Many people think that stillwater fly fishing is boring. They may not have tried it in September.
Warm summer waters are suddenly shocked to an autumn reality with the first frosts of the season. Frost signals to the hordes of backswimmers and water boatmen that it’s time for the annual migration to the lakes and ponds.
Crisp fall mornings turn into blue-bird afternoons. The peacefulness is interrupted by flying, plummeting, then diving insects. Facing another six months of hard Alberta winter, trout really key on them as a food source.