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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
This spring/summer though my research is taking me back to the Rockies, at the UofC Biogeoscience center: http://bgs.ucalgary.ca/
Just 10 minutes south of Highway 1 towards Nakiska Ski Hill. I will be spending months walking up and down Mount Allen collecting streamflow measurements in the Marmot Creek Research Basin.
I own a lot of fishing gear, but no fly fishing gear. I am going to buy a combo package when Cabelas opens up here in Stoon in early May, and use that to try my luck out there.
Any recommendations for spots close to where I will be, that I could get to and fro after supper with enough fishing time to make it worth it?
Also, how do you fly fish? Haha... this is going to be an adventure.
I heard a rumour that in Alberta there are 2 fisherman to every fish... how true is this? |
Sounds like a great summer to me.
I'm not aware of great fly-fishing around Nakiska. There is a small lake (Wedge Pond) stocked with grayling. The Kananaskis River is poor, because water levels fluctuate too much because of the Dam. Smutts Creek between there and Spray Lakes could be okay. There are some high alpine lakes that are good if you don't mind hiking ex. Fortress Lake. Stream fishing is not great around there from what I can tell. The Upper Highwood drainage would be better.
I often don't see another angler all day when I go fishing. Fishing small streams in the East Slopes is heaven on earth. Be careful about bears.