Early Season Options....Get Off the Couch and Throw Some Line!!!!

Hello Friends,

This year we are beginning to look at early season options, a way to extend our somewhat minute season and expose some of you to new waters and new areas. For the last few years Jeff has been taking people to the Bow and Oldman Rivers in early season and having great success fishing for large browns and rainbows without crowds. These trips are staged out of the city of Calgary which is easily accessed through it's international airport. April, May and June are prime months for this river.

Another option for May and June is the Columbia and Salmo Rivers in our neighbouring West Kootenay region. The Columbia is a huge body of water that contains numerous rainbows and even some walleye pickerel, but it is the caddis and mayfly hatches that we pay attention to in these waters. Dry fly is again the chosen method although during periods of hatch inactiivity we also throw streamers and nymphs, it is fished from boats.
The Salmo is a little more intimate but can still be floated, there are many mediocre sections throughout despite it's fishy appearance but in recent years a catch and release section has had a positive impact on the fish stocks here. There are green drake and caddis hatches here as well and during these hatch periods, rainbows readily look and feed on the drifting bugs. There are, however; a few delicious little sections with boulder runs that contain many 20" fish and the areas are quite secluded. This is also an early season fishery although sections of the Salmo can fish quite well throughout the year. Trips would be run out of Nelson BC, which is a cute and funky heritage town located on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. There are some unique accommodation options here, one of our favourites is the Nelson Guesthouse www.nelsonguesthouse.com
Please feel free to contact us about these destinations and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have.