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Originally Posted by Ray Zee
so give us a report on your trip even if it didnt have any fishing.
The Canada trip was terrific (although the first day and the last day were smoky due to fires.) We did a short hike at Sunshine Meadows before crashing at Bow Lake in Banff NP.
After that, we hit all four parks, highlights included walking up Parker Ridge to view Saskatchewan Glacier, walking with the rest of the tourists on Athabasca Glacier, walking in the ice cave at Mt. Edith Cavell, plus some longer loops at Lake O'Hara and Twin Falls.
I did wet a line at the Maligne River, downstream from the lake. I was able to get a couple of trout to come up and smack the fly, but I couldn't set the hook.
We also tried fishing in the Kootenay River...we each caught a small trout on spinners, but no luck on the fly for me.
This was back in August...last weekend, I went to check out the October Caddis outside of Yosemite. Big, juicy looking bugs flying around in the evening. My limited selection of flies didn't include anything that big, but I did get action on a PMX Yellow (yay, Orvis special...20 flies for $10.)