fly fishing around fort mcmurray

[6.5swede]

im am looking for a place to flyfish in or around fort mac other than the trout ponds and what flys to run for goldeye and rockies i have only ever flyfished for trout and char in bc and southern alberta any help would be well apreicated

[FearNoFish]

I had great luck this afternoon catching goldeye with a wooly bugger about a foot under a slip bobber. I was fishing the athabasca at the barge landing north of town. Strike indicator and a fly rod would work just as well. Walk anywhere down by the river in town and you'll see them rising and can cast to them. The Mackay river, accessed from the bridge on the CNRL road offers some more scenic walk and wade fly fishing action to some very large goldeyes. They will hammer a grasshopper fly fished right along shore all summer and fall and fight like crazy in that river.
Cheers
Brandon

[6.5swede]

i will have to try and get out there some time this week and givr a try

[Itsmyfishingshow]

i was practicingfly casting in a pond in timberlea the other day. i doubt its stocked butthat would be awesome. there are some big minnows in it thought. where are those trout ponds?

[6.5swede]

the texaco ponds are down highway 69 the west pond is the first right after clean harbours and the east is by the dog kennel place across the road from the autowreckers and there is also the highway 63 pond by the motocross track

[ice]

Wait Texaco...
What?
If My Memory Serves Me Right...
Texaco=Esso In Canada