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Here is the recording of a recent webinar. Ken spoke about the Arctic Grayling project.

Here is the video recording of our March 26 presentation from Brendan Murphy. Brendan Murphy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Science at Simon Fraser University whose interdisciplinary wildfire-related research incorporates hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. His work focuses on the aftereffects of wildfires, with the overarching goal of improving predictions of cascading natural hazards that can occur after wildfires (flooding and debris flows), as well as advancing our abilities to assess and ideally mitigate these risks before fires ever occur. Brendan leads the Wildfires & Watersheds Research Collaborative (WWRC) that currently has active research projects across western Canada and the US, including BC, California, Utah, and Colorado.

The Edmonton Old Timers Fishing Club has invited our members to a meeting on April 8 at 7:00 at the Spruce Avenue Community Hall, 10240-115 ave. NW, Edmonton. Shane Petry is the Director of Fisheries Allocation and Use in the Hunting and Fishing Branch of Forestry and Parks. His topics of discussion are Recent changes to pike and walleye regulations, yellow perch fisheries, fish stocking and Indigenous Rights.

Yes, it is a lake trout. The quiz has been updated.

Our next meeting is Feb 12. Don Andersen is speaking on ‘Lake Fishing Techniques and other Gems’. Don has about 75 years of fishing experience and he’s willing to share. He’ll be presenting via zoom, but come to Queen Mary Park Community Hall to join other chapter members. Doors at 7, speaker at 7:30. Direct link to the zoom meeting

On January 16, 2025, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) received Ministerial Order 003/2025, issued by the Minister of Energy and Minerals, Hon. Brian Jean (included at the end of this bulletin). The order rescinds the three previous ministerial orders (054/2021, 093/2021, and 002/2022) related to coal mining activities in the Eastern Slopes and confirms the 1976 A Coal Policy for Alberta. The government has directed the AER to lift the suspension of all approvals and extend the expiry dates to account for the period of suspension. The AER is directed to comply with the directions given under Ministerial Order 003/2025 by January 31, 2025. If this is concerning to you, consider writing a letter. https://action.cpaws.org/page/164552/action/1

Michael contributed to countless projects and initiatives over many years with the Northern Lights Fly Fishers. He was a great teacher, mentor, leader and friend. He never missed an opportunity to volunteer and his contributions are far too numerous to list here. We will miss him dearly.

Our AGM is coming up on January 22, 2025 at 7:30 pm at Queen Mary Park community hall. Attached is a proxy form in case you are unable to attend. PROXY VOTE AGM 2024.pdf

The zoom meeting will be rescheduled due to a family emergency

Special collaboration opportunity.... this invitation arrived from the Edmonton Trout Fishing Club The ETFC will be hosting a Zoom meeting with Craig Copeland on Thursday the 25th April @ 7 PM and we would like to invite the members of the Northern Lights and Oldtimers fishing clubs to join with us. I’m sure you are both aware of who Craig is but I will give you a little intro to pass onto those who are going to be in attendance: Craig Copeland is not only the current Mayor of Cold Lake but he is also the Fish Stocking Operations Manager at the Cold Lake fish hatchery. He will provide a presentation on the recent improvements with the 4 fish hatcheries and new developments in the coming years. He will also speak of the different strains stocked locally in 2024 – 2026 and plans on stocking larger rainbows in certain bodies of water nearby. He’s willing to stay on after his presentation to answer any questions the audience may have. The Zoom meeting ID is 871 5438 1295 Passcode is 686421 We hope to see many of your members join us for this Zoom presentation. Cheers, Chuck Harvey Co-president Edmonton Trout Fishing Club

Due to environmental conditions (fire, flood) we were unable to complete the project this year. The project will resume in 2024.

It has been a long time! Our meetings will start up again in the fall. I'll forward you our latest newsletter.

Roundtable on the theme of 'Looking Ahead' Part 1: Based on what you've learned over the years what changes might you make to how and where you fish this season Part 2: What changes might NLFF consider taking for the rest of this year and beyond in terms of activities, meetings, speakers, projects and membership This meeting will take place at Queen Mary Park and on ZOOM. Wednesday May 17 at 7:30 This will be the last meeting at the hall before the summer.

What a great presentation! These are Parks Canada videos about Hidden Lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOyXP6oZY6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkrf_1THviQ

Nicole's presentation is now available.

We recorded the fly fishing and tying session with Stu Thompson on March 15. The slide show and videos are now available on youtube.

We recorded the fly fishing and tying session with Stu Thompson on March 15. The slide show and videos are now available on youtube.

Stephen Spencer gave us a great talk this week about Sturgeon in the North Saskatchewan River. Here is some additional information that answers some of the questions from the audience. Firstly here’s a graphic that is on our website so that anglers can get an approximate weight on the sturgeon they catch if they can measure it for length. https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/safety-procedures/fish-handling/documents/SturgeonLengthGirthWeight-Chart-Dec2014.pdf And to the question, how old is my fish? Here’s the ages from this past summer’s work. We need to make a nice page and graphic for it –and maybe check some of the ages.