Hi Everyone
Was out at Kawkawa lake in Hope last wednesday escaping work as usual. Beautiful lake!
We fished off the dock for a few hours and fish were rising and dimpling everywhere. We tried worms for a bit with limited success. Then an insect hatch happened because bugs were flying all over the place. The acrobatic little fish were flying out of the water hitting bugs on the surface
. We switched over to dry flys with our gear rods (not a pretty sight) and got hits every case with a slow retrieve. Although most fish were too small to get hooked, we managed to pull out some 9-10 inches at most. Light coloured Tom Thumbs were apparently irresistable to these fish.
Now, I don't think these were stocked rainbow. Noticably they had adipose fins, highly forked tails, large black spots on dorsal side, very silver sides, and large eyes. Any experts out there to help me out? Maybe wild rainbow, young kokanee?
Also, a few boats had come in while we were on the dock. They said kokanee fishing was poor on the other side of the lake. Maybe a bit early still.
Good Luck to all this weekend
Squishy