May 30 a.m. – Sean Britt

Went out this AM for an hour and a half before work.  Great cloud cover, no wind, and outside temperature was about 14.  This morning’s information from Alberta Environment shows flow at 86.76 m3/s and water level at 1.175 m.  Information from Banff is flow of 72.70 m3/s and water level of 2.531. Visibility was okay at about 2-2.5 feet.  Didn’t see much activity in the air/surface, but there must have been something nice going on sub-surface.  Hooked into five. Three cookie cutter bows and two nice browns around 21/22.  Bows were caught in medium-depth water (about 4′) that was choppy and slightly faster than walking pace.  All of them took a 14 rubber legged bh copper john.  The two browns were both caught in really shallow, choppy water (about 1-2′).  One took a size 14 caddis and the other took a 14 black rubber legged bh copper john.  Didn’t flip any rocks or run the sieve, as I had to get to work.  The cloud cover was great, as it helped with the early AM glare.  Heard that there are some size 6/8 stones coming up, as well as bwo’s (14-18), midges, and march browns (10-12).