| The Roche Lake area, located approximately 35 kms | | | | navigated by car or 2 wheel drive pickup. The road |
| south of Kamloops, BC is truly a trout fisherman's | | | | into Black and Bog is over rough terrain with solid |
| paradise for a fly fishing vacation. This lake dotted | | | | bottomed holes where a truck with adequate |
| area hosts 12 super trout fishing lakes and all within a | | | | clearance can crawl in. Ernest, Bulman, Frisken, John |
| few kilometers of each other. 10 of the lakes lie | | | | Frank and Hosli are the furthest out from Roche |
| within the boundaries of Roche Lake Provincial Park | | | | Lake and are the toughest to access without 4 |
| and two others, Bleeker and Hosli are north of the | | | | wheel drive capability at various times of the year, |
| park. | | | | particularly spring. |
| Roche Lake Provincial park is in the rolling hills of the | | | | Roche Lake has 2 Provincial campgrounds on the |
| Thompson plateau with the fishing lakes sitting at an | | | | Lake. Most of the other lakes have rustic camping |
| average elevation of about 3725 ft. The terrain is a | | | | capabilities other than Tulip and Bog. The area is also |
| mixture of pine, fir and poplar forests rising from the | | | | a popular wildlife viewing for waterfowl and other |
| open rangeland of cattle country. | | | | birds, grouse, deer, moose and bear. John Frank and |
| The area supports 2 related fisheries being rainbow | | | | Horseshoe lakes are operating DU Canada (BC) |
| trout and brook trout. Some of the lakes contain | | | | cooperative water management and waterfowl |
| both species that florish rather well. Horseshoe, Black, | | | | conservation projects. The side benefit is the |
| Rose and Tulip contain both species to some degree | | | | outstanding fishery that came with them. |
| while Bog Lake has only brook trout. Roche, Bleeker, | | | | Located at the end of the main road to Roche Lake |
| Hosli, Ernest, Frisken, John Frank and Bulman are | | | | is the Roche Lake Resort. You have to drive through |
| rainbow trout only lakes. Roche Lake has been a well | | | | the provincial park campground (a rather open area) |
| known destination for trophy rainbows for decades | | | | before reaching the resort. It's a great view of the |
| and was one of the hosts for the 1993 World Fly | | | | lake as you break out into the campground looking |
| Fishing Championship. | | | | south over Roche Lake. Roche Lake Resort has both |
| Triploid rainbows and triploid brook trout are now | | | | accommodation rental units and camping capabiities |
| being stocked in the appropriate water bodies. | | | | along with a store, restaurant and guiding service. |
| Triploid trout are well known for their rapid and | | | | Many of these lakes have their own designated |
| continual growth to handsome physical proportions | | | | special regulations and recommend that you consult |
| because of their inability to reproduce. They just eat | | | | the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations prior to fishing |
| and grow, in many cases, the 8-12lb range for the | | | | any lake or stream. |
| rainbows and 5-6 lbs for the brookies. | | | | Want to know more about the particulars for each |
| You don't need anything more than a car to take | | | | lake pertaining to flies, lines, structure and hotspots? |
| advantage of the area but the better you are | | | | For this and more information visit Best Fly Fishing |
| equipped for rough terrain will determine how many | | | | Lakes in BC : Roche Lake Area. |
| of these lakes you can get to. All the lakes are | | | | Consider making the Roche Lake Area your next BC |
| accessible by some description of road. Tulip, Rose, | | | | fly fishing vacation destination. |
| Roche, Bleeker and Horseshoe lakes are easily | | | | |