Tag: Lure Fishing

Lure Fishing the Lower Bow River

This past weekend, I had my good friend Rob Clarke come down from Edmonton to fish with me. Rob brought his friend Ron with him on this adventure. Ron has not fished the Bow River in almost twenty years, so to say he was excited is an understatement! As some of you may know, I …

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Canadian Tire Update’s It’s Fishing Department

Canadian Tire Upgrades Fishing Department

  Recently the local Canadian Tire locations here in Calgary, Alberta have become much more competitive in several of it’s locations. Higher end brand name gear and a deeper selection of the lures those hungry local fish love to snack on. A recently revamped tackle department to compete with some of the more larger retail …

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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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