As I have talked about, it was a love of fly fishing that lead me to my wildlife photography. I started fly fishing in 1984 as soon as we arrived in the Northwest. After seeing bear, moose, etc. on my fly fishing trips I decided a camera would be a nice accessory. So, from about 1988 to 1995 I was doing both fly fishing and wildlife photography. But by 1995 (I figured I had caught over 10,000 fish on a fly) I was spending more time with my camera than with my fly rod. In fact, I remember one five day "fishing" trip into British Columbia in 1995 that I never got my fly rod wet. It was then that I realized my love/passion had changed. Now I suppose I have several hundred "fishing" stories that would bore everyone to death, so I will limit my stories to this one post.
If you are serious about fly fishing lakes in Canada a 4x4 vehicle WITH WINCH is a must. (I have a few stories about how I learned that lesson). But, since a picture tells a 1000 words, how about a couple of photos (all photos from British Columbia):
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| The "road" to Enrst Lake |
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| The road to Frisken Lake It's not just the mud here, this can be very slippery. |
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| The road to Okay Lake |
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| The Road to Hosli Lake Yes, I got stuck and needed my winch to pull myself through. |
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| Here I am fishing on Blue Lake |
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| Yes, that's me 18 years ago with a 27 inch Kamloops Rainbow Trout |
Fishing stories are never boring. I'm glad you shared your story. Congrats on you new hobbies.
ReplyDeleteThat you for your comment. As you must know, if you spend a lot of time fishing, there are unusual things that happen to you. 1) when a loon took my fish and got himself caught on my fly line -- for about 15 minutes; or 2) when a fish took my entire line and backing leaving me nothing but an empty spool and a trip to Kamloops for a new line. Felt pretty stupid about that. I made sure I tied the backing onto the spool correctly from then on. 3) then there was the Grizzly Bear story... what a magnificent animal at probably 1200 pounds and 8 feet tall when he stood up. I could have reached out with my 10' rod and tapped him on the shoulder.
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