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Guiding the Bow River for spin fisherman 2014

Guided float fishing the bow river-2014

  Trout….Trout…And more trout. It has been a great summer so far on the Bow River south of the Calgary city limits. I was a little worried about the quality of the fishing this season after we had our devastating flood last year. Despite what was called a “major catastrophe”, the fishing has been incredible …

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Choosing The Right Lures

A mix of Rapala Countdown lures

In the River Of Dreams There is something about standing knee deep submersed into a long cold flowing river that always seems to draw me in, like a magnet to steel. Something about the sounds of rushing water and robins chirping in the back ground drags me in; month after month and year after year. …

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Blown Out Bow River

A washed out boat launch at Policeman's Flats

June 20 2013 Destruction and devastation of the likes I have never seen firsthand with my own eye balls. I witnessed the floods here in Calgary in 2005 and thought that was massive, which it was. Now this flood is at least three times worse than 2005 and I have heard worse than the flood …

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River report for the Bow River system. May 27, 2013

With three solid days of rain and run off already started, the clean water of the Bow River system now takes on a similar look of a chocolate milk carton. With water running out of the storm drains and into the river now, it looks like fishing should be done on a lake or reservoir. …

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