Oh boy, the weather has dramatically returned to seasonal temperatures. What a shock after such a long run of beautiful warm fall days. Lakes will start to freeze soon and many fly fishers are trying to get a few more trips out to the lake. The trout are all packing on the weight and feeding heartily.
Yesterday I ventured out to Dickson Trout Pond. I bundled up and had an excellent afternoon catching tiger trout and rainbows. Little did I know that Rick was walking along the causeway doing the exact same thing. He connected with several beautifully coloured tiger trout and several rainbows.
Well this morning, Rick and I decided to go back to Cow Lake. There was a heavy frost and mercury got down to -6C. We left a bit later in the am. We launched my pram, then bundled up. Wintercoats, long johns, toques and boots kept us warm. Karen even threw in some hand warmers. We were comfortable. By 10:30 we were fly fishing. We set up with Tokaryk Specials tied balanced (size 14) and we did not change flies all day. The rainbows were so aggressive and we landed several specimens that were close to 10 pounds. The light wind moved our indicators that were set for our flies to be about 2.5 feet down along the edges and closer to 3.5 to 4 feet out in the deeper water.
The rainbows were fat and strong. We had a great time tangling with these large specimens. After a quick picture the rainbows rocketed away. Wow! I did connect with a nice brown trout it was the only one of the day.
We called it a day at 5 pm and headed back to Red Deer. We hope to get out there at least one more time. Trout are putting on the feedbag. It is a great time to fly fish. Bundle up and you will have a great day!
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