Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there on this windy blustery cold day. I hope you are able to spend some time with your family! Family is important to me!

Well the last week has been busy! Two days ago, Karen, Steve, Taryn and I made it out to Swan Lake, west of Caroline. It is a beautiful place to fly fish although it is a challenging fishery. We landed just one pike and we got into several lake trout but they all shook off. Darn. The water temperature was still about 56F too so the lakesr were not all 40 feet down.

Karen and I along with Betty and Steve were out chasing browns, rainbows and tiger trout too. The mosquitos were out and relentless. We had to cover up and use insect spray. We all got into some nice fish!

Hal and Adam hit Beaver Lake. Below is a throat sample of a nicer fish Hal caught. Blood worms were the order of the day. I usually tie on a fly called Duct Tape and fish it right near the bottom of the lake.

Brown drakes have been out on the Red Deer River. Keep an eye out on your favourite river! Rivers are slowly coming into shape.

Well this unsettled weather will soon be gone. Then we can get back to what we enjoy!

 

"Kids Can Fish Program" is a BIG Success

What a great success story. The Red Deer Fish and Game Club along with the City of Red Deer deserve a gigantic well done for the "Kids Can Fish" Program at Bower Ponds yesterday. The shoreline of Bower Ponds was covered with families, especially kids trying to catch a rainbow trout! I saw a ton of volunteers trying to help kids learn to fish and possibly catch a trout! The best part for me was seeing families outside together unplugged enjoying our beautiful Bower Ponds area! It was an excellent opportunity for the Fish and Game club to promote the club and all of their excellent activities. 

The showery weather thankfully held off until the afternoon. I am willing to be kids will be back to Bower Ponds to try and catch a rainbow trout!

Remember that Mitchell Pond at Heritage Ranch was stocked with 2000 catchable rainbows. A small micro leech or flashback nymph about 4 feet below a bobber will get you into some trout! ...also Three Mile Bend Pond has catchable pike and the ponds at Riverbend Golf Course have catchable pike too!

 

Kids Can Fish Program Hosted by Red Deer Fish and Game Club-Saturday June 20th-Bower Ponds

What a great idea. The Red Deer Fish and Game Community has partnered with several groups in order to stock Bower Ponds with 1100 catchable rainbow trout. The Red Deer Fish and Game Club will be hosting a program called "Kids Can Fish" on Saturday June 20th. It is an opportunity to teach kids to fish. What a great way to gets kids outside with their family. The Kids Can Fish Program is for everyone! I hope you can make it! 

...you might need a raincoat, no matter!

Today school groups helped stock Bower Ponds. The Smoky Trout Farm truck delivered 750 rainbows to add to the first stocking about 2 weeks ago. That was fun to watch!