Doug's wife Marlene contacted me about doing something special for his birthday. I suggested heading up to Michelle Lakes to fly fish for golden trout! Golden trout are beautifully coloured trout that originally came from the Kern River in California!
The weather was iffy and the lake is only open in August and September. Our window of opportunity was small. Colin joined Doug and I on our adventure. We left Red Deer at 5 am and arrived at Cline River just after 7 am. We loaded up the helicopter as the sun just started to rise. The day was cloudy and there was snow in the area. We were not sure that we could make it in but we had Ralph flying us and he had a good feeling about getting to Michelle Lakes. Rockies Heli Canada is quite reasonable to get to Michelle Lakes as well as to several other heli fishing adventures! We made it through the pass in great shape and landed at snowy Michelle Lakes. It was slightly below zero but we were dressed for winter.
Well the fly fishing was excellent. We used tiny Glen's Leeches size 18 and brassies along with Griffith's gnats. We used the gnats to catch the goldens on the surface. That was very cool!
The back drop for our day was absolutely beautiful. We had a few snow showers but we were quite comfortable. We were picked up just after 4 pm after catching a lot of golden trout. The goldens are small but they are beautifully coloured.
Our flight out was amazing! I am pretty sure Doug will not forget this birthday adventure!
This is Upper Michelle Lake. No golden trout but a beautiful place!
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