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Early this spring I took a shot at finding some trout in a central Alberta stream. I tried nymphing, dries even a hopper dropper but nothing was keeping old Pepe Le Pew from snuggling into my dreary black and white day on the water ... that was until a huge gust of wind sent me back into the past on that same stream but this time it was in technicolor and I was able to find my self a beautiful Brown, a huge Bull & a brightly colored Rainbow ... what a day ... there's no place like home ... there's no place like home ... there's no place like home ... PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT AND sUbScRiBe !!

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

"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”

oops sorry that was stupid of me .... here we go

"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 a warm early August day, I hit the road and headed West. It was late morning when I arrived at my first stop, the stream looked very low. Within minutes I had tempted no less than 4 trout to the end of my line and somehow they all got off before I could bring them in. I moved on further West to my actual destination stream, upon arrival I ran into a couple fans of the New Wave Angler series … after a quick chat I set off up stream where I quickly got my hands onto a 16 inch cutthroat - but not in a good way. After that I managed to lose another 4 fish in a row before finally managing a couple different species all the way to the net …. The place was beautiful the trout were hungry … Enjoy!! RIP vloggerJohn

Join Diddy on a spring adventure where he uses the ol "Day Dream" to turn a fairly uneventful blustery early May style prospecting trip into an early July fly fishing bonanza !! ... all this in the latest episode of - The New Wave AnglerUno De Mayyo ... Uno Julio

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You win some, you lose some but it's always another day in paradise when you get to spend time on central Alberta's trout streams ... this past Sunday was no exception ... Enjoy !!

I awoke early this past Sunday morning and headed out to the West country to meet my bro Terry and his trusty dog Parker ... we spent the day in a beautiful canyon chasing the most gorgeous member of the trout family the one and only Oncorhynchus clarkii (The Cutthroat Trout) ... We were the only people on the stream ... Here is a short motion picture capturing the essence of our day .... please watch, enjoy and comment ... Ladies & Gents I give you The Slashers Of Clarkii Canyon

Hey everyone well I got out west for the second week in a row this past weekend. Although the weather was much nicer it was actually harder to find good clean fish-able water this weekend. I had my daughter with me on the trip and we camped over at a couple different spots. I managed to get a little brown trout action on the dry fly just before dark on the first night. The next day we headed further west where I could introduce my daughter to some pristine waters and a place that is very special to me. At one spot I let her have a shot with my fly rod and she managed to catch and release her first ever Bull Trout. Before the adventure was over I had a rematch with the bull trout that eluded me last week and well all I'll say is a lot of people have told me that big Bull trout don’t really like dry flies .... I don’t think that is true .... you be the judge. Here are some moving pictures for you to enjoy. Cheers!!

thanks Paul ..... glad you enjoyed

Yo Yo .... thanks ..... been growing it since last fall .... it's part covid beard part Oilers Playoff beard ... so i'm in a holding pattern LOL ..... it will be nice when i can finally shave it off it will take about 25 years off how old I look hahha .... thanks for watching .... peace!!!

Haha .... Deano Too shy Too shy hush hush eye 2 eye ..... nah Deano wasn't out with me for this adventure ..... thanks for tuning in ... Cheers!!!

Hey everyone, I got out west for the first time this year on the weekend, On Saturday evening after working later than expected I decided to try and out duel the rainy weather and head into the back country in search of some trout. I drove west and eventually found some clean enough water. The wet stuff caught me here and there but I managed to find enough friendly weather to make it a comfortable day of trout hunting on Sunday. The bigger rivers were high and dirty but I found the major tributary waters to be a little high but mostly quite clear and the little tribs were basically perfect. I fished mostly a dry dropper setup consisting of a Stimmy on top with a bead head Hare's ear nymph as the dropper while exploring the streams. I did tie on a big white streamer for a few minutes while trying to coax a big bull on a tiny stream to meet the inside of my net. I managed to get into a few fish, some small and some of a really nice size ... It turned out to be one of those days where each fish got better and better as the day went on with the best ones coming just before you call it quits and head back home. If you keep searching eventually the beautiful fish will find you. All in all I had a great time for my first outing of the year, I saw some gorgeous nature and some majestic landscapes, met a few wild and native trout along the way and enjoyed a little solitude. I captured some video images of this little adventure for you to enjoy. Check it out and let me know your thoughts. Cheers !!