Thompson Okanagan BC: Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park (Map 29/E5)
This section of the Adams River is world famous for its sockeye salmon run. This amazing display of nature occurs every fall, but it is the dominant runs, where millions of fish jam the stream, that attracts all of the attention. The dominant runs occur every four years–2010, 2014, 2018, etc. At other times of the year, birds and small mammals… Read the rest

Fall is certainly a time of change.  As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, Mother Nature creates a feast of dazzling arrays.  Wildlife sightings become more abundant, the trees start to turn to their brilliant hues and the streams come alive with spawning salmon.

It is the salmon runs that always seem to amaze us most.  And with the Adams River run reported to be the biggest in 100 years why not… Read the rest

Thompson Okanagan BC: Tunkwa Lake (Map 21/C3)
Perhaps the most popular fishery in the region, Tunkwa Lake has fair numbers of rainbow trout that can grow to 3 kg (6 lbs).  It is stocked heavily and is best fished using a fly or by trolling in the spring or fall since the lake is subject to drawdown in the summer.  For patient fly anglers the early June damselfly hatch and the spring chironomid… Read the rest