Karen and I spent the last Sunday of our summer holidays on the North Ram River. The run to the North Ram from Red Deer takes about 2 hours. We decided to dry fly fish all day. The thermometer got to 25 C. It was a great choice. We had several takes on size 16 PMDs all day and the cutts were on to hopper patterns as well. We encountered several nice sized cutts today. Our only disappointment was the condition of 3 cutts that we caught today. I guess that "catch and release" fishing does cause some cutts to "get beat up" a bit. We also saw the handy work of an osprey that is hanging out on the North Ram. One cutt we caught was almost lunch for an osprey. The cutt had a rather large chunk missing from its back. I could hear the osprey chattering right behind one run that we were fishing. I wonder what it was saying.
The water is gin clear. The North Ram cutts have seen a load of fisherman. Do take the time to set up for your casts. The cutts will refuse a poorly presented fly this time of the year.
Bob
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