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| The Halfback Nymph |
Badger Lake is a large lake located near Kamloops, B.C. It has produced fish in the 10- to 15-pound range; however, 3- to 5-pounders
are more common. It has good hatches of chrinomids in the spring and
sedges in June.
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| Badger Lake near Kamloops, B.C. |
One
morning my friend Pete and I were fishing from my High Laker boat, anticipating action. Pete was rowing and trolling a fly called the Halfback, and I was casting toward the shoreline with a Bucktail Caddis.
Suddenly, I heard a noise and saw Pete’s rod fly over the transom.
Luckily, I grabbed it and handed it back to him, and he began playing
a good fish.
After
almost ten minutes, he brought a nice 5- to 6-pounder close to the
boat and shouted, “Quick, get the net!” I glanced
around the boat, and unfortunately, I had left the it back in camp. With
threatening eyes he glared at me, but I assured him that I could
carefully lift the fish into the boat. However, my plan backfired as the fish flipped over my arm and broke off.
Pete never let me forget this incident and always blamed me for losing his fish. Interestingly, the fish seemed to gain a few pounds over the years. The last time I heard him tell the story it weighed over 20 pounds.
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