Karen, Doug and I along with a host of other members of our club have been able to get the fly fishing season started here in Central Alberta. Several of our gang have enjoyed fly fishing some reservoirs east of Red Deer the last two days. The fly fishing has been excellent. Throat samples have been very typical of early season fly fishing. Daphnia, scuds, tiny chironomids and water boatmen have been on the menu of the trout! I see that the fish stocking is well underway in Alberta. As usual you can follow fish stocking in Alberta RIGHT HERE!
So what flies have we been using? Tokaryk Special 2.0, Pumpkin Heads, Black Balanced Leeches, Glen's Leech, RL Boatmen, and Blue Flash Damsels. Karen and I had a great day yesterday stripping Blue Flash Damsels on an intermediate line. The trout were aggressive and that made for connecting with a lot! Many decent ones too! At the moment, the feeding fish are not deep!
Karen, Doug and I have started to use a slightly different lake floating line. The Phil Rowley Ambassador Series lines are excellent. They include a split ring that allows you to easily make and connect your own leaders. I like how the line turns over and loads. Today I was casting RL Boatmen flies with it with it! I loved the way the line was casting.
Well the weekend is almost here! Get your kit ready to go. Choose a lake and have a blast!
Blue Flash Damsel
I have been very happy with this line!
Daphnia and small shrimp!
Tiny chironomids and Daphnia
A sizeable tiger trout caught on a Blue Flash Damsel
I love brown trout!
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