Karen and I had an interesting experience while chironomid fly fishing at Maligne Lake. We were set up on the deep side of a drop off in 30 feet of water. A shallow 5 foot shoal was only 10m away. We were set up with size 14 Rusty Nail chironomids, and we were fishing them between 8-12 feet down. I was hooking up at a way higher rate than Karen. Lets see, we were fishing the same water at the same depth. We finally compared the terminal end of our set ups. I had to laugh. The bead on my chironomid was definitely larger than Karen's chironomid. Karen had a 3/32nd tungsten bead and I had a 7/64ths tungsten bead. Neither one of us was using a swivel. We changed out her chironomid to one with a larger bead and presto, her hook up rate definitely went up. Hmm it reminds me to ensure our chironomids have a variety of weight to them.
You have to keep in mind that since we are fly fishing in the National Park that means you can use only one single barbless hook and out of the National Parks, you can use up to 3 flies at the same time. Remember you also have to have a separate National Parks Fishing License.
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