Crowsnest river, early august evening

I was on the Crow the other night from 7 to 9:30 pm. The water conditions are now low; typical summer levels. As the light faded larger fish moved into the shallow areas and started feeding on the evening hatch of PMD's and a Spinner fall which was quite intense. I spotted a couple large fish which were quite selective. A bank feeder wasn't interested in a number of different PMD patterns (duns) that I tossed his way. He was in a challenging spot and I had to reposition myself a couple of times to try and get a clean drift over him, as I thought his refusals may be due to drag which wasn't apparent to me. I eventually got him to slide an inch or so sideways to sip a spinner pattern but as I tried setting the hook no connection. It was my only chance. Several other late evening feeders seemed to be focusing mainly on emergers with only the occasional head rise. I missed one more large fish and then ran out of light. It was fun to be there even though I went home without landing a fish. The evening was calm, warm and the river valley full of life. I watched a doe and her fawn ford the stream just before I headed for my vehicle.