I've fished these waters many times over the last 45 years. Now at 63 years old it's getting harder and harder to get down there. I thank you for the opportunity to tag along today. Be safe and enjoy !!
I've fished the Ram all my life. The stretch known as 'The Gorge' was particularly my father's favorite stretch to fish. I remember one year, my brother and I almost getting run over by a pair of muley bucks in full velvet, right along the banks where you filmed this. Thanks for invoking so many good memories.
What a neat moment for you. That stuff really sticks with ya and to be able to jog that memory for you is wonderful. Hope the rains subside this summer and you manage to get a few really great times on that river.😊
I have been bighorn sheep hunting the south ram river for 40 years, farther up the river not to far from Ram Glacier. The fishing farther up is pretty good but i must say the Canyon view is impressive. 40 years ago we always had a snack of cutthroat for one nights meal . We always said it was to save a pack horse but they sure tasted great. All the creeks like Ranger Creek have plenty of Cutts, the downfall of the area was the invention of ATVs . Thanks for your advocacy for the Bighorn Rec Area.
I'm still not sure making the reaches above the ftr c&r was needed given the access rules and the outdoor experience of who uses it up there. That reach is the one where access control and seasonal use precludes too much risk of over harvest and taking away the outdoor experience of a small fish fry is maybe a detriment and gov over reach by a biologist that made a mistake in opening a can of worms he shouldn't have. Love the waters up top, including that gorgeous spring 😊🥰
Special spot for you guys for sure. I have gotten off on the wrong foot with this river and tribs I can't seam to find the access that isn't over run by idiots and the kind of people that ruin my day. Maybe this August I'll finally find a quiet spot on that river that still holds fish and provides a quiet surreal experience like I used to enjoy on other epic streams down in the SW corner of this crazy province. Thanks for sharing your day on the water.
It's sometimes about walking a little further and picking your times as to when you choose to go. Of course there's no absolute to anything, but sometimes early fall when kids are back in school can see less people. Of course with the pandemic the past year few years that didn't hold true, but might moving forward. I hope you get to enjoy it for you at some point.
Thank you so much, we're glad to hear that you love it. For those that want to support us and get a little bit more out of our videos patreon certainly supports our Channel www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing
Thanks for the beauty work. I didn’t realize the big hand you played in the protection acts out that way. I grew up on the Red, now I call the upper old man my home waters. Cutty fishing is something special. Thanks, Jensen’s!
Ah, it was all a good effort back then and I really hold a passionate soft spot for the Ram and its cutts. I miss those simpler days but not the ongoing conflict with gov nor industry. Hopefully people can see the games at play with gov and our land use / fisheries depts and realize the fight is long from over and may ultimately require additional species with climate change - the Ram is really one that we can play with given the lack of native spp should climate change shift things. I know, damn the thought but over the coming decades it's a possibility. But the same conservation rules will certainly still apply.
Pure magic including the 'Mr 4 square teeshirt'. Oh to be back in Canada which I have always considered my home away from home. Kindest thoughts from down-under in NZ.
A gorgeous location that kind of blends the Waiau, Broken and Maerewhenua, just on a small scale and with cutthroat trout. :) And in reverse, only a few months and we're back to NZ where our hearts live :)
Beautiful photography! I haven’t fished that canyon for more than 30 years. I need to put that on my itinerary for my next summer trip back to Alberta.
time moves quickly without us, doesn't it? Definitely worth the trip. BUT, since Covid and since our PR to get regs change and habitat protection, be prepared for MUCH more traffic.
Fished this river upstream all but 2 times in favor of the "other one". Thinking next year I will return and do some exploring further down. Thanks for the video
Hopefully the escape to some different water was what you needed:) Your terrain there in Ireland would be a little different for sure. 😉Thanks for commenting and welcome to our channel if you're new to our content.
@@jensenflyfishing yes we’ve got some beautiful water . Fished in New Zealand and UK . Yet to get to North America , Montana has always been on my bucket list . Love watching you guys in Patagonia 👌👌🇮🇪🇮🇪
My version 7.1yo legs and such are never going to be able to handle those canyon walls but, damn, I learned a lot just watching - enough to make it applicable elsewhere. Thanks for that from an Old Rookie.
