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Post by petesig on Jul 7, 2007 22:57:32 GMT -6
Hey! I am a SK resident living in Prince Albert who has lived most of his life in Manitoba - in Winnipeg, Portage la Prarie, Lac du Bonnet, Falcon Lake and most recently, Swan River. I learned to fly fish in Manitoba about15 years ago. I have done a lot of fly fishing in the Duck and porcupine mountains, in the Whiteshell, and am now doiing quite a bit in the Flin Flon / Cranberry Portage area. I also fish the Narrow Hills in SK (like the ducks, but drier!). I have some experience in the crowsnest pass- both in AB and in BC (crowsnest, old man, elk...) and in the cutthroat streams south of Hinton / Edson. I do some wilderrness travel, and have been fortunate enough to fly fish for grayling and pike in the north while canoeing remote rivers. I am affiliated with the Northern Waters fly fishing club in Prince Albert - we have a fairly basic site up at www.nwf.ca which you can check out. I plan on spending alot of time around Cranberry Portage and so thought it a good idea to check in on the site - and I am impressed. I like the idea of the careful moderation and suspension of inactive acccounts, which encourages sharing. I'll try to keep up my end of the bargain! I hope that I can be an asset to the group - especially where there is an interest in SK or in the Flin / Cranberry Portage area. feel free to drop me a PM or start a thread where you think I can help. Peter
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Post by SK Justin on Jul 7, 2007 23:23:29 GMT -6
Welcome. There are a couple of us here that live in Saskatchewan. My uncle is from PA, and fly fishes around the Narrow Hills area. I've never been up that way myself. I've still yet to run into an SK fly fisher in my part of the province. Do you ever fish the N. Saskatchewan?
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Post by petesig on Jul 8, 2007 10:16:02 GMT -6
I've been living within 100 metres of the Norrth SK for 5 years and have fished it only 3 times, during may fly hatches, for goldeye. I caught and released a few goldeye a couple of those times. I would like to find out more about how to fish them when there is not an obvious hatch on.
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Post by randyh on Jul 8, 2007 11:32:00 GMT -6
welcome aboard Peter!! Haven't been up to the FF/Cranberry Portage area since some years back when my son and I made a trip and stayed at Simonhouse Lake. Was strictly a gear fisherman back then but hope to get back up there and give the fly rod a workout!. I'm sure you're going to enjoy the board.
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Jul 8, 2007 19:05:53 GMT -6
Welcome along Peter ....... goldeye ... only one sure fire way I was informed of - find a riffle and drift a dry over it ...... other than that ...... they get to be annoyances (sort of ..... ........ like perch)
PA .... hmmms ........ any knowledge of fish in PANP (Kingfisher, Hanging Hearts or Waskesieu iteself. ..... Time to head up there again next year ........ about a weeks worth.
darrell,
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Post by Dale Martens on Jul 9, 2007 10:31:21 GMT -6
Thanks for stopping by... We're looking forward to some reports from the north country!
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Post by petesig on Jul 11, 2007 19:30:36 GMT -6
I hope to be heading up to Cranberry next week. I'll drop in a post and let everybody know how its fishing. So far this year in that area I've been to webster, scotty, kanuto, goose river, and on Athapap.
webster was good for 15-18" rainbows, Scotty was very busy with brookies (no sign of rainbows), Goose was slow (too early, I think - was late may), and I tried for some lakers on Athapap - as they were shallow. Sadly, no takers for the 8wt. Kanuto was crazy for smallies.
wrt to the goldeye - I saw a reference to fishing princes on a dropper rig, dunno if that works in very turbid water. the N Sask is still high and dirty, perhaps something to try when it drops and clears a little.
PA National Park? I have never fished it, but am always looking for new waters. I was talking to somebody who works in the park and he said that kingsmere is the best lake trout water in the province, which is saying a lot. I have a friend who likes to fish in the park -let me know when you're heading up or planning a trip and I'll get an update.
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Post by Dale Martens on Jul 11, 2007 23:22:39 GMT -6
How's the Goose River?
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Post by petesig on Jul 16, 2007 12:53:50 GMT -6
Besides being perhaps the most beautiful spot in MB, the Goose usually fishes well for brookies. I think the upper Goose is best fished from mid-summer on. there is really less than a km of fishable pool / riffle water below the dam before it flattens out. last july I caught an 18" brookie (football) on a drag nymph. lots of very small fish in very shallow riffle water. quite a bit of bush-whacking is required to fish the upper reaches properly. There are apprently brookies lower down (below the Athapap road), but I have never fished it there. I fished it in late May. the water in Athapap was still ~9 degrees C and I didn't see any fish. I plan on being there on wednesday, and will post a report. Once I find a spot to dump some photos I will do so. If you would like to see them sooner, send me a PM and I will email them privately.
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Post by Dale Martens on Jul 16, 2007 22:14:17 GMT -6
Sounds awesome... Do you ever see anybody else fishing it?
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Post by petesig on Jul 16, 2007 23:21:28 GMT -6
It is awesome - a real mountain stream - thanks to the topography and steady supply of cold water out of Athapap - in Manitoba.
I have seen hardware being thrown on the river, and have heard of a 22" fish coming out of it, but have never seen another fly angler. I have fished it in total maybe only 5 times. Much different than the pine or steeprock in that there is a much larger volume of water rushing through. Unlike the Steeprock, the banks are heavily brushed. It is not crossable on foot as far as I know.
If the rapids lower down hold brookies, it will be a dream come true - I intend to find out.
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