Chaunigan Fishing

Hello Everyone

Here are a few more of my favourite flies to use on Chaunigan Lake.

Black Rabbit Leech:

- I like the rabbit leech because when it gets wet the fur sticks together and forms a slick shape.

- An effective pattern that can often bring the fish out when nothing else seems to be working.

- I prefer a weighted head with a couple of fast strips then a pause letting the fly sink a bit on the pause. The fish will often hit on the pause.

- In the early evenings the dark colour creates a silhouette that is sure to catch fish.

Werner Green Shrimp:

- Very important fly to B.C. anglers. Many lakes including Chaunigan have an abundance of these small crustaceans.

- One of, if not the top food source for the trout in the lake. You can fish with this fly year round.

- The shrimp will often hide in weed beds so check these locations on the lake while fishing this fly.

- Floating Line Sinking Fly Method - In water up to 10 ft deep, attach enough tippet to get to the lake bottom. After casting wait until fly settles to the bottom then retrieve.

- Sinking Line Method - In water greater than 10 ft. deep, cast line along drop offs and let settle to near or on the bottom. Work the fly along slowly with short quick jerks to imitate crawling and swimming among the weeds.

Muddler Minnow (Silver):

- Don Gapen designed this fly in 1936 to imitate a sculpin, known as the Cockatush Minnow, to catch large Brook Trout on the Nipigon River in Ontario, Canada.

- Fly is so successful it is now known as a "must have" fly. Incredibly diverse fly that can be fished in all conditions, whether it be cold or warm, fresh or saltwater, clear or cloudy.

- The versatility of the Muddler Minnow stems from this pattern's ability to mimic a variety of aquatic and terrestrial forage, ranging from sculpins, to leeches, to grasshoppers, crickets, spent mayflies, emerging green drakes, stonefly nymphs along with many other creatures.

More of my favourite flys in next blog.