 pounds heavier in the Kispiox. Anyway, the point is that any steelhead regardless of size has to be hooked first of all. Any kind of fly fishing has its own charm, be it dry or wet, fished dead drift or on the swing. Any of our methods has its moment. Patience is a prerogative, though.

As a matter of fact, an RV is hard to beat. Being able to stop where you choose is a major advantage. Whether you stop for lunch or for the night doesn´t make much of a difference. Once you have arranged all your belongings in the RV´s numerous closets and drawers, you needn´t pack again until you fly back. Why would you consider a car, then? For once, a car consumes only about one third of the fuel an RV would need. A car may be able to handle roads an RV won´t. Finding accommodation, on the other hand, has never been a problem. There are lots of motels and other alternatives.

Whether in Vancouver or way out yonder, there is always accommodation available. So the choice is entirely up to the traveler. RV or car, none of these is really wrong, and that´s the good news

The road toll is valid for one day in either direction. We used the toll road on the way up and the toll-free road on the way down. The car is still OK, in short, the info I got at the gas station was rubbish. The fishing is fly only, and there is grayling, trout and char waiting for anglers. We fished from belly boats in the morning, and from the banks in the afternoon. We fished both dries and nymphs successfully. The number of fish caught was not very exciting, probably due to lots of runoff from the glacier because of the summer heat.

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