What To Expect

The day starts by meeting your guide at the shop (usually 9:00 am), before purchasing your licenses and any other items you may need for your trip. Once you’re ready, you’ll head out with your guide for the day. If you’re going on a float trip, you’ll spend the day drifting in a comfortable raft, outfitted for casting from the boat. The guide will manoeuvre the boat downstream while you fish, and will find the most productive places to stop and wade.

Prior to heading out on a walk and wade trip, you’ll be able to discuss with your guide where you’ll be going fishing for the day. Should you have a preference for a particular trout specie (i.e. cutthroat, rainbow trout …etc.), size of stream, type of fishing (i.e. dry-fly), or if you have a specific stream in mind, it’s a good idea to let your guide know at this time. If you’re a novice fly angler and would like casting instruction, let your guide know at the onset. Also, make the guide aware of any physical limitations or wading concerns you may have. Informing the guide of your expectations and/or limitations will help him determine the best place to take you.

During walk and wade trips, it’s often possible to fish more than one section of river in a day. You may spend the morning on one stretch of river, the afternoon on another, and in the evening – on yet another. With the number of streams within close proximity of Crowsnest Pass, it may even be possible to fish two streams in a single day.

While our guides will be pleased to provide casting instruction and demonstrate fishing techniques when asked, they do not participate in fishing while guiding. Our philosophy is really quite simple; guides “guide,” and our “guests” – fish! We also endorse and practice catch-and-release fishing on all guided trips.