East-coaster Alberta bound-fly fishing questions
Good day all,
I am new to this forum and soon to be new to Alberta. In three weeks I will be taking possession of my new house near Cold Lake. I have been living in Nova Scotia for the past ten years fishing here, Newfoundland and NB. I have a few questions about the fly fishing in northeastern Alberta. I know what to expect and use out on the lakes but not really sure what to expect when fly fishing the rivers and creeks of the area. I am curious to know things like species, size, watersheds and common weight rods used. Thanks |
Welcome to Alberta, can't help for Cold Lake but i'm sure that someone from there will chime in.
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Most people will reccomend Barry Mitchell's Alberta Trout Highway book.
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You can pick it up at any convience store or fishing shop. |
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Cold Lake is about 4 hours from the closest trout stream as far as I know. The good trout streams are all west of highway 2 (Calgary to Edmonton).
There may be a couple exceptions, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Welcome to AB. |
Sell your house and buy one in Hinton or The Crows Nest........lol
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You'll want to make you way to the Swan Hills area for Arctic Grayling. For trout, a longer drive closer to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in is in order. Pike & Walleye are in your neck of the woods.
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Thanks for the information guys!
Kind of figured there wouldn't be much trout out here. I guess I should have asked "what can I fly fish for on the rivers of NE AB"? and "what is a good weight rod/line for them"?.... wish I could re-name the thread. can anyone answer those questions for me? thanks again |
Don't know the area but if there is the potential to get into some big pike at least an 8 wt is in order for walleye a 6 wt is probably fine but you will inevitabley catch pike so go with the 8 wt. Depending on the time of year you will need floating line, a sink tip or intermediate sink and a full sinking line with steel/titanium leaders.
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There is a lake just West of cold lake that has rainbows in it. Not a stream by any chance but if you are looking to fly fish for trout its only a 10 min drive from Cold Lake. Ice fished it this year and there were some good sized ones in there.
It's called Little Bear Lake |
Troll around a bugger that should do it.
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Thanks Uberfly! |
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I will be Google mapping that lake in 5,4,3.... |
Thanks to everyone who chimed in... Doc, Mountain Guy, RapStaff, puddlepointer... to many to mention.
keep it coming |
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