monger Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Have any of you camped at Cottonwood? Do you have to have a reservation to camp there? Last minute change in plans has me searching for a new spot to take the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Have any of you camped at Cottonwood? Do you have to have a reservation to camp there? Last minute change in plans has me searching for a new spot to take the family. Monger: It is a great little spot. We camped there in 2003--during the fire. Shady and quiet. No power or water hookups. Clean concrete public toilets. 200 feet to the river. Bulls and rainbows. 20 minutes to the Crow. One+ hour to the Gap. There are rarely more than one or two rigs in the c/g. Last Thursday there were about six rigs there. It will be a more crowded on the long weekend. (Duh! ) Not sure about reservations....here's a phone number...not sure if current. http://www.canadianrooms.com/mem/44808.htm This says no reservations.... http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/sitefac.aspx?id=90#campground Parks stuff... http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/searchparks.aspx Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Thanks Clive. We are heading out tomorrow night so I think we'll be OK to beat the masses. Looks like a good place to use as home base. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisher26 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 How does the OM tail water fish in terms of numbers, size, and consistency of fishing? I love fishing the crow for it's great scenery and nice rainbows, plus you have a good chance of catching lots of fish. Just curious if the OM tail water is any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Rob: What does your camping outfit look like? We are headed to the trailer (N of Cowley) tomorrow and will be there till Sunday or so. I expect to fish at Cottonwood at least once--sort of depends on the Crow. It's a fun trip ... Fish Cottonwood...go to Pincher and get various: cigars, groceries, ice cream -- and do emails. The Shell has great ice cream. Get the small ice cream in a cup--huge portions if in a cup. Fish are spotty at Cottonwood, but I found a cool pool of trout last week and landed several there. It's a half decent place to toss bull trout flies and SJW will tell you where to fish for those...upstream ...past the CW bridge. Oh oh. It's a secret ... I forgot. Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Fisher26..."consistency of fishing" That's a great question. And the answer is: it is not consistent. It's fished quite well this past four weeks--especially when the water was very high--up to the banks. They were hugging the bank by the campground but have since moved elsewhere as the flows are (were) way down. I probably landed (what?) 15 fish in four, 2-hour tours...not great, but included 3 or 4 bows between 18 and 21 and one 22 bull. It's at about 50cms today -- way down-- and so that could be good as you should be able to fish the N banks and work a lot of water with streamers or dries. It's not normally a spot where you will see consistent risers--but it happens. There's a ton of water way down past the day-use area too and all of the boulder run above the bridge. Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Clive, I have a white Safari and a 12ft Coleman tent trailer. Look for the German Shorthair Pointer straining to go find some pheasants/huns. It would be great to meet a wise old fly flinger like yourself. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethfisher Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Is this the area below the dam? I am guessing Boulder Run is right below the dam and then is Cottonwood the park just down the river? I went there early season when it was still cold and it looked like a pretty decent campground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikebreath Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Is this the area below the dam? I am guessing Boulder Run is right below the dam and then is Cottonwood the park just down the river? I went there early season when it was still cold and it looked like a pretty decent campground. Yes.... Yes..... And Yes, it is a nice campground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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