Dancing Brown Trout

Monday April 25.
22X/Fish Creek Park to Policeman’s Flats

Well the day started out bright and sunny, then we hit the river and realized that Fish Creek was way up and muddy! Oh well we are here now, was our thoughts.

We hugged the east shore with the cleaner water and were rewarded with a couple nice fish. We were pitching streamer into the east shore and trailing them with a nymph.

There was several rises that we saw throughout the day, some that were stalked to until a jet boat roared past and scared them back down.

We only had two fish to the boat and missed a half dozen others, all browns that we could tell.

Best fish of the day being a 23" brown that did a nice tail dance across the surface before taking me to my backing.

Mixed visibility, on the east shore it was decent with about five feet at 22x and only 4" on the west shore. By the time we hit Policeman's Flats the river visibility was reduced to about 6" over the entire river.

Only really saw midges hatching in the early sun and nothing afternoon when the clouds rolled in.

THANKS TO ERIC M. (Blue Ribbon Explorer!) for the email report and pics.

Photos: Eric M.