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For several years many members of
Central Oregon Flyfishers have gone on an annual outing to an area of south
central British Columbia known for excellent stillwater fly fishing. This is
a 600-mile trip that takes approximately 13 hours to drive. Our campsite is
less than a one hour drive from the town of Kamloops, and within 10 miles of
a small town where you will find a flyshop, a grocery store, a liquor store,
a bank with an ATM, and public campground with a shower facility. The camping
is very similar to what you would find at any of the Forest Service sites in
Oregon. The access to the site is very easy and can be accessed by any
vehicle including large RVs. While many of our members use motorhomes or
travel trailers, tent camping is an option. While we have excellent fishing on
the lake where we camp, we have many other lakes in our vicinity with good
fishing. We make a group breakfast and a group dinner each day. People are on
their own for lunch. All who participate in this trip are expected to pitch
in by helping set-up camp and/or cook a meal or two, and/or wash dishes a few
times (see other parts of this website for details). The trip is an excellent
opportunity to catch some very nice fish and have a good time getting to know
some of your fellow club members. The schedule for the 2010 trip is:
If
anyone going on the trip could be at our campsite before the official start
of the trip it would help us secure our spot and get a start on setting up. There will be a pretrip meeting on April 27 at 7 PM.
It will be at Dave Dunehay's house - 1076 NW Stonepine Drive, Bend, OR 97701 541-317-5843. We will cover any last minute details and answer questions. We will be having group dinners
and breakfasts beginning with dinner on the evening of the 17th (the official
arrival date), and ending with breakfast on the 24th (our last fishing day).
Dinner on the 24th will be at a restaurant or pub in the town of Logan Lake
and everyone will pay for his/her own meal. Lunches are not provided. Usually
we have a pretty large breakfast so some granola and a piece of fruit is
sufficient for a lunch. We need to know in advance which meals you intend to
have with our group so that the cooks know how many people they are preparing
for. This year we will be asking
everyone to pay $75 to cover food and equipment costs for the entire trip.
This money will be used to reimburse the chefs for food expenses and to cover
the costs of any additional equipment that we may need. There will NOT be a prorata cost.
One fee fits all. You must also be a member of COF and sign the membership waiver.
Remember these is a out of area membership available.
Anyone who purchases
food that is used to prepare a meal for the group should keep all receipts so
that they can be reimbursed. Send your check made out to COF to Dave Dunahay
1076 NW Stonepine Drive, Bend, OR 29901.
In addition to the meal costs you
will need to buy a fishing license, pay camping fees, and buy fuel for a trip
that is a little over 600 miles each way. Our campsite is a Provincial Park
and the fee is $15 Canadian per night for each vehicle (They accept only cash!). In other words if you carpool, you will
not only save on fuel costs but also on camping fees. The cost of a fishing
license at the time this is being written is a little more than $50 in
Canadian currency for an 8-day and a little more than $80 (in Canadian
currency) for an annual license. Check the web for the current exchange rate.
If you are planning on attending: Please send an email to dunahay@bendbroadband.com with the following questions answered.
The club now has, over the last
few years, accumulated a collection of camp equipment, but we still need a
few things. If you can donate the use of one or more of the following items
for the duration of this trip, please let Dave know. We need:
The closest place to buy supplies
is Logan Lake, about 10 miles from our camp. Logan Lake is a small town but
they have:
If you need something else you
could probably find just about anything you would want in Kamloops. On this trip everyone contributes
some time and effort. The way it looks at this time, those folks who
volunteer to cook two (or more) meals will have no other camp
responsibilities. Those who cook one meal will help wash dishes or do other
camp chores on two occasions. Those who do not want to cook at all will be
expected to wash dishes or do other camp chores on about 6 occasions. For more details go to http://www.coflyfishers.org/bc/points.html, and http://www.coflyfishers.org/bc/jobs.html All the standard lake gear that we
use here in Oregon will work in BC. There are slightly different regulations
in BC. You cannot use dropper rigs (you can only have one fly on at a time),
but if you are the only person in a boat or flotation device you ARE allowed
to fish two rods at the same time. Suggested equipment includes:
Border crossing bargains -
duty-free stores Going north 8 am to 7 pm or south 7 am to 9 pm the duty
free stores at the border offer the most reasonable prices on alcohol and
tobacco. Returning to the US you may also conveniently claim back the 7
percent GST (tax paid in Canada) on those items purchased in Canada that you
are bringing back to the US. A sales receipt must total at least 50 dollars
before tax, and total taxes paid during you trip must be over 20 dollars. At
times the Osoyoos store has also given an in-store discount in addition to
your cash back. Fruit and Wine Within 15 miles north of the border you will find
exceptional produce stands and some internationally known wineries. Gehringer
Brothers at Road 8 (before Oliver on highway 97) has excellent reds, whites
and "ice wines" at reasonable prices. Bringing more than a liter of
wine north across the border is expensive so if you enjoy having more than
one glass of wine with dinner it makes sense to buy some local product after
you enter Canada. Washington State and Southern BC
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