Glenmore Trail - 22X
The river has lost much of her spring torrent
but still flowing fast and dirty.
Visibility 1 foot but gone thankfully is the
floating algae that so plagued the
waters pre run-off. Two fish was enough to make
the day and had to put
the fly right in front of their noses for them
to see it. "Never ignore a feeding
fish" is an axiom I hold with and the truth of
it today was a twenty inch
post spawn torpedo shaped rainbow I found feeding
in the foam at a storm
water gate. Head down, she held me in the current,
tail up, pushing for the
river bottom. Two other boats waited out the
morning rain, two fly fisherman
and two spin fishers on shore opposite Fish Creek
launch. I watched all four
after loading up the boat for a good half hour.
The spinners have the range,
the fly casters the depth, but none took fish
while I sat and contented myself
on the park bench. Fish took on a beaded leech
pattern, another smaller
rainbow on a hares ear. Surprise good weather,
great day!
On the river 9 AM - 2:45 PM.
GPS STATS
FLOW | 7.1 km/hr |
TRIP | 14.5 km |
MAX SPEED | 12.2 km/hr |
MOVING TIME | 2H 25MIN |
STOP TIME | 3H 25MIN |
FOOT & CHAIN