Maligne Magic W "creekside" Guiding

[Smitty]

Well, dad and I got a chance to take advantage of our auction trip to Maligne at the end of June. As usual Maligne was awesome, always hard to tell what's better; the scenery or the fishing. Usually the scenery wins. But our Saturday with Ray (aka "Creekside') was golden. Thanks Ray! I hope you offer this trip again as a fundraiser for Rickr. Rickr, good job in letting Ray offer the trip!

 

My Thanks to both of you!!!

 

You Calgary fishers sure miss out. Some pics:

 

 

 

Ray was a terrific "guide" putting us over fish constantly. He was even better company!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were able to do some stream fishing on the home waters on the way back to Edmonton. Love these native 'bows:

 

 

Some grayling too:

 

 

Maligne trout are the best in the world. The. BEST.

 

 

 

[BowLurker]

Great shots, Smitty!

 

I had a similar experience in the early 80's with my Dad on Maligne, and I think it was the first time I had ever seen fly fishing.

 

Our guide was nailing trout left and right on wets/dries while my Dad and I fumbled about with spin cast and 'grandpa-reel' setups.

After getting skunked most of the day, and huge mountain weather moving in, the guide took pity on a frustrated 8yr old and handed me a bamboo fly rod (!) with what I know now as a streamer.

 

We trolled back to the Lodge with the electric motor, and damned if I didn't catch a huge Rainbow! We shared the fish in the Lodge that night. Incredible.

 

Thanks for sharing the photos, Smitty...it must have been amazing.

 

-M.

[monger]

Great shots. Sounds like an awesome day with Dad.

[David]

Nice photos that hand strap on the camera looks awfully familiar, is it an olympus tg4?