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Caddis on the flats
A 23-1/2" hen sips a caddis. |
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Waiting Game
As the shadows came on the water, trout began to show. All this after a 2 hr wait. |
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Cold morning
A fiesty brown from a small pocket, mid November. |
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Fatty
David lost the grand daddy, just to hook up with this one 15 yards down the bank. |
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Agressive
Late September and one aggressive brown. |
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Along the seam
A light pmd hatch was enough to get this one moving. |
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Run, baby run!
From 60 yards above this trout ran clear across the river before turning and taking flight 4 times. |
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Arc
The Orvis Superfine at work |
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Hunting
A slow walk up a good looking bend |
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Slurp!
We'd just let another go when I turned and said,"Jim, you might want a photo of this one too!" |
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Into the evening
A nice trout that danced for the camera. |
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Take two
So we did. Double header on the dry - good hatches = good fishing. |
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A long wait
With the float 3/4 over, and every technique used, we got a break. Then we got 3 more on the same bank. |
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Fall
A beautiful fall float with one guest in the small boat. |
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Surprise!
Early season stoneflies! |
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Workin'
A heavy caddis hatch showed the inevitable. Two nice trout heads popping. Hooked! |
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Splat, twitch, slam.
A little too easy as this trout was keyed in to hoppers. |
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Drakes stand
We waited on a slow day for the shadows to come. The drakes started hatching and heads began to roll. |
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27"
A perfect moment. |
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Looking
Peering into the sunset under an overhanging spruce. Was that a rise? |
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Lucky.
High water streamer action. |
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Finesse
Short, perfect drift and a long trout. |
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Good Eeeevening
Late day caddis and a nice take. |
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Hello world
Days old and drawn to our boat, this little one followed us for a spell. |
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Rain
Some folks hate fishing in the rain. Some love it. Never stay home on a miserable day. |
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"Here he comes!"
And seconds later "Take it, TAKE IT!" and it did.
Smile! |
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Worked
We worked every 2 feet of every bank and pulled out 1/2 dozen. Every one was a photo! |
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Relaxed
The water seams were worked, flies drift through, and a couple trout obliged. |
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First!
A first Red Deer River brown |
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Finally!
Missed two takes and the trout got picky. Change the tactic and get the rise. |
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Slurp!
Steve had a nice one on. I asked if he minded me hooking up and not taking a photo of his little 22" trout. Couldn't wait! The fish was begging for a dry! |
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Skitter - patter
Let's get at 'er. A caddis in the shadows got this one. |
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Skwala
A warm day and a good trout. |
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Cloudy
Dark skies, soaking wet. Good day to be on the water. |
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Strike!
A brown takes the dry. |
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Floating
Looking at great trout water. |
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Cover boy
Kevin's shot turned up on the cover of Canadian Fly Fisher. |
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Pike-strike
A massive boil of a take then a good run. There are some large pike out there. |
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Fall
A random take of the hopper. |
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Here, fishy!
Calling in the dogs after a long fight. |
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Moose
We see several moose along the river each year. |
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Mudskipper?
No, this is a burbot. A random catch on streamers. |
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Heads
The big, rubbery lips of a large male brown trout. |
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Rainbow?
There are a few rainbow trout caught in the Red Deer. One every few years. |
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Slooooow
Walking slowly, under cover of the night, looking for snouts. |
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Out from the garden
Behind a large boulder, this fine trout smacked the streamer. |
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Peaceful
Alone on a beautiful trout stream. |
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Sneaky
A hidden access with a light boat. When there's just one guest, we pull out the small boat and pick our launch spots. |
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"There's one!"
A cast and short drift and a good head pops up. |
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Alberta's Wild Rose
And wild trout. |
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Sucker
The big sucker spawning run of February. Try to find a brown in that mix. |
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Hoppers!
A late fall brown on a hopper. It took a while for the day to get going but a nice trout came. |
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