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Agreed! Have had the pleasure of sharing a run with him when I was young and it sure lit a fire under me!

Maybe Edmonton? come on now. I hope that presumption is based solely on odds due to population and not a xenophobic slur. I drive from Edmonton weekly to fish and actually saw the commotion at poilicemans on Saturday, so I wanna give you the benefit of the doubt....somehow I don't think that's the case though. Care to enlighten?

Awesome! I figured there would quite a few hoops to jump through and I'm glad they are in place that's for sure. Those maps sound ideal, I'm gonna hunt down the source on the net for them and let the search begin full bore finally. Thanks for the info hydro, I bet you LOVE your job and the places it takes you. Have you seen/aware of the streams of this nature that have popped up in the western states?

hmm, well form I gather from the landowner there was some extensive 'work' done to the creek, which is for sure one of the most stable streams in the province and,used to atleast, have a very healthy bug population. Eitther way, some of the 'dugouts' sitting on or near springs in this province...could make for some fun, creative personal 'trout park' building. if it's of course legal in any form. any one have any thoughts on the legailty of something like that?

well, i would definitely go about it legally if it's even possible! I was out in the clearwater area today and was talking to a landowner along clear creek, a spring that is a tributary to the clearwater river. And supposedly the creek used to hold tonnes of trout and then BFW did work. dredged it and fenced it in hopes of keeping the cattle out and washing as much silt away as possible.according to him theres nothing but minnows and suckers that call it home now, he said they told him theyd come back everyyear to repound poles in the fences and such....came once and never to be seen again. any idea if this is a lack of funding or more of a project gone terribly wrong? I walked a good half mile of some gorgeous water with lots of good holding water and lots of vegetation... didnt see any signs of fish where the should be...amd i was stealthing around so i know i didnt spook anything in the gin-clear water!

Ok, not looking for specific creeks or anything. I know about the obvious Alberta aquifers, like around Stauffer, Cypress Hills, down by Waterton, upper Ram area... any other areas with aquifer bubbling up? Nothing more exciting than a lush unnamed spring creek. In a perfect world I would like to buy property with a spring on it, devoid of fish, and create a clean, untrampled riparian habitat much like some of the private creeks in the states. so, any other suggestions on areas potentially worth snooping? thanks