Connections
Fishing Channel • 21m
This episode features a unique hybrid between lake fishing and river fishing. Fly Fusion TV hosts, Jim McLennan and Derek Bird, fish the creek and river mouths that run into one of North Americas largest fjord lakes. The sockeye cycle draws them there, but theyre not fishing for the salmon that have traveled over 500 miles to spawn in the glacial streams feeding the lake. Theyre there to take advantage of the wild rainbow trout that rely on the spawning salmon as a food source.
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