It is exotic fishing
can savour wide-open
solitude. Your attit
your appetite for fi
Crystal clear stream
wilderness flanks th
away. Soaring mounta
anglers' attention.
fisherwoman - for mi
All these facets of
Rockies ensure an un
experience.
Fishing licenses, wh
are both inexpensive
Whether you're drawn
Upper Bow River, the
Crowsnest Pass or th
Jasper National Park
international gatewa
Focus on Fishing in
'It's stunning, the
Dan Bell, owner of U
in Banff National Pa
focus on the fishing
scenery.'
But a tug on the lin
While catch-and-rele
rivers and streams i
dramatically increas
The average size is
as 45 cms, though th
owner of Calgary-bas
'The bull trout get
says, adding that th
quality of fishing i
'I've fished quite a
pressure there,' he
crowds. The fishing
the scenery is at le
The streams and rive
Westslope cutthroat,
well as whitefish. D
in select lakes and
local guides will en
came for.
At the northern end
clients fishing on M
Wood is owner and gu
his clients out on t
in the rivers during
No Crowds, Only Fish
'The fishing's unbel
and no crowds. My cl
the mountains. I get
others who don't eve
Given the strong att
like icing on the ca
says that in five ho
40 fish.
'If you go fishing i
he says. 'Here, you'
a lot more spectacul
Straker knows what h
highway between Jasp
traffic and the high
is one of the most s
a region to which Da
In these rivers the
it be streamer, nymp
the Upper Bow is arg
world, other streams
and beautiful and th
animals.
Between Jasper and B
and rivers, all isol
boundaries. There ar
trout in Kananaskis
drive from Calgary),
Alberta's Rockies ru
down to the Crowsnes
the entire range, ri
population sparse. T
waterfowl, ospreys,
of other wildlife of
Heading south, the R
they remain just as
located in the south
valley just before t
into the United Stat
Livingstone and Cast
Women Only Packages
While guides and gui
the solitude, scener
area's rivers and la
Breakfast offers wom
Wendy Meerveld, owne
with a little help f
Ridge and Tread Soft
fly-fish. At day's e
a spiritual-healing
healthy eating and w
'In three days the w
Meerveld. 'We take s
and stressed and the
they could stay.'
Though Meerveld and
offered the program
of positive feedback
'Women think fishing
on,' she says. 'When
coming at you and it
But Angler's Ridge B
would suggest, it's
caters specifically
'I cater to the fly-
a lunch and if they
breakfast at 5 a.m.
husband and I are fl
well, we tie flies a
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in Alberta's Rocky
spaces, breath-taki
ude shifts with the
shing up a few pleas
s flow through valle
e riverbanks. Big ga
in peaks compete wit
And there's not anot
les.
fly fishing the Cana
paralleled North Ame
ich come in a variet
and readily availab
to the great fishin
solitude of remote
e unspoiled beauty o
, all are within a p
y cities of Calgary
Spectacular Scenery
majesty of the Canad
pper Bow Fly Fishing
rk. 'It's a pleasant
when you have so mu
e will refocus even
ase has been the rul
n recent years, the
ed the size of avail
30 centimetres, but
at's not as common,
ed Clearwater Advent
pretty big and very
e solitude in the Ro
s what makes it so g
bit in Montana and
says. 'Here, you don
in many instances is
ast as beautiful, if
rs in Alberta's Rock
bull, rainbow, brow
olly Varden and spla
rivers. The species
sure each angler get
of the Rockies, Barr
aligne Lake in Jaspe
ide of Maligne Tours
he lake when there's
the spring runoff.
ievable,' he says. '
ients enjoy the beau
people who want to
n care.'
raction of the envir
ke that the fishing
urs of fishing, he c
n Montana, it's wall
ve got more diversit
ar.'
e's talking about. F
er and Banff is off-
way is maintained ju
pectacular drives on
n Bell also takes hi
fly-fishing is great
hing or dry flying.
uably the most beaut
, like the Ram River
ere are lots of big
anff National Park a
ated and protected w
e also great rainbow
Country (which is le
and southeast of Ba
n in one continuous
t Pass, near the U.S
vers and streams are
he whole region is h
eagles, bears, moose
all shapes and size
ockies look differen
wild and spectacular
ernmost Rockies, is
he mountain range cr
es. It's home to the
le Rivers.
ding companies will
y and fish they're l
kes, only the Angler
en-only packages.
r and operator of An
rom partner companie
ly, teaches her fema
nd, there's yoga, me
exercise. There's al
ellness living.
omen reach total rel
omeone from the city
y go back utterly re
her two business par
for one year, she sa
.
is a man's sport, b
you're fly fishing,
s very tranquil.'
&B isn't just for wo
one of the few accom
to anglers.
fishermen,' says Mee
want to rise at 5 a.
We also give them ti
y-fishermen. We know
nd we can give them
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Mountains, where you
ng scenery and utter
altitude, bringing
urable notches.
y bottoms. Unspoiled
me is never far
h bountiful fish for
her fisherman - or
dian Rocky Mountains
rican fishing
y of time frames,
le.
g in the meandering
streams around
f Maligne Lake in
leasant drive of the
and Edmonton.
ian Rockies,' says
in Banff, which is
distraction to
ch spectacular
the most awestruck.
e in Alberta's
measure has
able fish.
fish now get as big
says Kim Straker,
ures.
aggressive,' he
ckies and the
reat.
there's more
't deal with the
just as good and
not more so.'
ies are teeming with
n and brook trout as
ke can also be found
vary on location but
s what he or she
y Wood takes his
r National Park.
Limited. He takes
too much sediment
There's no people
ty and serenity of
catch fish and
onment, it seems
is so good. Wood
an catch as many as
-to-wall fishermen,'
y and the peaks are
or instance, the
limits to commercial
st for tourism. It
the planet and it's
s clients.
, says Bell, whether
He adds that while
iful stream in the
, are quite isolated
cutthroat and wild
re countless streams
ithin national park
, cutthroat and bull
ss than an hour's
nff National Park.
spine from Jasper
. border. Throughout
plentiful and
ome to deer,
, elk and a variety
s.
t than Jasper, but
. Crowsnest Pass,
situated in a windy
osses the border
Crowsnest, Old Man,
help anglers find
ooking for in the
's Ridge Bed &
gler's Ridge, along
s Saddle Mountain
le clients to
ditation and Reiki,
so emphasis on
axation,' says
who's all hyped up
laxed and wishing
tners have only
ys there's been lots
ut they're catching
you have the river
men. As the name
modations that
rveld. 'I pack them
m. then I make them
ps because my
the areas really
tips.'
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