Hi Jarmo:



Although I live next door to BC (in Alberta) I do cross over to fish in BC
on a regular basis. Most of my fishing is for trout in small streams and
rivers in the East Kootenays, but I also get up to the Kamloops area upon
occasion to do some serious lake fishing. I know a bit about Vancouver
Island, but not much, and my knowledge of the lower mainland and coastal
fishing is pretty sparse. But, I can point you in some directions, and can
provide some suggestions from my library:



1. Shaw, J. 1999. Tying flies for trophy trout. Heritage House, Surrey, B.
C. ISBN 1-895811-37-6



I love this book. The author was a well-known, long time angler in the
Kamloops area. This book has the "old-timer's" knowledge. It has very basic
information on fly tying, but shows some very interesting patterns for the
trout lakes near Kamloops.



2. Davy, A. G. (complier). 1985. The "Gilly", A flyfisher's guide. Friesen
Printers, Altona, MB. ISBN 0-88925-638-1.



This is a compilation, or articles written by a number of well-known anglers
and authors. There is a lot of information specific to the interior of BC
concerning the various food items, casting and fishing techniques, and even
trolling. Most of the book deals with lake fishing, but there are a few
chapters on steelhead and salmon.



3. Pendlington, M. (Compiler). 1998. West coast Fly Fisher. Hancock House
Publishers, Surrey, BC. ISBN 0-88839-440-3.



Another compilation, but with some excellent color photos that "The Gilly"
lacks. The topics are more evenly distributed among lakes, steelhead,
sal****er, and sea-run cutts.



4. Bruhn, K. 1992. Best of BC Lake Fishing. Frank Amato Publications,
Portland, OR. ISBN 1-878175-28-9.



This book pretty much covers the lakes of BC in each of the fishing regions.
A very detailed and comprehensive survey of the lakes in BC.



5. Raymond, S. 1994. Kamloops, An Angler's Study of the Kamloops Trout.
Frank Amato Publications, Portland, OR. ISBN 1-878175-73-4.



Beautiful book, well written with good color photos. Specific to the
Kamloops area, but pretty much will have a lot of the information you need.



6. Ambrosi, J. 2001. Fishing the Canadian Rockies. Assiniboine Productions,
Blairmore, AB. ISBN 0-968867-0-7.



More of an atlas of trout waters specific to the eastern portion of BC and
western portion of Alberta. Includes streams and alpine lakes. An excellent
book for this area.



There are also a number of backcountry map books that are available, and
helpful if you want to fins your way to lakes off the beaten path.



Hope this helps



Tim Lysyk

timlysyk at telus dot net