See, that's what we love to hear. Not that you can't make it in there, rather, that we can help provide a visual of a gorgeous trout stream and you can enjoy it. :) And as always, if anything we do can be adopted and modified to your fishing, then that's perfect. :)
Excellent video you guys😃👍thanks for taking us along to such a beautiful area of our province. You two have a great connection that's impossible to not notice your love for each other and the passion for being out fishing in such gorgeous area together. Thanks again. Love it
Thanks for watching! We're glad this one connected well with you. We're definitely grateful to have found each other and to have experienced some incredible places in this world:)
@@jensenflyfishing one of the beat videos I've seen for fishing especially as a couple. Really nice and will have to watch your others. I'm now subscribed👍😉
To a point. Reality is that even tho the % of anglers willing to work is low, the numbers game leads enough to see 6 to 8 trucks at main access points daily all summer
Hello, It’s been a bit for me, but it is awesome to be catching up on your amazing videos again!! This was another spectacular and informative video!! Thanks for bringing us along!! As always stay safe!!
Yea,my thoughts on loggers as well, similar to my thoughts of certain commercial fishing Industries. Like East coast flounder harvesting,discusting at best. Point well taken.
It's a tough one to watch. The one thing we as a society have never learned, once something is developed we almost never decide "no, it's had enough, we need to rest it or choose not to use it".
@@timkeir6467 just talking of methven draws emotion. It has been a hard 2 1/2 years away from home. If there was a way for these 2 canadians to migrate we'd do it in a heartbeat
Just a regular day of fishing for you guys . . . catch more and bigger fish than I ever have in my entire life!! No big deal or anything!😂 Great video!
Ah, it's all only ever relative to the where we fish, keep that in mind. The thing about fly fishing, fishing really, is that if you fish where fish of a certain size live, guess what you're going to catch? :) We just happen to frequent some great waters :)
Logging companies in Alberta are out of control the gov needs to see the value of the forests. Theyre logging in the highwood right up to the river. They woll never get it. So greedy. Great video thanks
if the GOA hadn't carte-blanche assigned FMAs and other long-term, landscape-wide based permits and allocations with the most basic of basic operating ground rules, these companies wouldn't be able to do as they do. We've been fed the lie that there isn't one culprit in our deteriorating landscape and habitat in Alberta, that there are hundreds of causes and effects. That... is a lie perpetrated by the one foundational cause of everything: the government of Alberta itself in what it allows.
@jensenflyfishing Alberta is not the same place that I moved to in 2002. At that time the government seemed to be focused on the preservation of parks and wild lands as well as access and free use for all people. Now returning to my beloved Peter Lougheed provincial park (of which I worked as a trail maintenance worker untill 2010) I see it is becoming run down and clearly underfunded or mismanaged. I have also learned that parks are going to a privatization model with juicy contracts being doled out to the ones favored by government. Furthermore, having to pay permits for day access to these areas is a slap in the face to all Albertans that were promised these areas were to remain free for all to use. I havnt even gotten started on the continued destruction of my beloved old man river headwaters through needless and senseless clear cutting. The greed is shocking. These forest are worth their weight in gold in 2023 when will the government wake up?
@@Mattymu the same has been said since the 1970s on a provincial scale as we've collectively elected the same gov over and over and over, which essentially has allowed the painful % decline in each 4 year term. Where we're headed in Alberta is a series of "pay your outlandish fees and stay on this trail so you don't see the coal mine beyond that 30m tree buffer" after having hopped a shuttle in YYC to get to the trailhead. Where things will be for coming generations is absolutely shocking, esp compounded by our population boom. It is just the beginning of the "turned on our heads" coming generation as it pertains to our environment and public allowances.
Love your channel man, do t quite have the fly fishing experience you do but i sure do love it! Only been to upper old man and am hoping to go to elbow river this summer!
So not being a fly fisherman but loving the foothills of Ab. and being a guy that loves adventure; where do you hike in from and will these trout go after Mepps spinners and the like? I’m from Ab. but I’ve never caught a trout on a river in Ab. This looks like an absolutely amazing place. ( sorry for the spincast sacrilege )
Spinners and various hardware works anywhere along the east slopes rivers for sure and can easily out-do flies as you'll get far deeper on those cooler days or periods. You can access the Ram at the falls or via a few logging roads further downstream. Have fun!
I think late July? It's a tight balance as that shale and sandstone melts into the river with any kind of rain and turns the river the same color as that rock.
