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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦

@toddoishi.bsky.social

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Loving life and fly fishing in the Kamloops region of British Columbia and abroad. Providing fly fishing adventures, instruction, and coaching, specializing in advanced river and lake fly fishing techniques.

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Nov 29

As an angler, there are times that I feel as if I am a child playing the ultimate game of ‘hide and seek’…
#flyfishing #fishing #kamloops

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, our lakes have an abundance of aquatic life, which accounts for the rapid growth rate and sizes of our brook trout and rainbows. Here’s an example of the size that our rainbows trout are capable of reaching at 2-1/2 years. This one measured 21 inches and 3.6 pounds (I kept this one for dinner):

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed! There’s nothing better than a shore lunch of fresh trout when camping!
Here’s a photo that gives you an idea of the growth rate of our eastern brook trout that are stocked as fingerlings (average size 7.736 grams ) after living for 16 months in one of my local lakes:

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

I know that brook trout are the native trout for your part of the country, and rainbows very popular, but do they having stocking programs for your lakes that use brook trout as well?
The lakes in my region that are stocked with both eastern brook trout and rainbows are very popular with anglers.

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning and beautiful trout! Love the spots and colours! I always find it very interesting to hear how the different species of fish were relocated and adapted to a new (to them) environment!
Thanks for sharing that, Aarne!!

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

They are a unique subspecies of rainbow trout, Aarne, with very few spots on their sides. They’re incredibly strong fish that are best known for their hard runs and high jumps once they’ve been hooked! The Pennasks are used for a lot of our province’s stocking programs for our interior lakes.

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoyed another picturesque fall day, searching for trout, and trying to “crack the code” once I found them. The Pennasks rainbow trout were in prime condition and more than willing participants today!
Nymphs proved to be the most productive pattern for this day!
#kamloops #flyfishing #rainbowtrout

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 14d

I forgot just how fun watching Saturday morning cartoons used to be! It’s great to have little reminders of what we’ve been missing…
#nonfishingweekend #grandparents #grandparenting

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 14d

The fall season is when I most enjoy fishing on our interior lakes. The air and water temperatures are dropping to more comfortable levels, the crowds are beginning to thin, and the trout are actively feeding and generally in prime condition…
#kamloops #flyfishing #rainbowtrout

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 25d

As I take in tonight’s breathtaking sunset, from the comfort of my deck, I am reminded that today’s autumnal equinox marks the arrival of fall, bringing with it shorter hours of daylight, cooler temperatures, and fall fishing on our interior lakes…
#kamloops #autumnalequinox #sunsets #flyfishing

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · 29d

Had the privilege of being invited to harvest a small batch of choke cherries at the Simpcw First Nation’s village in Chu Chua near Barriere, BC.
I can hardly wait to taste the jelly that my wife will be making with the choke cherries!
#chokecherries #kamloops

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Aug 9

Too funny! We just discovered it a week ago and are addicted to it! 😂

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our first good yield of peaches from the peach trees in our fruit orchard. They’re slightly smaller than expected, but very juicy and delicious. Our grandson Bowen definitely approves!!
#kamloops #peaches #orchard #gardening

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Aug 9

Built this solid oak, pet/child gate for my daughter today. Love wood working projects that can be done in a few hours!
#woodworking #gates #petgate #childgate #kamloops

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks Marv! Hope you’re enjoying your summer!! 🍻

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our backyard, summertime oasis…
#diyprojects #swimmingpools #kamloops #gardening

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hi Marv, In a situation like that I typically fish a dry and switch to a hover line (.5 ips sink rate) and fish an unweighted pheasant tail nymph or hares ear nymph (match the colour of the naturals). I went with the second option and had one of my best days in recent memory.
Hope this helps! 🙂

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 26

It is often said that timing is everything…
Yesterday was one of those days, as I was fortunate to have timed my visit to a local lake while there was an intense insect hatch in progress. For me, there are few things more exciting than casting to rising fish…
#kamloops #flyfishing #rainbowtrout

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Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Looks like heaven on earth. What a wonderful adventure!!

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 15

I was fortunate to cross paths with this impressive male Bighorn Sheep during yesterday’s fishing adventure in the mountains above Kamloops, British Columbia! Interactions with wildlife during fishing trips is always a bonus and never taken for granted…
#bighornsheep ##wildlifephotography #kamloops

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 15

Had a terrific time on a local lake today. The fishing was challenging, but we managed to catch (and release) a fair number of hard-fighting rainbow trout.
Stripping leech patterns on Type 3 lines and hand-twisting mayfly nymphs on intermediate lines worked best for us…
#kamloops #flyfishing #trout

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 7

Sitting on our back deck with a hot cup of coffee while spotting deer and enjoying a rare sighting of a black bear and her cubs traveling through the tree lines across the valley. A very peaceful and great way to start the weekend…
#kamloops #bcwildlife #muledeer #blackbears

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Nice! I love the aggressive takes when they happen while stripping streamers!

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Looks like beautiful water! What flies were they taking (nymphs, streamers, dries…)?

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · May 26

Challenging day spent searching for fish with a few of my fellow members of the Kamloops Fly Fishers Club, but we did manage to find a few of them! Callibaetis mayfly nymphs stripped on Rio MidgeTip and Slow Glass Fly Lines saved the day for us…
#flyfishing #kamloops #rainbowtrout

Todd Oishi Fly Fishing 🇨🇦 @toddoishi.bsky.social · May 24

We also have bull trout, rainbow trout, mountain whitefish, steelhead, and several species of Pacific salmon in our rivers at specific times of the year.
It’s truly an angler’s paradise and one of the reasons why I chose to move and retire in Kamloops… 🙂

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