McLeod river yellowhead county

[davesilva]

Just got back from montana did some river fishing on the flathead river had a great time catching some cut throats!
It was my first time ever fishing a river on the fly and I'm addicted!


Now I was hearing good things about the McLeod river, my question is, is anyone willing to give up a few productive spots on the river?
If not can someone direct me in a good general area to start?

I live in edmonton and to my understanding it is one of the closest productive trout rivers closest to edmoton right now?

Thanks guys I appreciate it

[davesilva]

I was also looking on google map and it shows the mcleod close to white court that's not too far away!

[Dak1138]

Pick up the new backroads map book, Barry Mitchell's Trout highway book or Jim mclennans Trout streams of Alberta book and have at it . I drove down between Edson and Robb a couple of weekends ago and caught a good number of fish within 400 meters of where I parked on a couple of streams, and I did not drive farther than 5 minutes off the main road: Of course I tried these areas before and caught nothing. An extra year of experience was really helpfull.
Make sure you read the regulations too, there are a few closures in the area as well.

[davesilva]

Awesome, thanks I'm slowly starting to realize why people won't give up their fishing spots on rivers haha

Goes the same way in montana if I have to explore and find it myself you have to too!

[Dak1138]

The Edmonton Public Library I think has Mitchell's book and an older edition of Jim's book I think as well as a couple of other books of fly fishing in Alberta. Best part is the library card is free.
I have been thinking of Whitecourt as well but the road to Edson is much better.
I went out on the long weekend, the first couple of bridges on highway 47 had two vehicles each parked by them when I was leaving. I assume they did ok.
Any stream that shows up on the map in the regs is probably worth a few minutes of your time.