Trip To Egypt!!!....lake

[troutlover]

There is a place in Banff that i have been going to since i was 14 years old. My dad would drop me and my buddy of in the sunshine village parking lot and off we would go to our playground for a week to roam the wilderness. I know the place like the back of my hand and it still blows my mind. I went there a couple of weeks ago and did alot of hiking and a little bit of fishing. In 4 hrs, 30, 10 to 14 inch cutts to hand and every fish like the scenary around, mind blowing. I just can't keep this one a secret cuz i want others to experience this area and it's power. It's 13 km hike in and there is a hut so no tent is needed. The hut is also nice to stay in if there is rain. From the hut there is 7!!! lakes to choose from all 2km away and 4 of which are fishable in a one day 7km loop. Mummy lake (the best of the 7 IMO) is one of the higest elevation lakes in north america so you are way up there.

Check out the colors

Mummy Lake

 

If anyone wants some info just pm me i think it's one of the best places in banff. Oh ya don't forget the bear spray

[Guest rusty]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[flyangler]

Gorgeous fish!

[trailhead]

Nice report and cool pics, I don't want to hijack the thread but while on this topic... I was talking to a hiking buddy and he told me he had a discussion with a Banff Park Warden who stated that the fishing for native species that are "endangered" ie bulls and westslope cutts, will be eliminated. So the lakes and streams that have these will be permanently closed to angling. I hope this is just a nasty rumour.

[Taco]

Nice report and cool pics, I don't want to hijack the thread but while on this topic... I was talking to a hiking buddy and he told me he had a discussion with a Banff Park Warden who stated that the fishing for native species that are "endangered" ie bulls and westslope cutts, will be eliminated. So the lakes and streams that have these will be permanently closed to angling. I hope this is just a nasty rumour.

 

May be ok in this case........... those look more like yellowstones.... Pure natives are a bit of a rarity in the National Parks system, the Feds did a lot of "improving" in the past.

[admin]

Great looking fish. I'd love to go sometime. So are all the lakes in that area named on the Egyption theme?

[tintin]

I have hiked the area you talk about (although never fished) and agree with the bear spray idea, that valley is the deerfoot for Banff griz's. Great looking fish. Interested in checking it out in the fall as the larches turn golden and the whole place is amazing!!!!

[Glenbow]

That is a stunning place, with equally stunning fish! Thanks for the report & great pics!

[SteveM]

Now, those cutties belong in the Fish Photo Shoot-off; never seen such vivid colouration- wicked awesome!

[Lawrence]

Nice report man! How far off was that griz

[troutlover]

I hope the regulation change you speak of is just a nasty rumor cuz that would suck BIGTIME. I'd like to find out where this info comes from so i'm gonna get on the phone and dig around a little. Taco now that you mention it yes i think your right you know your fish and i do remember a while back someone telling me the same thing. I don't belive they stock the lakes up there anymore and there seems to be a diversity of all ages so they are reproducing well. tintin yes it is the grizzly deerfoot but i've never met a bad bear in that area, we were only 200 yards from this griz. We knew he was there, we were in a group of four and he was aware of us but busy feeding it was amazing to see him rip up the ground like it was nothing. Yes the area up there is unreal in the fall i'm going again on the sept long. Heres some more pics