How to Fish: Water Boatman and Backswimmer Fly Fishing Strategies | GoFishBC

Learn how to catch trout in this beginners’ guide to fishing. Water boatman and backswimmers are popular year-round food sources for trout and other fish in British Columbia’s lakes. Freshwater fishing expert Brian Chan covers the life cycle of water boatman and backswimmers and fishing strategies for targeting trout feeding on them.
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Brian shows some examples of water boatman and backswimmer flies, the optimal gear set-up, and retrieval techniques. The angler’s goal is to imitate the behaviour of the insects so that trout will snap up the fly.
This video is part of the How to Fish video series by GoFishBC. Watch the series to learn more about fly fishing techniques, gear selection, and the best times of year to go fishing.
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[@mscackerman]

Brian these are so terrific.

[@hirkojs]

Mega Thx for your terrific explanation of boatman & backswimmers !!!

[@PRACERZ]

As ALWAYS, another great teaching vid, thanks Brian !!

[@mikemcgrath7280]

I always enjoy listening to you and I always learn things from you thank you

[@buckshot2280]

Great video 👍
Thanks for sharing

[@BodhiTrout]

Thanks for posting, excellent.

[@knurri]

I just use a deer hair Gomphus and it works just as well.

[@DakotaDinwoodie]

what reel is that in this video?

[@gofishbc]

From Brian: I was using a Redington Rise wide arbour reel.

[@DakotaDinwoodie]

@@gofishbc very nice unit! Thanks for getting back to me! Tight lines, Brian!

[@user-iz7zy7rx9t]

What rod weight are you using?

[@gofishbc]

From Brian: I like to use a 6 weight fly rod when fishing sinking lines with water boatman patterns. A 9 ft rod is also better than a 9.5 or 10 ft rod when casting with sinking lines.