River Flows and Observations..

[1961flyman]

Went over the river today in Bowness.. ..

Looks big and getting nasty..

Going to take a drive tomorrow and have a look around..

Post your observations as will I..

[Taco]

Fuel prices being what they are:

 

Alberta Environment and Parks - Alberta River Basins flood alerting, advisories, reporting and water management

 

And lakes it is..........

 

 

[rudedawg]

Dog Pound from bridges at Horse Creek Trail and Rge Rd 35. Some log jams are getting moved around, and a fair number of dead snags were blowing down and onto the roads.

 

[rudedawg]

Little Red Deer, around Hwy 579 bridge and Big Prairie bridge. Lots of lumber barrelling by!

 

 

 

 

 

[rudedawg]

This is Big Prairie Creek, just a tiny trib of the LDR, flowing under the road thru a small culvert.

[rudedawg]

Jumping Pound, from bridges at Twp Rd 244 and George Fox Trail.

 

 

 

[1961flyman]

Great report for above !

Cochrane was huge, had a good lunch..

Drove as far as below Elbow/ Bow confluence.  .It was huge..

Big and cold as I stepped into the Bow at Baker park..

Should be enough flow to rearrange things, Hopefully..

 

[SilverDoctor]

Lets hope it rearranges things for the good.

[curdit]

Opening day is right around the corner. Not sure if anyone is super keen on getting out there, but a heads up: Highwood pass (Hwy 40) is closed at the moment. The closure runs the regular winter closure due to avalanche risk. I think it will be fair to say that the fishing out in Kananaskis on the streams may be a bit difficult and dangerous right now.

 

Went for a drive along Powderface Trail:

JumpingPound at KM marker 10-ish

[curdit]

Prairie Creek (by Bragg) @ Powderface trail

Prairie Creek at Elbow Confluence

[curdit]

Managed to get out onto some Elbow River Tribs yesterday. Water is high, but clearing and fishable. Landed a bunch of palm to 1ft sized Cutts, Brooks, and one small Bull. Looks like we are back in business.