Wanted to get out one last time for some pink action on the fly on the Fraser and after talking to a few guys, I found out that they told me the vast majority of the fish have gone through and that we could spend alot of time looking for them. My buddy and I were not too interested in fighting the crowds on the tribs (ie. Vedder,etc.) even though we knew there was fish a plenty there so we opted for look see on the upper Fraser. I'd fished up from Laidlaw a couple of weekends ago and slayed them so our hope was to find fish there again. Besides we knew we wouldn't have to worry about finding a place to fish or fishing the tides.
After launching my flat bottom cartopper we zipped over to a long island looking for jumpers but without any luck. Since we were there and weren't interested in packing up and going elsewhere we anchored up close to shore. I fished out of the boat, my buddy on the shore. Considering I hadn't seen any fish move I was pleasantly surprised to hook up on the first cast. The fish was surprising clean. Probably a Thompson fish. To our delight, within minutes we saw a few fish moving here and there. All hell didn't break lose but I was able to pick up 2 to 3 fish per hour. My buddy, on the othe hand, who was fishing a slow sink tip line didn't wasn't having any luck at all until I suggested he put a heavy swivel on his leader and one of my weighted flies. After that he got into a few. We ended up keeping one each.
For those who were out there on one of the rivers yesterday I'm sure you'll agree with me what a perfect day it was for fishing and when you have an island all to yoursef how much better can it get? One thing I noticed was that everyone of the dozen fish I brought to the net was a female. I could see females being more aggressive once they get closer to the spawning grounds but many of these fish still had the remains of sea lice on them and the roe that was in them was still quite small. Just wondering if any other fly guys have experienced the same thing regarding higher numbers of females compared to males caught on the fly in recent outings.
I didn't bother taking any pics of the fish. After seeing that pic of Rodney's fish last week nothing could compare to that chromer but here are a couple of other photos.
This was the fly that was doing all the damage....and before someone starts teasing me about the pink and purple wrapping on the rod it's a rod I built up for my daughter.
My buddy playing a fish:
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Topic: Upper Fraser Flyfishing for Pinks (Read 1581 times)