Beautiful Day Fly Fishing

[gundawg]

When the sun is shining, the wind is soft, and it is a Friday afternoon, there is fishing to be had. This was the case for a buddy of mine (Guitarplayingfish) and myself as we loaded up our fly fishing gear in the middle of winter; you have to love Southern Alberta. It was a short drive to the fishing spot and we made good time getting there. We took our time along the river as we picked through floating ice chunks, fast flowing rapids, and muddy cut banks. The first hour of casting proved to be futile. However, it was such a beautiful day that it was a blessing just to be outside. After two or three dozen casts, multiple fishing holes, a couple of new flies we finally found the spot we had been searching for. The GoPro turned on and so did our senses as we began searching for the hungry fish. After a short while, we finally had a hit!


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Unfortunately, the fish spit the hook. This happened a number of times until this fella' decided to make an appearance.











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Almost as soon as we put the beautiful rainbow back into the water, a whitefish joined the party!





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These were the only two fish pulled out of the water that day and we had a blast doing it.

Can't wait to get back into the truck, load up the gear, slap on some waders and catch some fish.

Have a good weekend everyone and get outside!

~gundawg

[waterninja]

sounds like a great day even if the fishing was slow. i could not access your pics.

[Guitarplayingfish]

I couldn't see the pics either...

But that doesn't matter, because I was there!! :sHa_shakeshout:

Always nice to have a sunny day in Feb.

[gundawg]

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[fishtank]

nice fish !!

[Speckle55]

Nice fish guys Awesome:sHa_shakeshout:

you can do that up here to in Jasper National Park as i have fish it 12 months of the year..

Thanks for Sharing

David:)

[Mitchthefisher]

Sweet pics.

[Daceminnow]

good job boys. thanks for sharing a couple pics. erik, i owe you a favor yet. let me know if you can possibly make it out west and we'll hit the ice before break up.

Dace

[tight line]

Sweet!!! Nothin more satisfying than a bent flyrod with snow on the ground!

[OneGirlWolfPack]

That's awesome! Gotta love southern Alberta. :)

[lannie]

Nice fish!

[Kingfisher]

Well done guys. Always nice to be able to get the fly rods out in February.