Friday, 20 July 2012

Crowsnest River Report, July 20th, 2012

large crowsnest rainbow
I have been on several rivers the past week fishing daily with a friend, Joe. River flows continue to drop and are now near perfect for dry fly angling. The Crowsnest has been productive especially in the back eddies where bugs collect. I am also seeing some nice bank fish rising but you have to hunt for them and look for slow, slow water. On mornings you'll find a lot of pmd spinners and some duns. This is the main bug. There are also a host of other flies including some green drakes, large and mid-sized. In the evening it is pmd's again.

On the Lower Oldman the fish have been on pmd's and olives when it has been wet and mainly pmd's when weather is fair. The rainbows have mainly been on emergers. With water levels now low more fish might rise to duns and there will be more dry fly water available.
20 inch Tailwater Brown, caught by Joe F.

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