Stream Weaver Flies has a full service fly shop situated in the province of Alberta, Canada. Through outstanding customer service and determination this company has established an extensive and loyal customer base over the last 20 years. The shop maintains a balance between products and services specifically aimed at customer satisfaction. We offer professional guide services in the south western and west central regions of Alberta for the interested angler.

The staff in our fly shop strive to fulfill the needs of every level of fly fishermen from the individual that is new to the sport to the very serious angler. We are as comfortable dealing with the consummate angler when discussing a match the hatch situation as we are in assisting with the selection of quality fly tying materials for the serious fly tier. We specialize in assisting frustrated anglers that are new to the sport to better understand the subtleties of equipment selection. We can explain fundamental equipment requirements in a simple understandable way that enables you to purchase functional gear and equipment. The shop carries a wide variety of fly fishing equipment, terminal tackle, fly tying materials, quality fly patterns, custom fly tying and guide services as well as fly fishing schools.

The variety of fly fishing schools we offer are informative, fun and intentionally limited to only a few participants in each program. This approach allows our instructors a more efficient transference of knowledge, plenty of in-depth information and hands-on instruction. It also provides students lots of personal attention and hands on experience during school learning sessions. Where specific casting skills are put into practice during practical exercises with lots of time to develop technique and muscle memory in a relaxed unhurried personal environment.

This systematic personal approach is the favorite style of program for many of our customers as well as our staff, because this arrangement usually involves fewer participants. It allows the individual to learn at their own pace and the instructor to deliver a lot more personal attention and hands on guidance for the individual student. This system is a reciprocal arrangement that benefits the individual taking the program and the instructor delivering the information. In this environment the student gets the most benefit out of the school and the instructor has the opportunity to present the program in the most beneficial manner.

The instructor in a fly fishing school focuses on developing the participant’s physical muscle memory and the mechanics behind proper casting technique, line control and line handling skills. They also spend constructive time teaching fly fishing terminology, general angling knowledge as well as knot tying skills, entomology and proper fly selection. These schools are designed on the premise that the instructor has a full day to focus on instruction, content and comprehensive coverage. Without having the added responsibility of concentrating on ensuring the participant actually fishes and catches some trout.

While a fly fishing guides center of attention is ensuring the anglers they take out are comfortable, catch fish, have a nice meal, learn a few new skills and enjoy themselves. The guide’s day is quite hectic and is composed of a variety of different tasks besides merely instructing. The guide’s daily duties include rowing and proper placement of the drift boat, preparing a delicious meal and generally providing for the client’s well being and level of enjoyment. The guide replaces leaders and flies when required, provides supportive direction with basic casting skills and proper presentation techniques. The day can also include teaching the subtleties involved with reading water and proper fly selection as well as putting the customer over fish.

Situations also arise where clients may have never fished before or have physical injuries that limit mobility and usually require assistance when wading rivers. Customers with medical concerns require the need for additional comfort and attention to detail. These situations usually require that a guide provide patience; coaching or even medical aid. The guide also supportively assists clientele on proper technique when fighting and landing significant fish on light equipment and terminal tackle which is no easy chore. A good guide will try being as supportive and helpful as they can during your float trip however time constraints usually allow only fundamental instruction. If too much time is spent on comprehensive teaching it really cuts into the overall pleasant flow of the day and fishing time. Most clientele that have booked a guided float trip have expectations of having plenty of fishing time and would prefer to focus on catching fish.

Hopefully the last few paragraphs help to clarify why an angler that has just taken up fly fishing should take some sort of fly fishing school before going on a guided trip. Developing your casting abilities and possessing the dexterity to obtain long drag free floats are the first two areas of importance to focus on for the inexperienced angler. They also happen to be the two most important skills an angler can acquire, in order to experience any true level of success. These two abilities help to ensure the anglers fly pattern is placed delicately and accurately in the fish’s feeding lane and then behaves the same as a natural insect. The fly pattern must float along naturally with a drag free drift behaving in the same manner as the trout’s food (the natural insect) as it drifts freely into the trout’s feeding window if a trout is to eat it.

