Friday, 19 August 2011

Trout, olives and bears, oh my!

I was out on the Crowsnest river last night for a couple of hours. I went out as the sky was somewhat overcast and had been most of the day. Lately, it has been mainly sunny and blue skies; no complaints here as summertime  in the Rockies is as quick as a New York minute.I was hoping the partial cloud cover would improve the evening hatch; it did. There were the usual PMD's, and a spinner fall, but also the nice addition of  Blue Winged Olives probably due to the clouds. This was the most significant hatch. I picked up a couple of mid-sized fish and broke off a large one.  I noticed a lot of bear dung on the riverside road and on all the pathways to the river. They are eating the few berries that are around this year. If you are out in the evening stay alert and make your presence known.
Crowsnest River

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