Good video, also a lot of great info. As an avid stream fisher here in BC where the practice is not used, one thing I've just never understood is the double dry/nymph "dropper" or whatever you call it setup. I get that it likely catches more fish, but it seems as if would just take away from the pure simplicity that fly fishing is to me....trying to find the perfect fly, getting the perfect presentation, the anticipation, and the reward when you get it all right. Don't get me wrong, I like "catching" fish...but to be honest, the less is more "fishing" part is my favorite thing about fly-fishing. Just an honest question...what happens if or when you do hook two fish at a time?
But if you fish a nymph with an indicator you are fishing a dry dropper. An indicator is no less or more fly fishing than a dry dropper, just the dropper system is the faster conversion to nymphing. We tend not to get 2 fish at the same time because we tend to target specific fish in specific lies, which is why you see the fish in our videos - we don't just go and fish to catch fish, we hunt interesting fish in interesting lies in order you can see them. Which of course leads us to say we don't 'just fish', rather, share interesting fish that are specifically found... much harder than just fishing to catch something. 😊🍻
I can't beleave someone could see a river like that and not fish it. I guess if he is a older gentleman then I'd understand not going. Trip in a river like tht could be highlight of my life tho. Noway uf miss it.
Well we decided to try and give it a go. Better to say no than for me to have to piggyback him back up! 🤣 Temptation is a strong pull so better to have good boundaries 😊
wanna ask what waders are u running. i have a set of bare 4mm and was hoping the trek wouldn't overheat me from the truck to river? also what am i looking at for timje of walk to river from truck too.
quite (most) often just a pair of thicker quick dry field hunting pants to be honest, or the Orvis ultralight breathable waders :) The Ram hike can be a park & walk or a dawn to dusk affair :)
Visiting for the first time this month....trying to go prepared. watched this video 100 times trying to figure out where this access shown is....could i be so bold to ask? 😂 😢 everything online says DS from falls?
Well your handle spells it out, don't it? 🤣 honestly it doesn't matter, just go poke around and explore, you'll find what you're looking for and what you need to connect to and not just walk in our foot steps 🍻
What wild life are out there and do you come across any predator wild life? Wondering for photos while breaking from fishing days and a week trip that way 2023 summer. I can't find proper info on it
Not really come across too much predator wildlife in the canyon. Twice seen a cougar otherwise no. Of course there are wolves that prance through and black/grizz in the area but those tend to stay out of the barren canyon.
@@jensenflyfishing Awesome! I hope you got into some fish down here. I'll be back in Canada next year, got friends in Sundre so I'll be sure to have a fly rod in hand and check this river out.
Yup. The good days when we had freedom to roam and it took time to do it. Now... 110kmh to Ram Falls campground and a race to the river between 6 or 8 trucks.
Nymphing would be the best and most consistent way to catch fish in there tbh. Naked, sight or under indi. But we tend to love to just enjoy the visuals of the dry dropper 😊
I believe this day we had a 4 and a 5 wt rod with us. Either are pretty much our go-to rods for most streams. The 5 is slightly better for casting of heavier nymphs and handles wind better.
I use a quick dry pant and typically a hiking shoe (Keens) that fits my feet well as I like to feel my way along the river so I can be looking for fish more than not. I've found most wading boots to not fit me the way I need them to.
@@jensenflyfishing lol no I slipped and it cut I nice big hole hip level lol. Next time I will pack them down. You guys wear wading pants? Or just a light weight quick drying pant?
Yes it is. Given what I've done for it and the ongoing need, this video as well as the others we've published go hand in hand with what I hope is inspiration to fish it as well as sharing the need to get involved to protect it. I hope you do. All the best. 🍻
That's the trained rhetoric, isn't it? It's not logging, it's the manner and politics of the logging - there is zero need to have opened access to the entire region, nor is there any reason to log to the edge of the canyon, etc. If you're looking to argue, please go elsewhere as you simply will not win any argument on this channel.
Catch and release is just torture for fish, i get it for some endangered species and stuff or if the fish is too small to eat, but liked come one, dedicating time for a river to just be catch and release is a waste, thats just torturing fish
So what is your answer to most of Alberta's Eastern slopes, the entire S Island of NZ, most headwater streams in N America, and most floodplain, braided rivers globally, where any retention at all will collapse populations given many of our freestone rivers have 10 - 50 trout per km?