Even the largest most selective trout will eat your fly if it meets a few simple prerequisites. The anglers fly must be presented properly within the trout’s feeding lane, in a natural manner and match the overall proportions of the food item the fish is presently feeding on. These skills are more efficiently developed in a learning environment away from the water on dry land in a quality fly fishing school. The program layouts in our schools are flexible allowing our instructors to pay special attention to the specific areas each individual student requires the most help in. We concentrate on the skills that will offer the individual the most benefit. Anyone can take one of our schools they are open to the corporate community as well as the general public.

Many of the participants in our fly fishing schools are composed of a father and son combination, husband and wife coupling or even two or three fishing friends as a group. This type of program is much more valuable initially to the beginner as an educational tool than a guided trip. Especially for the inexperienced angler these schools are a much more sensible approach to learning, rather than jumping right into a new activity with a guided trip before taking any instruction. This is specifically true in regards to the time constraints a guide performs under in an already busy schedule during a float trip they are limited to what they can convey in-depth to a customer. This is particularly true if the guide doesn’t want to interrupt the customer’s concentration and overall pleasurable experience.

The physical requirements to become an accomplished caster as well as developing the motor skills to maintain long drag free floats cannot be passed on in an hour or a day. The ability to get comfortable with these two skills can only be developed through plenty of practice upon completion of comprehensive instruction. These fly fishing schools we offer are designed to be of the greatest assistance and fit the participant’s agenda for convenience. Any customer can sign up for one of our fly fishing schools by phone, fax or e-mail and book a school for a time that fits their schedule. The shop does not generally set specific dates for any of our schools allowing corporations and individuals the opportunity to customize these schools to fit their personal requirements and schedule.

Our shop has a very professional reliable guide service that covers most if not all of the well known southern Alberta Rivers and streams. Guided trips are great especially when an angler already possesses sound casting abilities, line control and line handling skills. However the angler new to fly fishing should always take a few fly fishing schools before going on a guided trip. This will be money well spent. Then when the time comes to spend hard earned cash on a guided trip the angler will be prepared and have a much better chance of having an enjoyable, successful float trip.

The staff at Stream Weaver Flies is comprised of a group of well traveled anglers, when time permits we fly fish destinations all over south western and west central Alberta, British Columbia as well as Montana and Idaho. As you can see from the photographs in this section of the website we travel to fish the south eastern portions of British Columbia quite often and know them well. The photographs of the large Bull Trout and Cutthroats in this section and the “Fly Fishing the Canadian Rockies” section of the website visually portray how well we know south eastern British Columbia waters.

Stream Weaver Flies can fulfill your angling needs in the south western region and south central district of Alberta. If you wish to extend your trip into the south eastern British Columbia region we can put you in touch with professional guide services there. We suggest experiencing both the south western Alberta region as well as the south eastern district of British Columbia when you intend to visit this part of Canada. The angler can have the trip of a lifetime by experiencing what both sides of the Canadian Rockies have to offer between south western Alberta and south eastern British Columbia.

South western and west central Alberta provide dry fly fishing, nymph fishing and streamer fishing for large trophy Rainbow and Brown Trout. South eastern British Columbia offers unbelievable dry fly fishing for large numbers of big beautiful Wild West slope Cutthroat Trout and streamer fishing for huge Bull Trout. Combining these two areas into one trip will fulfill any angler’s wildest dreams. This combination is the ultimate experience, it will not disappoint.

Stream Weaver Flies is very pleased to offer custom fly tying services that many customers regularly take advantage of for personal use during tough match the hatch situations. These loyal customers place their orders prior to the approaching fishing season every year making sure their arsenal of fly patterns are fresh, current and well stocked. We specialize in tying custom flies to match specific local hatch type situations for larger more selective trout. Along with our custom fly tying service we stock off shore Umpqua Feather Merchant flies in our fly bins at the shop which are very effective, durable and affordable. If you find yourself in a situation where you are totally frustrated in fishing situations and wishing you had flies that would catch trout, please feel free to depend on our company.

We also carry quality fly rods, reels, lines, backing and leader material in a variety of manufacture brand names. The shop also carries a complete assortment of fly boxes, corkies, weights, forceps, line clippers, floatant and pretty much any other product that an angler could possibly require. We welcome you to both our fly shop and guide services and we cordially invite you to attend one of our many types of fly fishing schools. The staff looks forward to informing you about our products and services through our website along with serving and getting to know you personally in the shop when the occasion permits.

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