"Our fly fishing is driven by the enjoyment of time on the water that involves observation - absorbing what the fish is doing in its environment in order to learn which application is best. We love the enjoyment of engaged moments that add up to exceptional days - we fish to enjoy the moments as they unfold. We're as happy at the end of the day having had interesting encounters with fish as having caught them. Our style of fly fishing places ourselves in intimate positions to sight individual trout or to work risers in close proximity. These styles of fishing won't usually give you heavy fish counts, rather, opportunity at some larger trout in unique settings and learning a great deal. We travel to the S Island of New Zealand each year, fly fishing for 3 months. We've learned a lot about sight fishing and stealthy approach to large, wily browns and apply it to our waters here. It's quite a different approach than used in N America. We invite you to join us this season." ~ Dave & Amelia Jensen

 

 

Our services are designed to reflect our desire ~ to provide beginner fly fishers opportunity to improve by immersing them in situations allowing success - yet in a manner that leaves room for further aspiration; to provide intermediate anglers opportunity to apply their knowledge and skill in discovering new opportunities; and to provide advanced fly fishers new methods and applications that might open doors previously not thought to open, as well as to work with an experienced set of eyes on the water.

Through the years of hosting trips, we've found that our river fishing guests love sight fishing and head hunting - which is a perfect fit with our passion. This style of fishing also lends itself well to photography and videography, which is a strong component of who we are on stream. We are able to help you with photos/videos on the water, with different settings, angles, etc through discussion athroughout the day(s).

Our trips are primarily about sight fishing or head hunting a particular piece of water as this is our expertise and our passion. We are a service for those anglers seeking interesting, intimate fly fishing experiences - our focus within any guided trip is what can be learned in the day and what neat, intimate moments can our guests experience with a particular fish or piece of water. We always try our best to either sight fish or head hunt.

While we know central Alberta extremely well, we love to explore tiny tributaries, poking around tiny spring fed waters that offers sighting, new reaches of streams, or hatch chasing. We may host you on a specific water or we may take you on an exploratory trip to a unique water.

Our style is to keep fly fishing grounded and we tend to be under-stated on the water. Sight fishing and hatch chasing aren't elusive activities, brown trout aren't wary quarry only bestowed upon only the elite of fly fishing, and larger cutthroat trout aren't hard to find. We engage good fish, certainly, but aren't too concerned about sizes or numbers. We focus on the enjoyment and breaking fly fishing down to its core in order to provide you opportunity to enjoy. The moments on the water are what they are and we hope to bring you what you enjoy, finding peace and satisfaction in what you do.

You will be hosted by Dave or Amelia Jensen. We're good guides that care and engage in a happy, courteous manner to ensure you get the most out of the day.

What we've accomplished to date:

