Road Trips

We all have them. Road trips to see family and friends, for work, or for going on a road trip for the sake of being on a road trip. And while the focus of the road trip may be the destination, if you have just a little time, there’s a real chance to have an adventure. So now I build extra time into my trips to explore, to see what’s out there. On my last trip to BC we took this approach to heart and spent a couple nights camping in Mount Robson Provincial Park. It’s beautiful. I’d never spent time there, but now I know that bull trout run in the Fraser, that Kinney Lake, a short hike up the Berg Lake Trail is filled with rainbow trout. When we went around the 3rd week of August, the backroads in and around Tete Jaune junction are carpeted in the powdery blue colours of thousands upon thousands of wild blueberries. They’re yummy too!

Recently I had to go to the Lake Louise area for work, and while work was the reason I was there, I brought along my pack rod just in case. I found a small creek that was filled to capacity with westslopes cutthroat trout, plus the odd brook trout. But what was even cooler was Wapta Lake. It literally was across the road from where we were staying at the Great Divide Lodge. I would visit it every evening for an hour or so. By casting a spoon off shore and working my way around the lake I ran into lake trout. Not just one, but good numbers of them and in the limited few days I had to there, I tagged into some quality fish, with the largest nearing 2 feet in length. So I do myself a favour, and whatever the reason I have for getting into my vehicle and heading out, I bring along a pack rod and some tackle, because there are a lot of great places out there just waiting to be discovered.