Eastern slopes rivers are finally open although so many are high and not fishable. Byron and I hit the North Ram River today. We were monitoring the
flow rates and decided that we could safely cross the North Ram River with lots caution on our part (5 m3/second today). That doesn't seem like a big volume of water but we had to be careful all day because of the velocity of the North Ram. The nymph fishing was excellent. The key was to get the right amount of split shot on the leader. The main wintering holes that we encountered provided the best action. Byron had over a dozen hook ups in the first run he fished. The visibility was quite acceptable although the further we travelled downstream, the North Ram picked up more volume and the clarity went down. Do take care crossing fast flowing streams this time of the year. I got a closer look at the river bottom than I wanted at one point in our day. There were thunderstorms chasing us all day although thankfully we did not take a direct hit.
We spoke to the Conservation Officer who is patrolling waters in the vicinity of Nordegg. He is the only CO for the area. He said that the Blackstone is very close to being in shape. It had come down over the last week. I was quite disappointed to learn that one CO is responsible for so much education/enforcement of our waters in the Nordegg area.
Byron hooked up with a nice Cutthroat.
Cutthroat fishing is a sure sign that summer is upon us. It's about time!
Bob
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