Report from the Crownest River

Usually warm weather in southern Alberta brings nasty winds this time of the year. Saturday was the exception. Karen and I hit the Crowsnest River. It was our first trip of the year. We were quite surprised to see that the Crow was wide open. The river was busy but we were early enough to find a stretch to fish! The fish were in their wintering holes. Our expectations were low and we ended up with a double digit day. We had one nice surprise. A chunky 15 inch brown trout took a purple copper john. Catching a brown on the Crow was a new experience for us.

We stopped at the Oldman bridge to take a look. The wind had picked up and the tailwater visibility was about 3 feet. There were again lots of fly fisherman out.

Bob