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Just thought I would post a few of my favorite pictures, post if you have some favorites. Love Cutties on dries. Leftovers from tying orders. Dads tackle, still in occasional use.

"This Time Out" By Wade “Diddy” Richardson Inspired by Cody Lambert’s “Cowboy Is His Name” There’s hundreds of years of history At least forty that are mine I’ve got nine feet of leader A fly at the end of my line It’s that desire that burns inside us From May’s melting waters til Octobers early ice The skills we’ve honed to land us here Are worth every sacrifice All our miles of dusty drivin All the gas money down the drink All the wooly buggers & The Prince Nymphs All the dry flies and the Gink All our busted off tears left drying All the splashing of the fight That’s just a small down payment On the take we get tonight Its guts and love and stories A little kids chance to dream Our legacy is on the water You can find us at the stream Well fellow fly fishers, this story takes place in late July on a perfect Sunday afternoon. I headed West towards what is fast becoming one of my favorite little trout streams. Where? You ask, well I should probably “Keep it down now … Voices Carry”. On the way I captured creatures big and small on film as well as some beautiful hillsides covered in wildflowers, all that before I got into a nearly 20 fish afternoon with many of them captured here in the newest episode of The New Wave Angler … Enjoy and please remember to Like & Subscribe if you enjoy the content. Let me know what you think of the vid and even the poem ... Here is “SUNDAY TROUT”

It was Mid July ... my daughter was working at The Calgary Stampede, I struggled through the downtown traffic to drop her off at the gates to Stampede Park. After a quick goodbye and arrangement for a 7:00 PM pick-up that would end up stretching to a 10:00 PM pick-up because well her dad would find himself still over 2 hours away on the side of a trouty stream surrounded by a band of beautiful Alberta Wild Horses when that 7:00 pick-up time came and went ... luckily River was more than willing to wait it out with her work friends at the rides and midway games of the Stampede while her fly fishing father bounced his way out of the Eastern slopes and through the foothills and back to the city and the gates of the greatest outdoor show on earth 3 hours late ... but in my defense the last hour of that was spent battling traffic and cowboys and cowgirls in the final 3 blocks of the journey ... all in all it was a heck of a day. While River spent the morning and afternoon working away in the hot sun down at the grounds I was out exploring a few streams and meeting a cutthroat and a couple nice browns not to mention all those beautiful wildies out there in ... ALBERTA TROUT HEAVEN ... sit back and enjoy the show and don't forget to engage by commenting, liking and subscribing

Was an awesome early low water season. Scored on some nice browns and a good sized bull. On 2 favourite streams saw salmonflies emerging on one, goldens on the other. Knowing my luck, had to go back to work for 2 weeks and missed the egg laying frenzy.

These are the water temps I got today between 1 & 2pm at three locations in Fish Creek Prov Park. Outside temp 26C. Sunny. Bow river: 200' upstream of the Fish Creek boat launch.Taken in two feet of fast moving water. 16.9C Bow river: downstream of Bankside. Taken in slower moving water. 19.3C Fish Creek: Between Bow Bottom Trail SE bridge and where it drains into the Bow. Taken in a 10'' deep fast riffle. 21.1C

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