I've fished these waters many times over the last 45 years.
Now at 63 years old it's getting harder and harder to get down there. I thank you for the opportunity to tag along today.
Be safe and enjoy !!
It's a wonderful river but better location 🥰 we'll have another video from the Ram later in June as well 😊 glad you love it as we do!
@@jensenflyfishing I'll be keeping an eye out for up coming videos.
Thanks for the memories !
I've fished the Ram all my life. The stretch known as 'The Gorge' was particularly my father's favorite stretch to fish. I remember one year, my brother and I almost getting run over by a pair of muley bucks in full velvet, right along the banks where you filmed this. Thanks for invoking so many good memories.
What a neat moment for you. That stuff really sticks with ya and to be able to jog that memory for you is wonderful. Hope the rains subside this summer and you manage to get a few really great times on that river.😊
I have been bighorn sheep hunting the south ram river for 40 years, farther up the river not to far from Ram Glacier. The fishing farther up is pretty good but i must say the Canyon view is impressive. 40 years ago we always had a snack of cutthroat for one nights meal . We always said it was to save a pack horse but they sure tasted great. All the creeks like Ranger Creek have plenty of Cutts, the downfall of the area was the invention of ATVs . Thanks for your advocacy for the Bighorn Rec Area.
I'm still not sure making the reaches above the ftr c&r was needed given the access rules and the outdoor experience of who uses it up there. That reach is the one where access control and seasonal use precludes too much risk of over harvest and taking away the outdoor experience of a small fish fry is maybe a detriment and gov over reach by a biologist that made a mistake in opening a can of worms he shouldn't have. Love the waters up top, including that gorgeous spring 😊🥰
Wow the before and after. Must be so proud for the advocacy and work you put into protecting this river.
Would you two have a recommendation for a guide for this river???
You're probably best off talking to the guys at Tackle and Trails Fly shop out of Rocky Mountain House.
This is unreal. Thanks for taking me on this journey
You're welcome. We're happy it connected well with you.
Special spot for you guys for sure. I have gotten off on the wrong foot with this river and tribs I can't seam to find the access that isn't over run by idiots and the kind of people that ruin my day. Maybe this August I'll finally find a quiet spot on that river that still holds fish and provides a quiet surreal experience like I used to enjoy on other epic streams down in the SW corner of this crazy province. Thanks for sharing your day on the water.
It's sometimes about walking a little further and picking your times as to when you choose to go. Of course there's no absolute to anything, but sometimes early fall when kids are back in school can see less people. Of course with the pandemic the past year few years that didn't hold true, but might moving forward. I hope you get to enjoy it for you at some point.
This channel is an absolute hidden gem. like a frigging secret fishing spot on RUclips I guess! thanks guys!!!
Thank you so much, we're glad to hear that you love it. For those that want to support us and get a little bit more out of our videos patreon certainly supports our Channel www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing
Honestly I don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers the footage is amazing quality and the inside knowledge is outstanding so impressed
Well we love that sentiment. We're getting there slowly but surely. Social media is a funny beast! Onward!😊🍻
Epic. Beautiful. Breath Taking. So special. I think this is a place all fly fisherman and women dream of! So so so cool! Thanks for sharing.
We're glad we could give you an escape to a spot like this:) The adventures we've had in have certainly been memorable.
Thanks for the beauty work. I didn’t realize the big hand you played in the protection acts out that way.
I grew up on the Red, now I call the upper old man my home waters. Cutty fishing is something special.
Thanks, Jensen’s!
Ah, it was all a good effort back then and I really hold a passionate soft spot for the Ram and its cutts. I miss those simpler days but not the ongoing conflict with gov nor industry. Hopefully people can see the games at play with gov and our land use / fisheries depts and realize the fight is long from over and may ultimately require additional species with climate change - the Ram is really one that we can play with given the lack of native spp should climate change shift things. I know, damn the thought but over the coming decades it's a possibility. But the same conservation rules will certainly still apply.
You guys are amazing, great anglers and you care about the land and the waterways. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and sharing that. It's well-received. The Ram is a wonderful river to be enjoyed :)
Wonderful video! Awesome "B" roll with the rams! Thanks again for bringing us along for some great fish and timeless wisdom! Tremendous!
To see them scamper across those cliffs with such ease is pretty cool to watch. Thanks again for watching.
