Larry L wrote:

I turned 60 a couple weeks ago, and I've been retired 5 years. Those two
numbers seem to invite a little introspection and suggest it's time for a
new 5 year plan.

Please list the places you like to fly fish for trout. No, I don't want
GPS or real secret spots. But, as I think about how to spend the next 5
summers "trout bumming" I don't want to miss a great place simply because I
havent' heard about it.

I hesitated to jump in here, as I am a relative newbie to trout
fishing, but then I remembered that this is ROFF, and ignorance should
never deter someone from posting. :-)

I'd recommend the Crowsnest Pass area in Canada near the Alberta/BC
border. The scenery is spectacular, and you have access to the Crow and
excellent rainbow and brown trout fishing. Plus there are several less
well-known cutthroat streams within about an hour's drive. (The Castle
and the Livingstone and their tribs are all worthy of checking out.
Plus, closer to Calgary is the Highwood.)

I'd also recommend the streams in western North Carolina and east
Tennessee, but Jeff would probably have to kill me if I did.


Chuck Vance (and maybe Wayne Knight and wayno, too)