Q. What is the weather?
A. Our region has such a diverse landscape, and our season is from April to October. The weather is going to be quite variable. Generally, April weather is in the 50s to 70s; May is sunny and warm in the 60s to 80s; June cools somewhat and can be wet at mid month with temperatures in the 50s to 80s; July and August are drier months with temperatures in the 70s to 90s; September is pleasant with temperatures in the 60s to 80 (note that mid September sees cool, wet weather that is perfect for blue winged olive mayflies); October is sunny, dry, and warm with cool nights with temperatures in the 50s to 60s.

Q. Do you rent fly fishing gear?
A. We have several pairs of waders and boots, as well as fly rods to outfit you. Equipment rentals are available.

Q. What gear do we need to bring?
A. Upon booking we will email a confirmation letter for your deposit and the gear/equipment list will be attached.

Q. What kinds of fly fishing do we do on the trips?
A. We do our best to host you on the waters during hatches and dry fly fishing is best. We do some nymph fishing and streamer fishing. We try to limit the time spent deep nymphing as we realize that you aren't traveling a thousand miles to watch a bobber. Some days that is most effective, however, we try to look for other methods that are more effective and easier for you to fish with. Dry flies, emerging nymphs, terrestrials, swung nymphs, midging, and streamers are part of the solutions many days.

Q. What about travel insurance?
A. We strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance to protect you in case of cancellation, as payments are non-refundable after the cancellation deadline. The cost for travel insurance is generally quite reasonable.

Q. What communication is available on wilderness adventures?
A. There is no incoming telephone service available. If you have any special communication needs, please let us know in advance of your trip. Your pre-trip information will include complete contact information to leave with your family and friends in case of an emergency. There is satellite phone available.

Q. Are there biting insects?
A. Fortress Lake has extremely few mosquitoes and few black flies. High country cutthroat trout waters have few as well. On our trips to Fortress and to our cutthroat trout floats, few people use insect repellant. On our wade trips, Red Deer River floats, and secret waters floats, the mosquitoes can be a nuisance in June. We can simply use repellant as there are few times that there are too many bugs. Otherwise the rest of the season is black fly free and quite enjoyable. Our area is generally dry and well drained soils, meaning that it is not an insect factory. Many people are shocked that our Fortress Lake location has so few insects, as most people equate brook trout fishing with flies and mosquitoes. This is simply not the case for Fortress.

Q. When is the best time to come up?
A. Our season is as diverse as the waters we host trips on. April and May is very good many years for early season brown trout dry fly action, as well as the Bow River rainbows and browns. June sees run off impact the mountain rivers such as Red Deer and Bow from June 7 to 22. Other waters that we host secret float trips and our walk and wade trips on are quite productive all June. Late June through the end of September is very good on all of our waters. October remains good as well, however, fishing opportunities are 5 to 7 hour windows each day as our season begins to wane. Several waters fish very well through late October.

Q. Do you offer any private Water?
A. In Alberta there is public access to 99% of our waters and private land is not an exclusive item as it is in some US States. Having said that, access across private land precludes much fishing pressure even though anglers may wade the water legally. Very few anglers take the time to fish up along private property on many waters, leaving many miles of water with very few - if any - people fishing them through the summer. We do have private property accesses on a few of our waters also. The bulk of our fishing takes place on public water.

Q. Which airport do I fly into?
A. The International Airports in Calgary and Edmonton provide direct flights to many North American cities. They are smaller, easier to move about airports.

Q. What is there to do for the non-flyfisher?
A. Horse back riding, mountain biking, white water rafting, golfing, shopping and hiking are convenient  to our location.