Central Alberta Fly Tying Club

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Local Pot Hole Lake are Fishing Well

It is so nice to be getting several positive fly fishing reports from members of our club. Local pot hole lakes are fishing well. Chironomids, Tokaryk Specials, Bubba Gump Shrimp, and a variety of micro leeches are getting fly fishers into lots of fish. Enjoy the long weekend. Hopefully this nasty smoke will blow out soon!

...nice rainbow Adam!

Grandkids love to Fly Fish

It may not look like fly fishing but it is! Grandkids can use flies with a spinning rod but simply using a bobber and some flies. Yesterday at Fish Lake, Gavin and Alec had a great time catching rainbows. The boys were rigged up with a size 14 Glen's Leech about 5 feet under a 15 cent red and white bobber! They caught rainbows to 14 inches. The best part was the lack of smoke. We always take the time to allow the boys to learn to drive the boat under close supervision. When fishing with the grandkids, the adults do not fish. They give the kids all of their attention. I was amazed that the boys lasted over three hours in the pram. Colin was also out with his grandkids do the exact same thing. They were fishing from shore and they had a blast too!

Friday, May 19, 2023

May Long Weekend is Finally Here!

Rick was steadily catching rainbows all day!

It is May Long Weekend. It feels like summer with the heat dome over Alberta. Sadly there are so many wildfires burning in our beautiful province and with those fires is smoke. Central Alberta has been shrouded in smoke as is most of Alberta. Hopefully the rain in the forecast next week does come!

Today, Karen and I meet up with Rick, Phil and Patsy! Steve and Betty were on the water too! It was a chance to hang out together and get some fly fishing in. The day was hot and unfortunately the cottonwoods had fluff started to loft over the lake we were fly fishing. The fluff made fishing a challenge at times although we all caught plenty of rainbows. Our throat samples had daphnia (boo), some boatmen, a few chironomids as well as shrimp and the odd mayfly nymph! The rainbows were hungry and they seemed to switch from one food source to another regularly during the day.

The best part of the day was hanging out and seeing everyone. We all had fun. Late in the afternoon, the cottonwood fluff got the best of us and we all decided to call it a day!

We fly fished with blobs, chironomids, boatmen, shrimp, bloodworms and a variety micro leeches. At times, they all were working.

I hope you are able to get out on the water this long weekend. The yard work is still staring me down but tomorrow I'm heading to Fish Lake to fly fish with my grandkids. Have an awesome long weekend!