Back from my journey westward

[GreenCanada]

Greetings!

 

So I have returned from visiting my brother and his girlfriend who live in Calgary. For the week and a half I was out West we travelled most of the time through logging roads in the Okanagan Valley, while also hitting up some out of the way lakes and river locations. Not to mention landing some hammer trouts in the Bow River.

 

Some of the water we fished (not a complete list) :

 

Mabel Lake

Garnett Lake

Upper Kananaskis lake

Lower Kananaskis lake

East Kootenay River

Thompson River

Columbia River

South Thompson River

 

Anyways, it was amazing getting back to my home province (BC) and being able to spend some quality time with the people I care about. Hopefully you enjoy the pictures.

 

I landed 5 new (to me) species of fish. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Northern Pike Minnow (Northern Pike Minnow) aka Squaw Fish, Rocky Mountain Whitefish, and possibly a Dolly Varden. In addition, I caught my personal best Brown Trout the first day, and then crushed that personal best with a beautiful 23" brown my last day.

 

Pictures to come...

Edited August 24, 2011 by GreenCanada

[asdve23rveavwa]

Looking forward to the pics!! Beautiful part of the country

[GreenCanada]

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Edited August 24, 2011 by GreenCanada

[Musky or Specks]

All excited for the fish porn and then nothing Time for a cold shower

[GreenCanada]

A couple more, but scenery this time!

 

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[corvette1]

awesome trip congrats

[ccmtcanada]

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Amazing report!! I just returned from Alberta a few weeks ago myself and loved it there! This is one is my favourite pic!

 

Looked like a GREAT time...amazing looking fish...and congrats on landing new species!

Edited August 24, 2011 by ccmt

[Live2fish85]

Great Report and nice pics as well. Some nice fish you got there congrats on the new species and PB.