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Here’s a summary of the FLYCASTER October 2025 newsletter from the Edmonton Trout Fishing Club:
🎣 Club Updates
- No general meetings until November; enjoy the open water while it lasts.
- Executive meeting on October 7 to discuss future plans and budget. Members are encouraged to send suggestions to: communications@edmontontrout.ca
🐟 Spring Lake News
- Aerators installed on Sept 29; fencing and signage will follow once ice thickens.
- Water conditions are muddier and lower than usual.
- Stocking update: 5,000 rainbow trout (20 cm) added.
- Prussian Carp are thriving and spreading—now found in at least six regional lakes.
🚫 Carp Management
- Eradication not feasible: Rotenone poisoning is too costly and risky; netting and electrofishing have failed elsewhere.
- Recommended actions:
- Prevent spread to other lakes (e.g., Star, Muir, Salters Pond) via the “Clean, Dry, Drain” campaign.
- Embrace carp fishing—challenging and popular in Europe.
🎯 Carp Fishing Tips
- Carp are sensitive and easily spooked.
- Feed at all depths; bottom feeders with “rubberlips.”
- Use light drag and lighter lines.
- Effective baits/lures:
- Corn 🌽
- Worms 🪱
- Fly patterns: San Juan Worm, Mop Fly, Carpinator, Clouser Swimming Nymph, Woolly Bugger
🌈 Rainbow Trout Strains
- Spring Lake stocked with Campbell Lake strain (diploid, heat-resistant).
- Other lakes stocked with Riverence strain (triploid, sterile).
- Diploids show better survival in rising temperatures and catch-and-release scenarios.
🐠 Catch-and-Release Best Practices
- Promoted by Keep Fish Wet initiative.
- Small changes in handling improve fish survival and recovery.
- A mini-lesson is available to share with educators and fellow anglers.
🦗 Backswimmers & Boatmen
- Backswimmers: Larger, predatory, bite, swim upside down.
- Boatmen: Smaller, herbivorous, swim right side up.
- Both are trout food and can be imitated with surface/subsurface flies.
📽 Casting Techniques
- Fly Fusion released a video titled “The Distance Cast” to help anglers improve casting range.