ever think of fishing in Alberta?

**professori** · March 9th, 2006, 08:42 AM

Check out these videos of the Red Deer River:

http://flyfisherman.com/westerncanada/djreddeer/

**featherfisher** · March 11th, 2006, 02:15 AM

Those are some cool videos, they're really well done. I've never fished for browns, looks like fun though.

**Nice_One** · March 11th, 2006, 03:43 AM

I'm definately going to be fishing in Alberta next year....heard of this river before, but not the size of the fish! Mayflies...i wonder what size fly? Perhaps size 12 to 8 or 6? Cool Vids!

**professori** · March 11th, 2006, 02:42 PM

Nice One - One of the links on that page (Click here for a chart showing fly patterns for the Red Deer River, and the best times to use them.) takes you to a chart showing flies, sizes and times in the season to fish them.

**Larvalace** · March 11th, 2006, 04:30 PM

i fished the saskatchewan river last summer and caught a few jacks :?

**Nice_One** · March 13th, 2006, 12:42 AM

Thanks for the tips Proffessori! And thanks again for posting this river. I'll treat her like the beautiful lady she is! Cheers and thanx! -Nathan in NW

**Stone** · March 21st, 2006, 11:44 PM

I drifted the Bow River during my honeymoon in 2002. Caught plenty of browns and fiesty rainbows...but the most memorable one was a 27" brown taken on the last stretch of river before the pullout. I would fish it again, but there are lots and lots of water here in BC that I have been planning on fishing and haven't got to yet.

I'm thinking of hopping on a cheap Westjet flight to Calgary one day in the summer just to drift the Bow and then fly back.

**halcyonsancta** · September 4th, 2009, 02:48 AM

Alberta '09 008.jpg

Alberta Foothills Brownie, summer '09, about 4200 feet above sea level...

**bronjuan** · September 4th, 2009, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by halcyonsancta

Alberta '09 008.jpg

Alberta Foothills Brownie, summer '09, about 4200 feet above sea level...

Beauty. Too bad it is where it is.

**professori** · September 4th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by bronjuan

Beauty. Too bad it is where it is.

Don't know about that. I cruised thru Calgary on the Bow and then hit the foothills all the way down to the Crowsnest. It was sure great to see green pine trees!! There is some truly beautiful country and beautiful fish there as well as here.