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Originally Posted by holden
Just gearing up for the September-October trout season. I've been off flying for a couple years (mostly been after walleye/pike), and am looking for any recommendations at all for which flies to buy/try.
Any recommendations for the fall south Alberta trout season would be appreciated!
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Why not both? Seriously... go grab yourself an 8 weight and go chase some pike on the fly. Pike on the fly is crazy good fun.
But more to the point of your post... where are you aiming to go? I mean... what you asked is like saying "I want to go to a restaurant, where can I get a good meal"?
Anyway... the 'more general, less jerk' answer is... right now is hopper season (although it hasn't really been hot enough for a proper hopper season) so any hopper-dropper or stonefly-dropper (look it up if you don't know what I mean) combo should yield good results until about mid/late September (weather depending of course). Some good combos this season (on the Bow) seem to be: Panty-Dropper Hopper/San Juan, Joe's Hopper/Stonefly Nymph, Foam-body Stone/Prince Nymph. These are all pretty standard flies. If you don't have them in your box, you should. Go get a few in various sizes and mix and match to your heart's delight; any fly shop or even the box stores will have these flies (and this winter on the days when you can't fish, learn to tie your own).
Generally speaking at this time of the year, the browns are getting ready to spawn and therefore are gorging themselves to build up calories so you can still have a ton of fun on straight dries. Anything big and buggy on any water with browns in it (provided that you do everything else right to catch browns ((proper approach, great delivery (((delivery beats fly selection every time)))) should see some success. Crazy buggy, leggy whatevers (chernobyl ants, fat alberts, etc.) or huge streamers if nothing is rising (sex-dungeons, etc.).
If you prefer nymphs (and being a boring pike/walleye worm and bait guy you probably won't mind watching a bobber for several hours - ((just kidding... kind of...))) you can try bead-head pheasant tails which the rainbows seem to (inexplicably) like during the fall.
This late summer/early fall has seen some amazing fishing on the usual spots. Basically, just get out there and throw something.
Have fun, follow the regs, take lots of pictures, and dream of next July.