Mike Drew: Fishing trip to Alberta's Oldman River valley
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/07/24...n-river-valley
Changing to a new fly, I caught a chubby cutthroat right away, a beautiful fish that I photographed and put back in the water. The river had changed but the fish were right at home.
As were a lot of people.
I felt pretty darn hypocritical as I drove up the Oldman valley toward the falls looking at all the fifth-wheels and even motorhomes parked along this tiny river. In places it looked more like an R/V park than a back-country fishing stream. I wanted this place all to myself like it was 20 years ago.
But then I thought, well, that’s just selfish. There’s no reason I should enjoy this country and be annoyed when others want to enjoy it, too. And in truth, I only saw one other person fishing and he kindly tipped me off to a green drake hatch that was coming off the river. I changed flies and caught more fish.
But damn, there were a lot of vehicles up there.
The first rule about Oldman Club, is don't talk about Oldman Club.