Fishing action definitely picked up this weekend, with lots of trout on the cleaning table. Stomach samples showed the trout were actively feeding on bloodworms (green or red) and smaller bright green chironomids (choaborous). The huge winds the area received on Friday, really got the lake stirred up, but seemed to stimulate the trout into putting on the feedbag. On windy days, guests have been day tripping out to smaller lakes in the nearby area, and having good success, as well.  Trollers on Tunkwa were into fish, with green toned Kwikfish or Hotshots being the better produces. Some better fish have been caught on bright red or orange Kwikfish as well. We have been seeing off the resort dock, one extremely large rainbow trout, easily in the 7 lb class, and he is dragging a big gang troll behind him.....we can only imagine the the story about the big one getting way from the angler that hooked into him.

9yr. old Corbin Timothy with a nice Tunkwa rainbow tricked fishing a chironomid, while fishing with Dad and Grandad.

Jocelyn and Julia each pose with their first fish ever! Fishing with Dad and Grandad, trolling Kwikfish produced some great catches.

We had our nicest weather of the spring this weekend, with lots of sunshine, and sun burnt guests! Overall fishing was slow, as the trout really went off for the trollers. Guests that did get into fish, spent the time looking for actively feeding tout, and got them to go on chironomids. A couple reports of some action coming on dry flies, cast to swirling, surface feeding fish. Chironomids in darker patterns were best, although Static Bag, and WhiskeyDick patterns, in bigger sizes, up to size 12 long, worked best. Guests boated rainbows to the mid 4lb range.
Water levels on Tunkwa have been dropping fast, as one of our main feeders creek channels, blew out it's bank, and water is being diverted during repairs. We should see water levels go back up once the repair is complete.

Leighton has been fishing a bit slower as well, but has had it's moments, with lots of smaller trout being caught. Guests day tripping out to a couple of smaller lakes nearby, have reported some incredible action, with a few commenting on having their best day of fishing, ever! Stable weather should see the fishing pick up.

Weather has stabilized somewhat, and when the wind died down, fishing picked up. Guests hooked into some better sized rainbows, primarily on bigger(size 10) chironomids in various Static Bag patterns, as well as KD's. Fishing dark coloured microleach patterns, on a slime line, into wind blown points, provided some hooks up with bigger rainbows. Guests have commented on the incredible size of some of the rainbows they are seeing jumping or moving around in the Lake.
Our feeders creeks are now, absolutely chock full of spawning rainbows, making it an incredible walk to watch them doing their thing. Good things the creeks are all closed to angling, so the trout will not be bothered.
Neighbouriong Leighton Lake has been fishing pretty good as well, with good numbers, but mainly smaller fish coming to boat. Again, bigger chironomid patterns have been key. Trolling has been slow, as the trout really seemed to be keyed in to the chironomids during the big hatches.

One of many into the boat on Wednesday, that fell for a big chironomid fished under an indicator, fish really wanted it moving slowly.

Size 10 'KD' chironomid strikes again!

One of our guests, George, day tripped to a lake close by, and landed this incredibly fat fish! It weighed 5.5lbs, but was only 19" long! A piggy gorged on scuds!

Some big variations in weather greeted Tunkwa guests this weekend. From snow showers, to summer-like sun with warm temps, we saw it all. Real mixed fishing reports coming in, with many guests struggling to hook up, while other got dialed into the chironomid hatches and did pretty good. The past few days has seen some incredible chironomid hatches coming off, with some bugs being a really good size. Larger chironomids in darker patterns seemed to be key to hooking up. The trolling bite has been slow the past couple of days, but prior to then, all the usual lures were providing hook ups.

This nice Tunkwa rainbow fell for Christa's chironomid, it was one of many that her and Keith tied into.