My fishing friend Rob Gendron and I invested the very first week of August fishing in Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada’s easternmost province. Rob, who fishes for Brook trout in Pennsylvania, was trying to find a location to capture some huge ones and recommended that we go to 3 Rivers Lodge in Labrador. The Lodge is found on the Woods River system, including braided river branches sprinkled with big “swimming pools” that might be puzzled with lakes (miles wide and long). Brook trout, Bull trout, Lake trout, and Pike take place throughout the system, offering high fishing variety with a range of techniques. One typical method had the guides out of the boat, dragging it upstream through riffles and little rapids while we cast in all instructions. The guides were motivating “anything green,” so we utilized olive Wooly Buggers and green Copper Johns.
When fishing for Lake trout we utilized big flies, like Christmas Trees and Dolly Llamas. We were informed that we could not keep any Pike smaller sized than 5 pounds. We believed this was a guideline of some sort, however it was really the chefs who did not wish to fillet anything smaller sized. The water was off the week we existed and, although the fish were not numerous, big fish were captured.
The place is remote, including a flight to Montreal, a charter flight to Schefferville, and an Otter flight into the Lodge. The lodge leases a Beaver and offers 2 or more fly-outs, consisting of one choice to the Station Camp for a night or more fishing “5 th Quick”. The primary cabins are comfy, as is the Lodge which has a dining-room and an enjoyable den with books, a fireplace, and a connecting bench. The personnel was fantastic, and the guides strove to put us on fish.
In the 3rd week of August, we moved to British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada, and remained at the Tsylos Park Lodge on the Chilko River. A charter flight from Vancouver got us to a little runway near the Lodge and we were driven to the Lodge. The focus here is on casting dry flies to big rainbows. Drifts were duplicated through called stretches of the River (Canoe Crossing, Bear Island, numbered rapids, and so on), typically doing right-bank, center, and left-bank runs. Although we fished the exact same stretches practically daily, the most efficient runs varied every day and even hour to hour. Fish were typically numerous, however even throughout the lulls in the action, there was constantly the anticipation of hooking a great fish. We likewise fished for Bull trout, casting banners into channels while wading far out on soft gravel bars in the River.
An emphasize of the journey was a 50-minute boat flight out onto the gorgeous Chilko Lake (from which the River streams). We tossed banners to Bull trout, some 30 plus inches, along the edges of muddy streams as they streamed into the Lake.
We captured big Rainbows, the majority of which were acrobatic, utilizing a range of big dry flies. Obviously, the guides had their chosen flies, although I had success with among my favorites, Chubby Chernobyls. Nevertheless, Rob had the prize fly of the week. 2 years ago his location in Pennsylvania experienced a surge of periodical cicadas, a fascinating bug group with some population that appears just in 13 and 17-year cycles. They emerge in big numbers, covering greenery and the ground. He believed they would be appealing food for the fish in his house waters, so he developed and connected cicada mimics. He brought some to BC, where they captured a minimum of two times as lots of fish as any other fly. Periodical cicadas are not understood to take place in the location of the Lodge, however this unknown, big, juicy fly appeared alluring.
The place is gorgeous, the cabins are comfy, and the food is great. Black and Grizzly bears roam through the location, however 2 Lodge dogs supplied home entertainment by chasing after the bears if they got too close.
Anglers go to lodges looking for fishing chances, however likewise for experiences in gorgeous, remote locations. These 2 lodges at the opposite ends of Canada stood firm through 2 years of Covid and supplied us with their own distinct fishing chances, charm, and experiences.
