What a difference a day makes. I headed to the Red Deer River this morning and the conditions were perfect for fly fishing for walleye. It was overcast with some wind that made the water choppy and not too spooky! The walleye were quite cooperative as well. As you can see from the photo above, I was distracted by tundra swans, mallards and other duck species as I headed to the Red Deer River that were on Gleniffer Lake. Gleniffer Lake is of course a reservoir that provides water downstream of the Dickson Dam.
After about 90 minutes the conditions changed to bright sun and no wind. The bite stopped! ...typical of walleye. I started to fish some holes and did catch a few. I started to fish slow so I would not spook the walleye. That helped as well. Walleye are not big fans of big blue sky and glass calm water as I found out! I usually just don't target walleye on days like that!
Those overcast, low light days to me are the best especially if there is a bit of wind so the surface is not glass!
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