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cti111
08-21-2012, 04:17 PM
I spent a couple of days walking & wading in the mountains outside Calgary last week. Saw some spectacular country & gin clear water. Thankfully the wind wasn’t too much of a factor & we saw some decent bug action. On both days I used nothing but dries to pick up cuts & bows. These fish were STRONG & so beautiful (pictures just don't capture the vivid colors on these fish). I fished both a 7’7” Linnea 4wt & Jennings bamboo rod. I'll let the pictures tell most of the story but I will share one. I broke off my pink post size 16 parachute adams on a nice fish on day 1 & on day two, I brought a nice cutt to hand & found my pink post parachute adams in its mouth! Always nice to get a fly back…


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ksbioteacher
08-21-2012, 07:31 PM
That is some fine country and fine fishing.

jeepster
08-21-2012, 09:38 PM
That is some nice looking water. Great pics. http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/tipshades.gif

Alpinefly
09-07-2012, 01:45 PM
Such beautiful country. Would love to get up there sometime to fish the Bow, and the waters up around Banf.

ofuros
09-07-2012, 07:53 PM
Nice scenery, crystal clear waters & fish fooled......:thumbsup:

Harps
09-25-2012, 02:52 PM
My home waters! Haven't been up there much this year.

Is that Kelly O you were fishing with?

cti111
09-27-2012, 02:14 PM
Harps - you're lucky to have those as your home waters! I was fishing with Dutchie/Rich

Harps
10-06-2012, 11:15 AM
It looked like Kelly in that one shot.
I've only met Dutchie once, but he has a good reputation.

I do love the waters, I only wish we had more forward thinking fisheries management- We have much greater potential!
At least there are always places to walk away from crowds still... and catch great fish!

Cheers,