Stillwater · Volcanic · British Columbia

Lac le Jeune

Lac le Jeune — Lake View, Lac Le Jeune, Canada

Lac le Jeune is one of the most accessible and reliable Kamloops trout lakes — a productive timbered-country plateau lake with good shoals and the full run of stillwater hatches.

Marginal · Rainbow
Callibaetis Nymph · 12-16
A patient day, if you fancy it
Good wave on — drift country. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
42% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindS 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
CN
Callibaetis Nymph12-16
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
S 17 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp18°C
CloudClear
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Ice-off (May) through June, and again in autumn.
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Boat — drift

A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
1
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Flying AntsHatch
1
1
Gray DrakeHatch
1
1
CallibaetisHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Gear/quota rules typical
  • Verify current BC regs (Region 3).
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
52%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Gallery · 2
  1. Lac le Jeune — Lake View, Lac Le Jeune, Canada
    Lake View, Lac Le Jeune, Canada
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Lac le Jeune is one of the most accessible and reliable Kamloops trout lakes — a productive timbered-country plateau lake with good shoals and the full run of stillwater hatches. It holds willing Kamloops-strain rainbows and is a fine place to fish chironomids, leeches and sedge patterns from ice-off through the season.

Under the surface

Lac le Jeune is a popular, accessible Kamloops-area rainbow lake in higher timbered country southwest of the city — a productive plateau lake with good shoals and reliable chironomid, mayfly and sedge hatches. Easy to reach and good for boat and float-tube anglers, it holds willing Kamloops-strain rainbows and fishes well across the open-water season.

Wading: Boat/float tube fishery

  • Lake
  • Volcanic
  • Stillwater
  • Shoal
Why this score
  • summer conditions with clear skies and breezy wind.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 May → 30 November
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Thermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperatureEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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Booking & contacts