DetailsDry Flies are fly patterns that have been designed to imitate the adult stage of an insect’s life. These dry flies are aptly named because they are constructed with buoyant materials in a special way so that they float high on the water’s surface.
Spring weather lifts the burden of old man winter off southern Alberta and coaxes fly fishers from their vices onto open rivers. As some of the only open water around, early migrants bring the river to life. Franklin’s gulls break the silence of winter, ducks are flashing their breeding plumage, and soon swallows will fill the sky in a frenzy. Itching to just get back on the river, expectations are tempered with shaking the dust off your cast and soaking some rays in mind. Low water temperatures hold fish from being active early, but quality trout still show themselves.
