Fishing Homfray Lake in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Homfray Lake is a Thompson-Nicola Regional District water, in British Columbia. This is rolling bush ground. Roughly 22 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 2.1 km in total. For a base, Logan Lake sits 10 km out. Kamloops is the closest city, 36 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Homfray Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Thompson-Nicola Regional District list Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon and rainbow trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Homfray Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 14°C at the top of summer and -7°C at the bottom of winter. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Homfray Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Dupont Lake is 2.5 km off. Nothing on Homfray Lake should be assumed from this page alone.