Use brighter, larger lures in murkier water, copper or silvery smaller spinners in clear water. In flowing water, Chan suggests Mepps and Roostertail spinners and Crocodile spoons. “These lakes typically fish well at the season opener.” Lakes are often better early destinations than rivers and streams, he says, because spring runoff from melting snow and rainfall can cloud up flowing water with silt. ![]() “Most of the lakes I fish are small, less than 200 hectares,” Chan says. At that time of year, rainbows aggressively chase down attractor flies and lures, making them a good opening-day fish of choice for anglers. He’s also fished for rainbows in rivers in B.C., Idaho, Montana and Oregon, as well as in the world-famous Bow River in Alberta.Ĭhan especially loves fishing for rainbows in early season, when the fish are particularly hungry and actively searching for food after months of inactivity in frigid, ice-covered water. On top of all that, for the past 28 years Chan has lived in Kamloops, B.C., which is surrounded by thousands of small lakes, most of them holding bragging-sized rainbows. He’s even written two books on the topic- Flyfishing Strategies for Stillwaters and Morris and Chan on Flyfishing Trout Lakes-and he’s produced two videos on stillwater strategies. ![]() And as a fisheries biologist from B.C., Chan certainly knows a thing or two about fishing for Canada’s most common trout. Brian Chan has been chasing rainbows-rainbow trout, that is-for 40 of his 49 years.
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