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Originally Posted by troutman
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.
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Jumpingpound Creek...hike in from the gravel roads. The more inaccessible...the better the fishing. No better way to kill a day. Concur about heaven on earth; also concur about the bear danger. Wear a ball cap with a bell on the peak. Worked for me...tons of bear signs but never saw a bear in ten years out there. You can still "walk light", so you don't "spook" the creek, just keep the bell ringing while you're moving upstream and they'll move on.
I lived in Valley Ridge from 1993-2002 and spent most of my disposable time on the east slope creeks.
I've got some emergent nymph patterns that you'd probably enjoy Troutman...but those are my fathers own ties, and that will have to remain as "proprietary" information...
Great stuff...
Cheers, Ron