Bow River Blog

The Fish Memory Theory

bowriverblog — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:09 +0000

Do Fish Have Memories? If they do, just how good are they? According to some scientists, memories in fish are better than we may have believed. Forget what you know or have heard, Fish have a memory that lasts much more than three seconds and are capable of deception and learning, say’s Dr Kevin Warbuton from New [...]

Winter Fishing The Bow River 2010

bowriverblog — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:39:47 +0000

Just What The Doctor Prescribed After working feverously to get all my work done this week, I packed my fishing tackle and my rod into the back of my car and headed off to finish the work week. Friday morning was looking really great to leave work early and sneak away to fish the Bow River. [...]

Thank You To All My Fishing Friends

bowriverblog — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:21:07 +0000

The Spirit of Christmas and Lasting Relationships I started the Bow River Blog three years ago with the intention of helping people succeed where I had failed. Many futile trips to the river and the tackle store and I always walked away from the river frustrated and discouraged, and with no fish. So the idea was [...]

Merry Christmas Everyone

bowriverblog — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:12:07 +0000

My 2009 Christmas Wish List It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. Lots of great fishing was to be had in 2009. With winter upon us now the window of opportunity for fishing has gotten smaller indeed. I have only been able to cast a line once this winter with good fishing success. Then it [...]

Fishing The Bow River For Brown Trout

bowriverblog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:23 +0000

My friend Andrew and I were out searching for some Bow River trout’s recently. I have been cooped up inside working and just could not turn down the offer to fish. We walked for few miles and selected some prime real estate to fish. I wanted to shoot some [...]

New All-Tackle World Record Rainbow Trout

bowriverblog — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:47:26 +0000

This is a story I could not refuse to pass along to my readers. I crossed paths with these guys on Bounty Fishing where they have been cashing in on some online tournaments for Walleye, Trout, and other species of the week. I clicked their link to their webpage and also watched their videos on [...]

Didymo Affecting Many Trout Rivers And Streams

bowriverblog — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:32:12 +0000

Click and watch the YouTube video above and watch how bad this can affect trout rivers! What is this problem that is infecting so many trout streams and lakes around the world? I first read about Didymo online in a fishing article stressing the importance of not spreading this disease [...]

Bow River Blog’s Fishing Friends

bowriverblog — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:28:27 +0000

Homage to My Internet Fishing Friends Everywhere I go on the internet it seems I meet new people and become friends over time. The common interest is of course fishing. Not only do I meet new people while I guide, or while walking the banks of rivers or lakes, I [...]

Bow River Fishing Adventure

bowriverblog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:52:42 +0000

Fishing The Bow River I was back on the Bow River today for some more trout action, this time I got to watch the fish being landed and not landing them myself. I was out rowing Stacey’s boat while he was catching fish, some nice fish to boot. Stacey asked me if we could take his [...]

Fishing For Trout With Crank Bait’s

bowriverblog — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:48 +0000

Crank Bait’s Are King We all have seen those big fat juicy looking lures dangling from the tackle store shelves just begging us to buy them. Heck they look so life like these days I even think about eating one or two of them so why not a fish. I turn on the fishing channel on [...]