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Finding What You Seek

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“What you seek is seeking you”–Rumi

PIERRE AND VALERIE, OLD FAMILY FRIENDS, RETURNED to the Crowsnest Pass for a vacation/visit. Pierre and I went the distance fly fishing a few rivers where access was not easy. We were rewarded for our effort and long walks. We witnessed some excellent hatches and rising trout. Just like last year we had several outstanding August days and found some truly stunning Westslope Cutthroat trout. Pierre hit the mark with his casts and kept me busy with the landing net and camera. Harper (Retriever) participated in it all. All trout were caught on dry flies and released. Some images from our recent angling adventure…

photo by pierre

photo by pierre

fly change, photo by pierre

photo by pierre

small water, sometimes big surprises

creeks, drakes & trout

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CLEAR MOUNTAIN CREEKS. I’ve been out on them the past few weeks treasure hunting. A fair amount of stream miles/kms covered while walking the cold flows over uneven stones. The smaller version of the Green Drake (Flavs) family (Mayfly) were around on some of the streams. A few of the bigger Drakes too. Cutthroat trout are always willing to take them on the surface. The hatch never gets ignored. Survival in mountain streams requires that trout feed when opportunity knocks. And this relatively large mayfly means calories and thick healthy fish. Some streams have Drakes. Mysteriously others just a valley or a few miles away do not. The fish in those rivers are not as robust; not as wide.

Some gems found while treasure hunting…

comparaduns/haystacks, a simple pattern