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
6:49am
Sunrise
7:21am
Sunset
7:35pm
Dark
8:07pm
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 21 September, over 1995–2024, the median flow is 26.8 cms. A quarter of those days ran under 22.5 cms and a quarter over 31.1 cms.
Now:23.3 cms at Oldman River near Brocket, read .
The sky
Tonight. Clear. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 7.
Wind peaks around 5pm MDT at 20 km/h, from the west, gusting to 40, 24.0 °C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada's forecast for Pincher Creek, 10 km from this water's pin, issued .
The rules that day
Mainstem - headwater downstream to Racehorse Creek.
OPEN JUN. 16 - AUG. 31 Closed on 21 September
Bait ban
OPEN SEPT. 1 - OCT. 31 Open on 21 September
Bait ban
0 mountain whitefish
0 trout total
Mainstem - Racehorse Creek downstream to Hwy. 22.
OPEN JUN. 16 - OCT. 31 Open on 21 September
Bait ban
0 mountain whitefish
0 trout total
Mainstem - Hwy. 22 downstream to Sec. Rd. 510.
OPEN APR. 1 - JUN. 15 Closed on 21 September
Bait ban
OPEN JUN. 16 - AUG. 31 Closed on 21 September
Bait ban
OPEN SEPT. 1 - OCT. 31 Open on 21 September
Bait ban
5 mountain whitefish over 30 cm
0 trout total
Oldman Reservoir dam downstream to Sec. Rd. 509.
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.