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July Trips part 2 – McKinnon Flats

July 14, 2007 · No Comments

July 10, 2007

Walt was back today with his colleague, Kelly, for another half day drift that took us from Fish Creek to Policeman's Flats. The weather was much better today and we weren't battling the strong winds that bothered us all day yesterday. Like yesterday, however, the fishing was really slow right off the start and we didn't land our first fish until well into the drift. We changed flies constantly throughout the day looking for something that would attract some attention. The fishing finally picked up on the final stretch of river with Walt landing a decent sized brown and two small fish on a copper John, all within a short stretch of river. We decided to anchor the boat and try fishing some deep water along a cut bank. A size 16 copper John was cast just inches from the bank and after a good fight, Kelly landed this 22 inch brown. The Bow disappointed most of the day but it's fish like this that keep us coming back.

July 11, 2007,

Another half day float from Fish Creek to Policeman's Flats. It was a slow four hours on the river and no fish were brought to the boat. We tried a number of flies but nothing seeemed to be attracting a lot of attention. Several of the guides on this same float had similar results with only one or two fish landed. I'm hoping for much better results tomorrow.

July 12, 2007,

John is in town from Naples, Florida for several days of meetings and was wanting to try his hand at fly fishing. He invited 6 of his colleagues to join us and at 4:30, three boats launched from Policeman's Flats and headed downstream to McKinnon Flats. The weather was perfect which made for a beautiful afternoon and evening on the river. John and some of the others had never fly fished previously but before long they were all casting proficiently. All told, 15 fish were landed and many more were lost to long distance releases. While worm patterns were very effective last week, they have been attracting very little attention the last couple of days. Many of today's fish were caught on a size 10 peacock wooly bugger or on smaller nymphs. I really enjoyed John's enthusiasm for the sport look forward to seeing him back in Calgary at some future date.

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