"I just wanted to drop you both a quick note of thanks for your hospitality and hard work on our guided trips, as well as your advice on the Ram.  Our last day of fishing on this trip couldn't have been better; the setting was beautiful and the fishing was spectacular.  We didn't see anyone else on the river all day... and even David managed to hook some trout! I will definitely be back! Thanks again, Eric." "Thanks to all of you for a great trip on Aug 16 to the N. Ram.  It was a  perfect day, and Nick did a great job! Pete" "You and Amelia are the best guides I ever had.  I had a great trip.  I am sad to go back to Philly.  Thanks again for all of your patience and guidance.  All the best, Brent"	"Hi Amelia. Made it back safe to Calgary. Am now at the airport waiting to depart. Thank you (all of you) for this past week. It was awesome!!! You all went out of your way to make my trip a memorable experience. The fishing was unbelievable, but the best part was the people. Thanks!!! Bill" "Dave & Amelia, your guiding was spectacular. The knowledge you have of the river and the ability to locate those HUGE brown trout on the Red Deer River is uncanny! Thank you for the best trout fishing trip of our lives!" ~ The Van Wilton Family from Mich. "Greetings.. Thanks for a fabulous time on the cutthroat trip...a GREAT time was had by all…..super fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Brian"	"Dear Dave and Amelia. Just a quick note to thank you and Steve for an absolutely fantastic trip. The river was better than advertised, the scenery fantastic and the fishing "out of sight". If you ever need a testimonial for this trip give me a call and I could probably write two or three pages. Steve was an awesome guide, a great fisherman and a genuine great person. His culinary skills are second to none.  The food was great and the company better. Thanks again for an experience of a life time.  Larry Davis" "Dave, thank you for your extreme patience with my son, it allowed you to work with him. Being able to see him getting his casting in order and hooking into your 23" 'pet' brown trout on the rise was a moment of a lifetime. THANK YOU!" Donaldson family, MI "Had a good time, especially with Amelia. She is a very hard-working and knowledgeable guide. Really puts the boat in position for successful casts to holding lies." John G	"Once again thanks a million for the extraordinary experience last week at Fortress Lake and on the Ram River.  Thank you for tolerating my very rusty flyfishing skills as well although the fish tempered it nicely.  I would expect that these compliments are common for you on these trips, but it really was the most enjoyable vacation I have been on in a long time. The solitude and serenity (no pun intended) from the trip was both spiritual and therapeutic for me.  Definitely something I will not forget. Even the fabulous photos we took cannot begin to do justice to grandeur of the areas we visited.  It has rejuvenated my love of angling and the outdoors. Not sure how to top this trip with weather, water and fish all cooperating. Please thank all you support staff as well, Bob, Amelia, Michael, Marty and his wife. Much gratitude again for organizing such a great outing. Talk to you soon. Alex"	We had a period where we knew the fishing was going to be really slow. We emailed ahead and told Jon this was the case but he came anyway. We did 1/2 a day and he realized that it would be slow, in fact. So, we postponed the trip and provided detailed instructions on waters in the far south of Alberta. Jon & Bill went down south and fished on their own and emailed "Hi Dave, I just wanted to thank you for not just taking us for a boat ride last week. You are a good businessman, few - if any - guides would do this! I  enjoyed fishing down south. The xxx turned out to have no bugs but I can see the possibility. It had my favorite feature, no people. Caught some really nice rainbows on the Crowsnest and for a weekend only saw a couple of other fisherman. On the last day we fished the xxx  and found some eighteen to twenty inch Cutthroats. A beautiful place. Thanks again for all of your directions. When you put next year calendar together let me know what will work. Thank you again" Jon
"I just wanted to drop you guys a note thanking you for our stay, and how you handled Craig's (my brother) difficult situation . I had a great time and really enjoy  the crew you have put together. I am doing my best to expand your customer base, both personally and through my shop. I know our crew is looking forward to another trip." Brad	"Alex and I very much enjoyed fishing with you!  Thanks for a super day. I am sure we will all be joining you and Dave at Fortress Lake, and try and snag some big brookies. Regards, Mike."	"Kelly and I had a wonderful experience with Dave the canyon and the fish.  Kelly even said she would stay 2 nights next year.  I think I would like to go up to the lake, but we will see.  I never thanked Dave enough for his enabling Kelly to experience the outdoors in the best possible way. Thanks again Dave. We will keep in touch."	"We want to thank you for the amazing trip. Moreover we are thrilled with the photography of our trip. You are professionals every step of the way and the magazine quality photos you take and sent us reflected this. Thank you for a wonderful trip!" Burgan Family, Utah.	From AK Best & John Gierach.  "Just a short note to thank you for showing us where the good fishing is. In particular, the 23" brown, my largest dry fly brown to date! You are a good guide and it was a pleasure to share several days with you. I am eager to see some photos of the big fish, what a prize he is. Thanks again, Dave. I hope we can repeat a visit and include more fishing with you. Take care & good luck!"
"Amelia, thank you for putting us on to the big brown trout. Getting out of the boat and standing in the water wading back up to them was a hilight of my fly fishing life. It is an amazing river you have up there. We will be back soon!" Scott Hann, Cal.	"Wow! You guys are true Canadian Fishing Guides. The midnight run was amazing! The past 5 days were incredible. You have such diversity in your fishing region. The scenery, the fishing, the hospitality are all world class. Thank you!" Glen Peche, VA	"Amelia, Thanks for the great day on the river. It was a great time! Now we know more about the river and what to expect we'll definitely do it again. Amelia, great job of guiding, lots of knowledge about the river and the habitat and a good job with the boat in difficult conditions. I'll check out your website for some details on the Ram River trips, they sound real interesting. Thanks again. " Paddy & Gordon ~ Calgary	"Just wanted to thank you both for a great time. I think you have the most perfect "couples" fish camp we have ever been in, and we can't wait to come back. I will send a couple of those later this week to compete with your "ordinary" shots of 4 and 5 pound brookies!"  Larry	"Best guide ever!" ~ Doug & Drew Allvine, GA.