Open water close to whitecourt

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Anybody know what's the closest open body of water open for fishing closest to whitecourt I need to cast my fly rod sooooo bad !!

[Gerv]

decent size pool opening up next to the hwy 43 bridge over the athabasca just west of whitecourt. opening day tommorow.

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Originally Posted by Gerv

decent size pool opening up next to the hwy 43 bridge over the athabasca just west of whitecourt. opening day tommorow.

, atha b is a tricky one to wade lol but their is few spots you can poke in hopefully the open this set of days off I'll report back on conditions next weekend for rivers around here new regulations on a certain river has got me a bit excited hopefully it is open as well and hopefully I can get into some srsly early season grayling

[Dragless]

Couldnt locate any grayling yet managed some decent pike tho right here in the town limits ,chartreuse and white on 5 wt

[Dozer31]

Where is this

[ROA]

You did well for that stretch of river.

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In the main stem of Athabasca the large females are in prespawn feed mode pushed up in to shallow bays and back eddies where slack water is adjacent to a fast moving run , if you do target them take great care in handling them please bring long forceps and jaw spreads they usually take the fly deep but if you stay barbless it's usually very easy to unhook them with good long pair of forceps

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[Dragless]

Thx Berland river beat last years first dry fly fish by more than a monthpretty spicy outside for the beginning of May