Excellent Water Boatmen Patterns Designed by Les Robinson

The Fall season is upon us and that means water boatmen and backswimmers will be on our local lakes shortly! There have been reports of some boatmen showing up already in Central Alberta pothole lakes.

I was talking with Kent and Amanda Govett, owners of Canadian Llama Company, earlier this week. They are a great place to purchase fly tying hooks, beads and a wide variety of fly tying materials. They are a Canadian company and their service is fantastic!

I noticed that Les Robinson has made some modifications on his tried and true Water Boatman patterns. The modifications are using newly designed Pro Tyer Hooks  and 2 tone tungsten half beads that can be purchased on line at the Canadian Llama Company!

These are excellent patterns. Give them a try!

Whitefish on the Fly on the Red Deer River

The whitefish on the Red Deer River are lots of fun! Sometimes we get too wound up about brown trout and trout in general and forget to fly fish for all species in the Red Deer River. Find a riffle-drop run and chances are you will tangle with a whitefish or several. Get you size 16 nymph down, use split shot or even "drop shot" (put the split shot at the bottom and add tags of line above with you flies attached). The whitefish on the Red Deer River can be very large and are great fighters!

Today we went to target walleye but they did not want to play so we switched up to targeting whites on the fly. Great fun and right out your back door!

Bruce Tilbrook and his Grandkids having a Great Time Hopper Fly Fishing

 

Bruce Tilbrook loves to fly fish spring creeks in Central Alberta for brown trout! Every once in a while, he is able to get out with his grandkids. They love the opportunity to spend time with Bruce and try their hand at fly fishing. Hopper season is a great time to get out with the grandkids. The trout absolutely love to smash big meals. You can tell that Bruce's granddaughter is having a great time!