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·I posted a while back about fishing backwoods areas around the lower mainland. Well, I didn't get a lot a of responses so I investigated a little myself and found a local area that offered a hike-in opportunity. Some of you may be familiar with this lake (which will remain nameless for now) which can be driven to if one gains access to the FSR gate.
In any case I made the hike in to see if I could actually handle it while packing all my gear. I rigged up my float tube on my pack which was filled with my waders, fins, fly-vest and PFD (never fish alone without one!). It was not the lightest pack I've ever worn. It must have weighed in at around 25 lbs. I carried my rod in one hand and hit the trail which led up a steady incline to reach an elevation 1000 feet above my start point. The legs and gluts were burning even though I've been a competetive runner for a couple of years and I'm a bit sore today. This gives you an idea of the work out I received. I'll never have to skip a training day to go fishing again.
I got to the lake and unloaded and inflated my tube. There was only one other crazy bastard out there so I hit him up for any info he was willing to give and jumped in the tube for a couple hours of good fishing. I landed five trout in two hours and best of all the setting was serene and silent. I returned each one carefully in order to keep the fishery a good one for future trips. At the end I packed it all up again and made the hike out smiling like an idiot despite the pack weighed an additional 7-10lbs as everything was wet. A morning spent having a good time and getting a great workout. Who says fishermen are lazy?
The point is, if you want some good/great fishing you may have to go a little out of the way. This means leaving your truck more than a kilometer behind. Depending on your physical condition this may not seem worth it but I've never experienced that good of fishing in a local lake when it has been this warm out (I can't wait till the fall). I'd also like to think that having read The Gilly recently improved my abilities to land more than I lost(only had two hits that I didn't hook up on).
I'm going to continue to seek out some more hard-to-get-to destinations. If anyone has any interest, I'd gladly have someone to weeze/puff/pass-out/complain with while making hikes.
In any case I made the hike in to see if I could actually handle it while packing all my gear. I rigged up my float tube on my pack which was filled with my waders, fins, fly-vest and PFD (never fish alone without one!). It was not the lightest pack I've ever worn. It must have weighed in at around 25 lbs. I carried my rod in one hand and hit the trail which led up a steady incline to reach an elevation 1000 feet above my start point. The legs and gluts were burning even though I've been a competetive runner for a couple of years and I'm a bit sore today. This gives you an idea of the work out I received. I'll never have to skip a training day to go fishing again.
I got to the lake and unloaded and inflated my tube. There was only one other crazy bastard out there so I hit him up for any info he was willing to give and jumped in the tube for a couple hours of good fishing. I landed five trout in two hours and best of all the setting was serene and silent. I returned each one carefully in order to keep the fishery a good one for future trips. At the end I packed it all up again and made the hike out smiling like an idiot despite the pack weighed an additional 7-10lbs as everything was wet. A morning spent having a good time and getting a great workout. Who says fishermen are lazy?
The point is, if you want some good/great fishing you may have to go a little out of the way. This means leaving your truck more than a kilometer behind. Depending on your physical condition this may not seem worth it but I've never experienced that good of fishing in a local lake when it has been this warm out (I can't wait till the fall). I'd also like to think that having read The Gilly recently improved my abilities to land more than I lost(only had two hits that I didn't hook up on).
I'm going to continue to seek out some more hard-to-get-to destinations. If anyone has any interest, I'd gladly have someone to weeze/puff/pass-out/complain with while making hikes.