Thanks for taking us to that special place guys, simply amazing!
You are very welcome! We're happy this connected well with you.
Pure magic including the 'Mr 4 square teeshirt'. Oh to be back in Canada which I have always considered my home away from home. Kindest thoughts from down-under in NZ.
A gorgeous location that kind of blends the Waiau, Broken and Maerewhenua, just on a small scale and with cutthroat trout. :) And in reverse, only a few months and we're back to NZ where our hearts live :)
Beautiful photography! I haven’t fished that canyon for more than 30 years. I need to put that on my itinerary for my next summer trip back to Alberta.
time moves quickly without us, doesn't it? Definitely worth the trip. BUT, since Covid and since our PR to get regs change and habitat protection, be prepared for MUCH more traffic.
Fished this river upstream all but 2 times in favor of the "other one". Thinking next year I will return and do some exploring further down. Thanks for the video
The feel is completely opposite and prolonged high water gets the S river fish ultra skinny, but it's a great one to wander and get lost :)
Fantastic story and memories of a unique river . Don’t see such extreme gorge’s here in Ireland! The trout look amazing. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Hopefully the escape to some different water was what you needed:) Your terrain there in Ireland would be a little different for sure. 😉Thanks for commenting and welcome to our channel if you're new to our content.
@@jensenflyfishing yes we’ve got some beautiful water . Fished in New Zealand and UK . Yet to get to North America , Montana has always been on my bucket list . Love watching you guys in Patagonia 👌👌🇮🇪🇮🇪
My version 7.1yo legs and such are never going to be able to handle those canyon walls but, damn, I learned a lot just watching - enough to make it applicable elsewhere. Thanks for that from an Old Rookie.
See, that's what we love to hear. Not that you can't make it in there, rather, that we can help provide a visual of a gorgeous trout stream and you can enjoy it. :) And as always, if anything we do can be adopted and modified to your fishing, then that's perfect. :)
great video....just the scenery alone
Beautiful river worth the walk through :)
That place is where peace is found
Something we all need a little more of in our lives:)
Excellent video you guys😃👍thanks for taking us along to such a beautiful area of our province. You two have a great connection that's impossible to not notice your love for each other and the passion for being out fishing in such gorgeous area together. Thanks again. Love it
Thanks for watching! We're glad this one connected well with you.
We're definitely grateful to have found each other and to have experienced some incredible places in this world:)
@@jensenflyfishing one of the beat videos I've seen for fishing especially as a couple. Really nice and will have to watch your others. I'm now subscribed👍😉
@@fishonalbertaoutdoors9761 there are a few to watch! :)
This shows your channels true colors literally!
Does the roughness of the canyon keep the pressure down? bucket list trip is to the ram, south and north as well.
It's a gorgeous river 😊
To a point. Reality is that even tho the % of anglers willing to work is low, the numbers game leads enough to see 6 to 8 trucks at main access points daily all summer
Thank you for the knowledge! Is it like new Zealand where if you aren't the first guy up the stretch your chances are very slim of having a good day?
@@montanastrongremodelrenova1632 no, these are cutthroat trout and even if caught today they can usually be caught again if you size down.
Hello, It’s been a bit for me, but it is awesome to be catching up on your amazing videos again!! This was another spectacular and informative video!! Thanks for bringing us along!! As always stay safe!!
😊 you went on a roll of videos, welcome back! 🍻
It's amazing! wonderful video.
😊
You never post average videos... Its always outstanding 🎉🎉🍺
Thanks. We love our adventures and we love to share and when it connects with people, even better:)
Yea,my thoughts on loggers as well, similar to my thoughts of
certain commercial fishing Industries.
Like East coast flounder harvesting,discusting at best.
Point well taken.
It's a tough one to watch. The one thing we as a society have never learned, once something is developed we almost never decide "no, it's had enough, we need to rest it or choose not to use it".
Beautiful spot. I’m gonna be working up Alberta soon so I’m gonna plan a trip there!
Definitely worth the go 😊🍻
Love your kiwi tee mr 4square man cool
That was a "best find" at a 4 Square in Methven of all places.
