[KamFam]

Just trying to get some Ideas in for Spring. I bought my boy a fly rod for christmas, nothing fancy...but its not too bad. 6w I was wondering so I can start planning now, what are some really good first fly rod lakes to take the young lad to.

I gotta start planning now....So I can get so exited I get skunked....

 

[Royal_Coachman]

Have heard good things about Pennask (fly only) and Walloper, nothing big but usually pretty consistant.

Have fun

-RC

 

[Fish Finder]

The list could be endless..There's so many great lake up there. Tunkwa is where I usually direct first timers. The fishing's not to tough, and plenty of them, with the odd fatty swimming around too. I'd say fishing chironomids would be the best bet for a begginer, and Tunkwa is famous for it's carzy chironomid hatches.

Finder

 

[young gun]

Why not just hit the thompson for those nice football rainbows! Streamers and nymph patterns! There are gonna be so many sockeye fry in the river the rainbows are gonna be so stuffed and fat!

 

[Chris]

I'd second walloper, our school fly fishing club went there once and everyone caught fish, even the extreme amateurs caught multiple fish ;D. Some of us landed nearly 20 fish in half a day. Tunkwa is also good, just doesn't seem to be quite as many fish, but as FF mentioned they are bigger.

 

[wagonmaster]

;Di'll second tunkwa and if you get forced off by the wind leighton lake is right beside it and at a lower elevation where it meets tunkwas flow and you can get out of the wind. i fish may long weekend here and betwn the two lakes have a BLAST lots of fish, you just have to get the right fly working, usually chronies, sometimes damsels.

 

[KamFam]

Walloper is where I caught my first on the fly rod...nothing too big about 9 inches at the most , on one occasion I caught a 2 inch fish on an inch long 52buick.....How that little thing took the fly I have no idea....lol. Many, many small fish and the odd one at 1.5 lbs. But I think I would love it if he had a bigger first fish on the fly than I did....Just to get him hooked. We definetly don't mind traveling a bit. We have a 12 ft alum. with a 36lb elect.

I've heard good things about Morgan in the spring but have never been there to fish.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

 

[StillwaterStalker]

Another vote for Tunkwa/Leighton. A great family lake with lots of smaller trout is Lac Le Jeune. Right near Kamloops. The smaller lake connected to it (Little Lac Le Jeune) can have some exciting dry fly action.

 

[Rogue0412]

Walloper is a good choice if you don't care about size, my second choice would be Roche Lake.