Did the hike up to Rawson last Saturday (July 27).
- Upper lakes trail (the one that circumnavigates the shore) is closed past the junction with Rawson, but the hike in to Rawson is open
- Sarrail (sp?) creek bridge just before the turnoff to the Rawson trail is damaged and shouldn't be walked over, however there is a ford of the creek right near where it enters the upper K-Lake that was about mid-thigh at it's deepest point.
- fished about 2-3 hours total with the GF, myself on a fly rod and her with a spin rod. We touched over 20 fish total between the two of us. About 60% on the fly rod hit a stimulator and the rest were on some assorted nymphs (although IIRC a hare's ear was the most 'popular'). She was having the best luck with a tiny little 5 of diamonds and in general found that they were mostly interested in things that were either yellow or red.
- as usual the K-lakes were rough looking when we showed up in the early afternoon but had calmed down significantly and looked much nicer to fish by around 5PM (ish). LOL - sadly I was unable to convince her that adding a few bullies to the days total would be worth the late return to Calgary.
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