Bow River Blog

I went out again on Sunday and floated from Policeman’s Flats down to Mackinnon Flats with just as good success as Saturday. I was still on the hunt for that 30 inch Brown Trout I’d been praying for on Saturday. I put the Berkley Frenzy back on the end of my line and casted away. [...]

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As we moved a little further down the river I noticed a really nice drop in the water from shallow to deeper water, so I fired my Berkley into the shallower area and slowly reeled it toward the boat. At first I thought it might be holding something but I did not expect it to [...]

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    The last lure I would like to talk about in this article on tackle is the Rapala fishing lure. Designed by a man named Lauri Rapala back in 1936, this brand of lure will work on all species of trout as well as many other species of game fish. These lures are hand [...]

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The Rapala Husky Jerk works awesome on the Lower Kananaskis Lake for the huge Bull Trout that live there. The color I use when fishing the Lower Lake is called silver/blue and the action on this lure seems to make the trout go wild. Rapala lists this lure not only for trout but also for [...]

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