Summer has arrived! Finally..................
Warm and sunny, just beautiful on the lake today!
Warm days, but nice cool nights, just perfect!!!

 The aquatic bugs have started hatching as well, amazing what a couple days of stable warm weather will do to things. Surface water temp is around 62F mid day, and chironomids are hatching. Also, smaller caddis were all over the surface later this aft. Some steady action was seen today, fishing larger green/red butt chironies, then later in the day smaller KD's. 'Static' bag and black/red chironies were working today as well. Guest drifting or trolling green bodied 'Doc Spratleys' are into trout, as well.
Any guests fishing worms, set just off the bottom, under a slip float, are into the rainbows as well. Great to see everything coming together for our fishermen guests!

Fly fishers experienced some good success late last week, keying in on emerging mayflies. Hare's ear nymphs, Half-backs, prince nymphs, and "orange Sucker' nymphs were all working off the bigger weed beds. We are also seeing some sporatic "travelling sedges' coming off. Blonde coloured or light olive coloured damsel nymph patterns have been accounting for trout as well. Trolling black/ red or maroon micro leaches have been working for some folks as well. Guest fishing worms have been having the best success, landing good numbers of fish and some big ones as well. Weather forecast is finally calling for some summer like temperatures, and with the warmer temps, we should see hatches pick up and fishing be much more consistent.

A beautiful bright 23" Tunkwa fish that pulled the scales down to 5.5lbs,  great catch Jacquie!

An incredible sunset across Tunkwa, enjoyed most nights.

Sunny warm temps around Tunkwa this past weekend, but the high winds that pounded the province, were here as well. Fly fishers had a tough time on Tunkwa, sporatic hatches made it tough to dial into what the rainbows wanted. Lots of big trout are still being seen active on the surface, taunting anglers. Later in the week, some guests were having good success in the mornings, fishing TomThumbs(dries) across fish that were rising for Cinnamon caddis that were hatching......this is fly fishing at it's finest! Fly fishing guests day tripping out to area lakes are reporting some success, and landing some trophy rainbow trout, up to 7.25lbs! On Tunkwa, guests fishing the good old 'garden hackle"(worms) under a slip float are still doing very well, limiting out on rainbows in short order if they are set up in the right areas, worm fishing is deadly, even with finicky trout, they just can't resist a lively worm. Trollers are still catching fish, with the usual presentations,......gang trolls, wedding bands, HotShots and Kwikfish, are making them react and strike them, it's just matter of figuring out the right area, and correct depth.

Guest with a nice football shaped rainbow, tricked on a leach pattern, taken on one of his day trips out from Tunkwa.
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Bob & Major, pose with this beauty 24" x 15.5" taken on a fast stripped Pumkinhead fly, fished deep along a weed edge on a type VI line.

A nice Tunkwa trout that fell for Static bag chironomid under an indicator.

Guests from Australia in for a quick morning fish, and landed a few nice ones.

Tunkwas was bathed in sunshine this weekend, and storms passing though the area luckily skirted us. Surface water temp is approaching 60F in the afternoons, but has dropped back to the mid 50's in the morning. The instability of the weather seemed to make the fish a bit moody, and they appeared to be feeding in short burst of activity. Some guests reported good catches if they were in the right area when the trout decided to turn on, but everyone is still catching some trout. Surprisingly for Tunkwa, some good catches are being made in the early morning hours, instead of our usual 'banker hours' fish. Some chironomid action was reported on chironies in size 12 in the Christmas tree colour, dark brown and black/red. Leach patterns fished aggressively seemed to produce some reaction strikes out of fish that were in a neutral mood, and burgundy or black/red patterns where the best bet. Pumkinheads and black Spratleys also were putting fish in the boats. Guests trolling dark coloured Kwikfish or Hotshots plugs did well on Friday, but reported the fish switched there preference on the weekend, and wedding bands tipped with worms were a better bet trolled. Worms under a slip float, set closer to the bottom, continue to work. Again, we are seeing some good size fish being caught by anglers, including fish to over 5 lbs, and of course, lots of tales about the bigger ones that got away!
Guest fishing local lakes, on day trips are still reporting good catches, but even they have slowed down a touch, most likely due to the storms and falling barometer.
Weather forecast is looking great for the upcoming week, and the Guest registered for the BC Outdoors Magazine, "Fishing with the Pro's Weekend", featuring Brian Chan and Phil Rowley, should have a great weekend!

Lake temperature is still holding at 56F, and bug hatches continue to be sporatic. Stomach samples from trout on the cleaning table, are showing lots of scuds and bloodworms in there diets, but very few chironomids. Pumpkinheads, and darker leach patterns are producing fish, whether drifted/trolled or fished under an indicator, and some chironomid anglers are having success, browns or black seem to be the best choices. Winds earlier in the week made it tough setting up, but stirred the water up enough to have bloodworms suspended in the water, allowing easy pickings for the trout. Bloodworms patterns in green or red are a good call when we have these conditions.  Trollers fishing gang trolls, wedding bands or darker coloured hots shots are hooking up. Worms fished on a fast retrieve and allowed to free fall, have been producing some great catches for guest dialed in to this approach. Good reports are coming from guests day tripping, fishing some smaller local lakes, where mayflies are hatching and damsels are migrating, with the warmer water temps. Sun and warm daytime temps seem to be here, and we should soon see the lake warm up to more seasonal temps.