July 27/2015

BOMBER TIME!!!!! and we’re not talking water bomber’s either! The ‘bomber’ sized chironomids have started to hatch pretty strong right now, with a couple of Tunkwa old timers, commenting they haven’t seen hatches that heavy in a long time. The … Continue reading

July 20/2015

Water tempuratures have cooled down due to low overnight tempurtures with wind late last week and the fishing picked up dramatically starting Saturday. Sunday was good and today is also very good. Chironomid fishing worked the best with large green … Continue reading

July 13/2015

The hot spell broke later last week, with temps going back to more normal.We’ve had rain in the area the past few days as well. Night times are still nice and cool, dropping down to around 7 degrees. Surface water … Continue reading

July 6/2015

Weather up here at Tunkwa has been pretty nice, daytime temps not hitting the highs like the cities, and valleys, our elevation sure helps. Night times have been nice and cool, it was 6 degrees this morning! We’ve had no … Continue reading

July 1/2015

Deep water( 16ft) chironomid fishing has begun with anglers catching fish on maroon, chartreuse/red, The Chameleon and various bloodworm patterns as fish schooled up feeding on bloodworms. Fishers trolling gang trolls with worms or hot shots at 15 feet did … Continue reading

June 29/2015

We’ve had some warm weather up here at Tunkwa, nothing like the temps they are having in the cities down in the valleys! Our night time temps have been really falling to very comfortable levels making some great evenings and … Continue reading

June 22/2015

Fishing remains good on Tunkwa. Days have been warm but nights are still really cooling down, keeping water temps comfortable for the trout, and keeping them active. We have seen some incredible caddis, and small sedges hatches the past evening, … Continue reading

June 15/2015

Last week we saw some pretty unusual weather, even by Tunkwa standards! Most of the week was scorching hot, then later Thurs afternoon, the cold front whipped in, pushed in by intense winds. Temps dipped to almost freezing at night, … Continue reading

June 8/2015

Fishing picked up later in the week at Tunkwa, with a few regular guests commenting it was some of there best fishing ever here…while others struggled! That’s fishing. Being on the right spot on actively feeding fish was key. Small … Continue reading

June 1/2015

Weather was beautiful up here this past few days, with no more thunderstorms, but the fishing action slowed down. One had to work a bit more and move around to find active trout. Chironomid hatches have slowed down, with mainly … Continue reading