January 2007 archive

Gone Fishing- Bow River

The phone rang last night and it was my newfie buddy Todd on the other end. He asked me if I wanted to go fishing tomorrow and all I could say was “let’s do it”. We made arrangements to meet down at the river and slay out some of the Bow River finest trout. I arrived …

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Ask Mike – Tips & Advice

Let’s talk about lure action and retrieve speeds shall we. I was looking on the back of the package of the Blue Fox Vibrax Minnow spinner today and read this. The Minnow Spin from Blue Fox offers anglers the flash and attraction of a tuned spinner with a deadly action of a sinking balsa lure. …

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Ask Mike – Tips And Advice

Hello every one of my fishing friends. I have not had a chance to go fishing lately as I have been quite busy doing other things. I have Monday to Thursday off so I am going to Fish the Bow River those days. I just made a big order of Vibrax Minnow Spinners so I …

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Brown Trout Info

Brown Trout – Originally from Europe, brown trout were introduced to the Bow River in the early 20th century and have successfully colonized the river from below Bow Falls in Banff National Park out onto the prairies on the Blackfoot Reservation. Fall spawners, the brown trout have found optimum spawning habitat within the City of …

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