Tarfu Lake---”Recon in the Yukon”

August 18^th, 2012   --    Tarfu Lake---”Recon in the Yukon” – Fishing Canada

My great friend Joe Warchuck, his buddy Matt O’Boyle and Troy Leblanc, our show editor and camera man, left Alaska on August 18th heading for the “Recon in the Yukon”.   We were going to Canada to fish the Tarfu lake and in fact it became our own private late for two days.  We were far away from civilization; no electricity, no gasoline, no cell phones and nobody to bother us. 

We were on our way to hunt or in this cases fish for Grayling on the fly rod and some Pike with conventional lures.  Our sites were high for some great outdoor adventure time.

Our goal was to make a TV show in Canada showcasing the wonderful Alpine Lake fishing and that's exactly what happened on the Tarfu lake.  This lake is fed by snowmelt and so as a result the water was very, very clear.  Clear water is a good thing, we can see the structure and we could see the fish.  The only problem is, they can us too.

 

This lake had pristine tall pine trees lining the lake all the way around.  There were several beaver dams on the lake parameter. 


 
 

Anglers Note:

We worked the edges of the lake since Pike like to back themselves up into the grass and wait in an ambush mode.   We worked those shorelines hard in what I call Strike Zones.  We would keep the lures along the shoreline as much as possible since the fish were up in the grass.  We started out catching fairly small Pike.  They are really an interesting looking fish, reminded me of an alligator gar.  Along way we found some really nice spots to fish for  Grayling.  We could see them sipping the water, eating bugs off the surface so we put the fly into action and caught some nice Grayling too.  A floating fly and floating line was the best choice for us.

We shot this in high definition video and Troy was our cameraman.  He is the man who edits all of our TV shows so we had the best of the best on board.   We had a couple really nice days at camp and we had 2 tents and a full camping kitchen.  We did not miss any meals and we had really good times by the campfire.

We were hoping for a big finish and sure enough, next to one of those beaver dams in about 12 foot of water,  a monster 3 1/2 foot Pike came up from the deep take a white curly tail soft plastic and we had the trophy fish for the show.

 




















Well the “Recon in the Yukon” / Canada was all that we expected it to be.  It was great rod bending, great weather, clear water and excellent times with friends.

As I always say…..Thanks for your time today and we’ll see you in the next ---Wide Open Outdoor Adventure.

Dave