We had a fine March evening sharing stories and pictures of adventures with a fly rod in Canada's west. Click on any of the thumbnail pictures for a full-sized picture. Thanks for the photos club members.
The beautiful and secluded Livingstone River in southwest Alberta was selected as a favourite of many of the speakers at our Fishing the West evening. Gin-clear water and active fish were the best parts of fishing the Livingstone. Once you have made it to this area there are numerous streams equally as good within an hour's drive. Click on the image for a full-sized view.
Chris Mouriopoulos with a fine a cutthroat trout from the Livingstone River. The Livingstone is just one of numerous high gradient rivers in the region of the Crowsnest pass where the fishings for cutts can be great.
When cutthroats grow up they get to look a lot like brown trout. The fine specimen seen here overburdening one of Chris Mouriopoulos' handmade nets was caught in southwestern Alberta.
The Bow is the largest of the rivers offering Blue Ribbon flyfishing in Alberta. This picture of Jensens access southeast of Calgary gives an idea of the width and low gradient of the Bow. There is not a person in sight here on the Bow though it is only 45 minutes from downtown Calgary.
Way west! While most of our speakers concentrated on Alberta, Larry showed some pictures of wrestling chum salmon on the Campbell River. Though this salmon is large, the king salmon also show up around this time. They run twice as large as the chum salmon and can cost you a fly line in a real hurry, right Larry?
