Another Afternoon Chasing Walleye and a Nice Surprise

Well after the intense weather bomb yesterday, there seemed to be a bit of calm so Karen and I dashed to a spot on the Red Deer River to continue yesterdays pursuit of walleye on the fly! We started just like yesterday, swinging clousers. We had lots of success but when we changed up to fly fishing with ice minnows, the action was excellent! Karen tagged lots of well conditioned walleye. I switched to an ice minnow and did very well. I even caught a very nice brown trout. We were not targeting browns, so we took a quick picture and sent it on its way! The wind started to pick up and the cloud cover closed down on us. It was time to pack up and head home!

...another enjoyable day out on the water!

Swinging Clousers for Walleye, ...then the Wind Came

It has been a while since Karen and I have targeted walleye on the Red Deer River. The weather was not looking too good but we chanced a quick dash to the upper Red Deer. We knew the wind was winding up but maybe we would get a bit of time on the water. Well it was well worth the trip out! We swung clousers for about three hours in between wind gusts. Finally the wind just took over and we headed to the truck! We hooked several walleye. We had most of our action on a blue clouser  minnow with a stinger hook!

The nasty wind showed up later in the afternoon with sustained winds up to 90 kph! Transport trucks tipped over on Hwy 2,  two trains derailed and sadly several wild grass fires flared up, especially in southern Alberta. Not good.

I hope this intense low pressure moves on and dissipates quickly!

Late Season Cutthroat Fly Fishing!

Karen, my buddy Jay and I finally had a window of opportunity to head to our eastern slopes for some cutthroat fly fishing. The season will close on our cutthroat rivers at the end of month so we seized the moment and headed out! The road was snowy and icy in places but we took our time. The fly fishing was stellar. The water levels were excellent for this time of the year and the water was extremely cold. The cutthroat were feisty and hungry! The were a few risers. We mainly nymphed and caught lots of well continued fat and colourful cutts!

The day was warm but usually warm late season warmth comes with wind. And yes, the wind picked up as the temperature warmed. About mid afternoon, the wind started to rock so we called it a day and headed back to Red Deer.

We hope to get out a few more times before the end of the month.