Alberta, Canada. What the river usually does on the day you pick, what the sky is expected to do, which rules are in force, where to get on, and what has worked in that month. Every line is a fact the water page already carries, put beside a date.
The forecast reaches 6 days; the flow table, the rules and the month's record reach a year. Days that have happened are reports, not plans.
The light
First light
6:57am
Sunrise
7:29am
Sunset
7:25pm
Dark
7:57pm
Times are MDT, where the river is. First light and dark are civil twilight, the sun six degrees under: light enough to tie on.
The river
Near 26 September, over 1995–2024, the median flow is 3.19 cms. A quarter of those days ran under 2.68 cms and a quarter over 4.61 cms.
Now:4.70 cms at Castle River near Beaver Mines, read . The strip on the water page says how that sits for today's date; the day you are planning has its own median above.
The sky
Saturday. A mix of sun and cloud. High 15.
Saturday night. Cloudy periods. Low plus 3.
Environment and Climate Change Canada's forecast for Pincher Creek, 15 km from this water's pin, issued .
The rules that day
South Castle River - Headwaters downstream to the West Castle River confluence, includes tributaries.
OPEN JUN. 16 - AUG. 31 Closed on 26 September
Bait ban
OPEN SEPT. 1 - OCT. 31 Open on 26 September
Bait ban
0 mountain whitefish
0 trout total
Mainstem from Hwy. 3 to West Castle River and includes tributaries except Mill, Beaver Mines, and Screwdriver creeks and Carbondale River.
OPEN JUN. 16 - AUG. 31 Closed on 26 September
Bait ban
OPEN SEPT. 1 - OCT. 31 Open on 26 September
Bait ban
0 mountain whitefish
0 trout total
In the province's words, from its regulation service. Regulations change; verify before you go.
Before you leave
No fire order over this water's pin as of ; a pin is one point, so check the stretch you are driving to.
Whirling disease. The Oldman River watershed has been declared infected since 1 May 2017. Clean, drain and dry, opens in a new tab everything that was in another water. Never move fish or fish parts between waters.
A licence, the rules above, and a look at the water page's conditions on the morning.
Getting on the water
No sourced access site for this water yet. A reach is the finest place this site names.