Thanks Dave ,know Methven well ,our son in law ,comes of a farm there,where we have had many family gatherings,cheers Tim
@@timkeir6467 just talking of methven draws emotion. It has been a hard 2 1/2 years away from home. If there was a way for these 2 canadians to migrate we'd do it in a heartbeat
So beautiful there. Thanks guys
It's a beautiful river that's or sure:)
Epic team work ! Always love the videos team
We're glad you appreciate them. Thanks again for watching.
Just a regular day of fishing for you guys . . . catch more and bigger fish than I ever have in my entire life!! No big deal or anything!😂 Great video!
Ah, it's all only ever relative to the where we fish, keep that in mind. The thing about fly fishing, fishing really, is that if you fish where fish of a certain size live, guess what you're going to catch? :) We just happen to frequent some great waters :)
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous river.
Sure is:)
Great video and wonderful place.
Glad you enjoyed it. It really is a stunning spot in the world when the water runs clear.
man I love fishing over there in ram river. I always go there in the summer time.
It's a beautiful river for sure:)
@@jensenflyfishing I want go fishing there maybe in two weeks
@@purenightwolf4758 could be in good shape then if not too more rain comes :)
Canyon fishing is the best fishing. Hope to one day fish this place, that client looks like he missed out that day.
The scenery and adventure of it all is worth it. A great place to fly fish on a real summer day.
Logging companies in Alberta are out of control the gov needs to see the value of the forests. Theyre logging in the highwood right up to the river. They woll never get it. So greedy. Great video thanks
if the GOA hadn't carte-blanche assigned FMAs and other long-term, landscape-wide based permits and allocations with the most basic of basic operating ground rules, these companies wouldn't be able to do as they do. We've been fed the lie that there isn't one culprit in our deteriorating landscape and habitat in Alberta, that there are hundreds of causes and effects. That... is a lie perpetrated by the one foundational cause of everything: the government of Alberta itself in what it allows.
@jensenflyfishing Alberta is not the same place that I moved to in 2002. At that time the government seemed to be focused on the preservation of parks and wild lands as well as access and free use for all people. Now returning to my beloved Peter Lougheed provincial park (of which I worked as a trail maintenance worker untill 2010) I see it is becoming run down and clearly underfunded or mismanaged. I have also learned that parks are going to a privatization model with juicy contracts being doled out to the ones favored by government. Furthermore, having to pay permits for day access to these areas is a slap in the face to all Albertans that were promised these areas were to remain free for all to use. I havnt even gotten started on the continued destruction of my beloved old man river headwaters through needless and senseless clear cutting. The greed is shocking. These forest are worth their weight in gold in 2023 when will the government wake up?
@@Mattymu the same has been said since the 1970s on a provincial scale as we've collectively elected the same gov over and over and over, which essentially has allowed the painful % decline in each 4 year term. Where we're headed in Alberta is a series of "pay your outlandish fees and stay on this trail so you don't see the coal mine beyond that 30m tree buffer" after having hopped a shuttle in YYC to get to the trailhead. Where things will be for coming generations is absolutely shocking, esp compounded by our population boom. It is just the beginning of the "turned on our heads" coming generation as it pertains to our environment and public allowances.
I’m in Calgary Alberta and me and my wife would love to fish with you guys :)
we'll be doing a little guiding in 2024 :) www.jensenflyfishing.com will be updated soon with details
That water looks amazing! I'd scale down some sketchy hillsides to get to that. Nice vid, thanks.
100% worth the effort :)
Love your channel man, do t quite have the fly fishing experience you do but i sure do love it! Only been to upper old man and am hoping to go to elbow river this summer!
Great to hear! Hope you enjoy those waters.
@@jensenflyfishing thanks! Hope you and your family are doing well
U guys gotta do another ram river video this year
Hopefully we'll get the chance:)
Top quality content here! Hopefully I get to have a chance at hooking a Yellowstone cutty here in the next few weeks or so!
It could be a dry summer with closures so get on it early!
@@jensenflyfishing thanks! Hopefully flows and temps are good!
Olá amigo.
Muito prazer em conhecer seu trabalho.
Saudações do POÉTA.
Saudações do Brasil.
We're glad you enjoyed this one too.
Nice
Thanks for sharing Vidio
You're welcome. 😊 Thanks for watching.
Pretty sure that is a Four Square T Shirt! Random I know, but you only “know” if you’ve been to New Zealand….
You bet it is! I picked this one up for Dave at a 4 Square in Methven.
