Glorious Afternoon at Sylvan Lake

Karen and I got on the water just before noon today. A very special awards ceremony at one of our grandkids' school made for a fun morning! It was a beautiful day. Just under 20C, light south east wind, the water temperature was perfect and chironomids were emerging all around us!  It is very cool to watch adult chironomids emerge from their shucks all around the boat! We set up in one spot and did not move until we had to dash for home so we could cheer for grandkids during their evening sports. We set up again in 10 feet of water and fly fished with our chironomids 12 inches off of the bottom! We used black and red ice cream chironomids, Zucchini Chironomids, and a chironomid designed by John Kent called Bleeding Elvis! The strikes were hard and the action was continuous. You have to love that! I have to thank my late friend, Bernie for getting us fly fishing at Sylvan Lake. It is a lot of fun, especially when the chironomids are emerging and the winds provide a perfect chop to indicator fly fish!