Stillwater Fly Fishing Explained

Sun., July 23, 2000

Rich Landers Outdoors Editor

Rivers, streams and creeks are the sources of great flyfishing literature. I suspect the same editorial reverence would be afforded to stillwaters if more anglers understood them.

Anglers who say they are bored by casting on lakes often are merely hinting that they don’t know how to catch fish there.

Gordon Honey, a British Columbia fly fishing guide, and fellow Kamlooops-area fly fisher Kenneth Strand, are out to change that with their book “Flyfishing Small Lakes for Trout,” ($18.95, Honey & Strand Publishing, (250) 828-1286 or on the Internet at www.flyfishingservices.com)

With a precious few illustrations and clear step-by-step text, the authors explain effective ways to ply the stillwaters. They tell you what you need to know right down to the basics of retrieving chironomids, damselflies, leeches, mayflies and caddisflies.

The text reads very much like a day on the water with Honey, a smooth guide, author, TV personality and fly fisher for 43 years.

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