So not being a fly fisherman but loving the foothills of Ab. and being a guy that loves adventure; where do you hike in from and will these trout go after Mepps spinners and the like? I’m from Ab. but I’ve never caught a trout on a river in Ab. This looks like an absolutely amazing place. ( sorry for the spincast sacrilege )
Spinners and various hardware works anywhere along the east slopes rivers for sure and can easily out-do flies as you'll get far deeper on those cooler days or periods. You can access the Ram at the falls or via a few logging roads further downstream. Have fun!
that deep valley is pretty
Heaps of space to roam and explore 😊
What a stream. Wow! What month was this filmed? Beautiful Westslope and lovely underwater release you guys! 🔥
I think late July? It's a tight balance as that shale and sandstone melts into the river with any kind of rain and turns the river the same color as that rock.
looks Epic
its a wonderful place on earth :)
Man,God certainly perfected a rugged beauty.
100% :)
We tried to get up to the stretches above the falls for some camping but the road was washed out. Very sad.
It happens... about every 10 years or so :) It'll open back up soon enough.
Good video, also a lot of great info. As an avid stream fisher here in BC where the practice is not used, one thing I've just never understood is the double dry/nymph "dropper" or whatever you call it setup. I get that it likely catches more fish, but it seems as if would just take away from the pure simplicity that fly fishing is to me....trying to find the perfect fly, getting the perfect presentation, the anticipation, and the reward when you get it all right. Don't get me wrong, I like "catching" fish...but to be honest, the less is more "fishing" part is my favorite thing about fly-fishing.
Just an honest question...what happens if or when you do hook two fish at a time?
But if you fish a nymph with an indicator you are fishing a dry dropper. An indicator is no less or more fly fishing than a dry dropper, just the dropper system is the faster conversion to nymphing. We tend not to get 2 fish at the same time because we tend to target specific fish in specific lies, which is why you see the fish in our videos - we don't just go and fish to catch fish, we hunt interesting fish in interesting lies in order you can see them. Which of course leads us to say we don't 'just fish', rather, share interesting fish that are specifically found... much harder than just fishing to catch something. 😊🍻
I can't beleave someone could see a river like that and not fish it. I guess if he is a older gentleman then I'd understand not going. Trip in a river like tht could be highlight of my life tho. Noway uf miss it.
Well we decided to try and give it a go. Better to say no than for me to have to piggyback him back up! 🤣 Temptation is a strong pull so better to have good boundaries 😊
wanna ask what waders are u running. i have a set of bare 4mm and was hoping the trek wouldn't overheat me from the truck to river? also what am i looking at for timje of walk to river from truck too.
quite (most) often just a pair of thicker quick dry field hunting pants to be honest, or the Orvis ultralight breathable waders :) The Ram hike can be a park & walk or a dawn to dusk affair :)
When you fish the ram, do you have more success above or below the falls? Thanks for all the great videos!
Which falls? If referencing the FTR really it's a LONG ways down to the best fishing but there's certainly good numbers from the FTR up :)
@@jensenflyfishing Sounds good! Thanks ill give it a try!!
Visiting for the first time this month....trying to go prepared. watched this video 100 times trying to figure out where this access shown is....could i be so bold to ask? 😂 😢 everything online says DS from falls?
Well your handle spells it out, don't it? 🤣 honestly it doesn't matter, just go poke around and explore, you'll find what you're looking for and what you need to connect to and not just walk in our foot steps 🍻
@@jensenflyfishing haha couldn't ask for a better answer 😅 cheers, thanks for the awesome video.
@@nottellin8263 have fun poking about - it's a great creek to adventure in :)
What wild life are out there and do you come across any predator wild life? Wondering for photos while breaking from fishing days and a week trip that way 2023 summer.
I can't find proper info on it
Not really come across too much predator wildlife in the canyon. Twice seen a cougar otherwise no. Of course there are wolves that prance through and black/grizz in the area but those tend to stay out of the barren canyon.
Love the green 4 square T shirt, proof of some time spent in NZ?
You bet! A pretty sweet find:)
@@jensenflyfishing Awesome! I hope you got into some fish down here. I'll be back in Canada next year, got friends in Sundre so I'll be sure to have a fly rod in hand and check this river out.
