Urban Water

  What defines a good angler? Highly opinionated question isn't it? Don't feel bad about not having a definitive answer either, it just means you're human ( as opposed to a vegetable. ) Well to one point, an angler can focus all energy and time into one species, and become intimatey aware of that species' way of life from season to season, perhaps on one or two bodies of water ( Bass-car racers for instance!) yet to another, being able to openly diversify and with a willingness to seek out any opportunites to wet a (fly) line can bring on a whole new challenge to anglers as well.


  Lets face it, not all locations are National Geographic material. There's plently of places in Canada and the United States that anglers would easily be able to fish and just as easily score Acid in one outing. Flood control ponds, channels, harbours, and the like, all present urban angling opportunities for locals


 In most cases, there's only a handful of species to be encountered. Carp, Panfish, Bullheads, Largeouth Bass, and in some cases, Pike. How do you locate these places?. .   (COUGH) Google Earth (COUGH). A little research goes a long way. Area-Depending: Usually late spring is the best time to start scoping out potential "local water" as most species will be post spawn, and on the feed.

 

  Editors Note: Sometimes these places have thick shoreline brush, which, if you're fly fishing, makes backcasting damn near impossible. Depending on what species is found in said local ponds, a float tube can be a valuble resource as well. For the sake of an all-too-short fishing season, don't limit yourself to a handful of opportunities folks! Sometimes the next big one cruises just behind the Futureshop!