Above: Amelia with one of 4 such trout in one little trough. We spent our day in this little creek.
We wish you well as you get back out there this week!
Dave & Amelia
We moved a few very nice browns. :)
We also noted many of the browns, all the bigger ones in fact, had at least 3 or 4 leeches on them. These were the mature fish with lesions or wounds not healed from last fall's spawn. 
Again, there are some good reaches of water to fish if you care to join us. Guide rate $400 on all brown trout streams.
Cheers
AJ landing a rainbow in front of the big slide. A perfect day on Saturday, certainly.
Bob goes to land Karen's 'bow. There were two pockets that produced very nicely for them on Saturday.
An eye to the bank, a slick along the rocks, revealed the only riser of the trip. Spotter's rights invoked, I took a couple casts from the opposite shore with no success, two more from the trout's side in glare blindness, followed by a cast that saw the dry sink upon landing. Guess which cast the fish took? Yup. My sunken fly got the take but I only found out about the trout's secret when it was too late. The line tightened but I only rolled the fish and that was that.
Pointing out where the bull trout came from. Beware the giant, golden muskrats.
Lunch time and a wee feather to examine.
Friday afternoon was a good day for a walk. It was disappointing to have crystal clear water, good vantage along the cliffs to peer into every inch of water, and see but a couple of whitefish. No white edged fins, no ghostly trout shadows. Lots of silt on the bottom from the sloughed cliffs though.
The crocus bloom is at hand on the Crowsnest lease.
Skwalas are out and about as well. A few crawled here and there. Might be a good thing to add a skwala nymph to nymph in the faster shelves.
The hi-lite of the trip fishing wise came at the end of the second day. We worked our way back upstream to a run that had poor light on our way down. AJ moved a couple of nice bows before lunch in a good looking riffle. It wasn't the prime piece of water but a really nice, long riffle with a trim slope. On our way up, however, the evening sun had the water glowing and the 5 trout glowing, 2 to 4 feet deep. I stayed on the bank to sight and direct casting traffic while AJ worked the run. She rolled the first, caught the next two, and the other two either sulked or spooked to the opposite side of the run after the three hookups and stopped feeding. For folks that don't like deep nymphing very much and don't just need to catch fish for catching sake, this was a perfect moment to enjoy together, using a light nymph set up. Being able to direct my wife's casts, have fairly good 2 way communication and having her put the nymphs where they needed to be to get a few hook ups was a ton of fun.
The true hilight of the trip was the latte and cinnamon buns at the cafe in Coleman. It's a wonderful little stop and worth the 15 minute detour to sit and enjoy. Hope everyone else enjoyed their weekend! More posts later this week as we search for water locally - or head south again. :)
Policeman's is totally ice free.
Thanks to Michelle at Bow River Shuttles for the update tonight. 
FallenTimber - where open, is murky with poor vis less than 2' 
It was a good day to venture further south and west in search of additional open water. Many streams are shedding their ice. Clarity isn't great but is doable and fish can be found in typical early season lairs. The forecast is wonderful for the next week and we can anticipate additional open water soon!