@@tristanrowe4973 It's worth the go. And prior the pandemic we spent 13 consecutive years and 2 - 3 months per year fishing about the S Island :)
Love it. What time of the year better to fish there? I guess August? Thanks
By August the clarity is great but the pressure is high. Mid july if you're from Alberta and flexible
@@jensenflyfishing thanks 😊
Do you use a standard nymph hook for you PT droppers you tie with the tungsten beads.
Yes. We like the Daiichi hooks
Ropes, running shoes and rooster tail spinners in the 60's..
Yup. The good days when we had freedom to roam and it took time to do it. Now... 110kmh to Ram Falls campground and a race to the river between 6 or 8 trucks.
Must have a lot of chanterelles in this forest.
Definitely a neat old growth forest, Alberta style
How often do you use nymphs? Do you use indicator?
Nymphing would be the best and most consistent way to catch fish in there tbh. Naked, sight or under indi. But we tend to love to just enjoy the visuals of the dry dropper 😊
Sorry if u mentioned it but weight of rods do you use
I believe this day we had a 4 and a 5 wt rod with us. Either are pretty much our go-to rods for most streams. The 5 is slightly better for casting of heavier nymphs and handles wind better.
@@jensenflyfishing that's cool , I'm in Alberta aswell been exploring crowsnest pass for the last 10 yrs but always looking for more quieter spots
Hopefully this was last year as the Ram is still closed until June 16
Ha. The guy that got the river C&R fishing out of season. Ha! 🤣 yeah... previous year
It’s about 2 hour walk but it’s worth it
Only 40 minutes or so to this water tho 😊
What is your boot & wading pant setup?
I use a quick dry pant and typically a hiking shoe (Keens) that fits my feet well as I like to feel my way along the river so I can be looking for fish more than not. I've found most wading boots to not fit me the way I need them to.
You catch them before or after the falls?
pretty much all through
I was literally thinking during the initial drone shot.... who else fishes this besides mountain goats?
It's a fantastic place - so much so you really have to keep an ear out above you for rocks coming off the cliffs, loosened by those bighorns! :)
@@jensenflyfishing the things we do to see that slow cutty rise😂
I’m really excited to check out the ram river, does it get pretty busy?
It's worth the effort - go for the "take it on" and enjoy the fishing :) It'll get busy as the water clears
is this up stream from the falls?
no dam on the Ram. Cheers
@@jensenflyfishing my mistake I meant falls
What time of year was this?
sometime late July maybe?
Just don’t wear your wader down lol. Learned my lesson last time lol.
😂 I take it you got a bit wet!
@@jensenflyfishing lol no I slipped and it cut I nice big hole hip level lol. Next time I will pack them down. You guys wear wading pants? Or just a light weight quick drying pant?
@@peirules154 never waders! 🤣 quick dry pants for sure😊
Is there camping, easy access, etc?
Campground at Ram Falls and enough ways into the canyon if you poke about and find what you are comfortable with.
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why hot spot the ram river? is the river name really required?
Yes it is. Given what I've done for it and the ongoing need, this video as well as the others we've published go hand in hand with what I hope is inspiration to fish it as well as sharing the need to get involved to protect it. I hope you do. All the best. 🍻
What size rod is that 5 weight
Yes
Those baby goats...........
Love the bighorns 🥰
It’s humorous to hear people damn logging that live in homes made of sticks and author books made of wood pulp.
That's the trained rhetoric, isn't it? It's not logging, it's the manner and politics of the logging - there is zero need to have opened access to the entire region, nor is there any reason to log to the edge of the canyon, etc. If you're looking to argue, please go elsewhere as you simply will not win any argument on this channel.
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Boy sher is Windy .........
canyon winds in summer
Catch and release is just torture for fish, i get it for some endangered species and stuff or if the fish is too small to eat, but liked come one, dedicating time for a river to just be catch and release is a waste, thats just torturing fish
So what is your answer to most of Alberta's Eastern slopes, the entire S Island of NZ, most headwater streams in N America, and most floodplain, braided rivers globally, where any retention at all will collapse populations given many of our freestone rivers have 10 - 50 trout per km?
To much talk
Channel not for you? Why be negative? 🍻
There's nothing saying you need to watch our content.
хоть бы раз попасть на такую красивую реку
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Wonderful videos like always, just a question. do you tie you dropper nymphs on the bend of the dry? or is the dry on a short dropper. thanks!
We tie the dropper tippet to the bend of the hook of the dry. Keep it simple.