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| Summer Levels, Lower Oldman River |
I drove to the the lower Oldman river this past weekend. The 3 ink blue silos off of the highway and the information sign saying, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump 32km, always remind me that I have arrived. The river is finally at low summer levels/flow. It has taken some time as we are already in the third week of August. With the lower level there is a lot of flat water, dry fly opportunities. I've seen some big fish surface feeding and I was lucky enough to catch one on a spinner pattern, size 16; a 20+ inch fish. There still are a lot of fish focusing on emergers but some are eating Duns even in the bright sun. It depends on how strong the wind is blowing. PMD's are the main hatch with spinner falls at night. Pelicans are around which means fish! Drift boats are around; this also means fish! The trout continue to be challenging and fairly selective. A fellow in a dinghy, with his son, floated up to me and said, "You are not catching anything". I informed him that I had hooked quite a few fish that afternoon. He then said, "only small ones I bet". I replied that I in fact had managed to land some fairly sizable trout. He seemed disappointed with this. His expression suggested he couldn't accept what I said; it just didn't fit; it just wasn't a possibility. But it did happen...as sure as buffalo jump and pelicans fly in southwestern Alberta. Here is a photo.
Lower Oldman River Rainbow
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