Pro tips
How to fish Okanagan Lake
Forty years of it, written down. The technique, the tackle, the timing and the honest bits most guides keep to themselves. Chasing current conditions instead? Those are in the fishing reports.
Technique
Trolling for Trophy Rainbow Trout
Okanagan Lake is one of the best places in Canada to troll for trophy-sized rainbow trout, and the most effective way to catch them is with a bucktail.
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Technique
How bucktail fishing works
What a bucktail is, why it is trolled 150 to 250 feet back rather than cast, and the speed that makes the hair breathe.
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Gear
Fly fishing Okanagan Lake, honestly explained
Why fly fishing here means trolling flies rather than casting them, and what tackle actually works.
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The fish
Chasing a twenty pound rainbow
Why the fish here grow so big, why they are hard to catch, and what a realistic trophy day looks like.
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Conditions
Reading wind and feeding times
Hourly wind for the dock, major and minor solunar windows, and month-by-month averages.
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Before you come
Getting your BC fishing licence
Who needs one, how to buy it online, and what a charter does and does not cover.
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Rather be shown than told?
Geoff will set the whole spread for you. Half day $500, full day $800.