Conservation – Trout Unlimited Canada – Northern Lights Fly Fishers Chapter

Zoom Meeting October 7 7pm

Posted on October 1, 2020 by KenM

More Coal, Fewer Parks:The future of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains? Katie Morrision, Conservation Director at Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society will talk about some of the issues related to renewed interest in coal mining in Alberta. Connection Continue reading Zoom Meeting October 7 7pm→

Whirling Disease Symposium

Posted on May 22, 2020 by KenM

On May 8 an online symposium was hosted by AEP on the topic of whirling disease. The session was held as a virtual meeting (zoom) and I saw up to about 180 concurrent partipants. Several presentations Continue reading Whirling Disease Symposium→

Citizen Science on Let’s Go Outdoors

Posted on October 12, 2019 by KenM

Michael Short of Let’s Go Outdoors joined us for a day on the rivers when we were picking up temperature loggers and collecting water samples with Corey Stefura and Jay White from Aquality. He wrote up Continue reading Citizen Science on Let’s Go Outdoors→

Dismal Creek Riparian Restoration

Posted on April 26, 2018 by KenM

Day 1: harvest live willow stakes Day 2: install live willow stakes Willow stakes will be harvested locally by cutting stems from healthy willow stands at the project site. Branches will be trimmed and the willow Continue reading Dismal Creek Riparian Restoration→

Fish Identification Quiz

Posted on March 9, 2018 by KenM

How well do you know which species of fish you’ve just caught while fishing somewhere in Alberta? It’s not always easy, especially if it’s a juvenile. But it’s a skill you need as Alberta’s Fishing Regulations Continue reading Fish Identification Quiz→

Kids Can Catch is a program facilitated by the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA). There are several events throughout Alberta each year. At each event, volunteers are on on-hand to help kids learn angling skills. Our chapter has provided volunteers at events, as well as supplied casting bobbers and flies. The bobbers are easy to cast and allow for a presentation of a fly or chironomid using a spinning rod.

This year, we would like to increase the number of flies available to new anglers at the Kids Can Catch events. We are looking for donations of flies that would work well in a lake under a bobber.

So tie some flies, or cull some fly boxes. We’ll collect the flies and pass them on to ACA for use at the events.

Our goal is 500 flies! Let us know how many you collect by sending an email to flies@nlft.org, and we’ll keep the results tallied here.