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Originally Posted by troutman

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.

So why are you posting this?