Feb 19

Brown Trout Fishing With the Robertson Tackle “Green Ghost” Crankbait

Taking the Green Ghost to Brown Town

With fantastic weather in February, I head out to an inner city location in search of the rivers finest Brown Trout specimens. In this video I am using my own lure, the Robertson Tackle Green Ghost. The bright green pattern of this lure is great for deep, overwintering holes like I am fishing here.

The color is ideal for deeper water applications with low light penetration down deep in the hole. The deeper the water, the less light penetration there is, so it is important for me to use a lure with bright colors!

It is also important that the lure has rattling capabilities, which all the lures I sell have. The combination of color, combined with the rattle help me land several fish on my afternoon on the water.

Thank you for watching the video and please like the video and subscribe if you have not already. I will be doing many more YouTube vidoes this season, and sharing those here on the Blog. I appreciate you reading and tuning into the Bow River Blog YouTube channel.

Thank you,

~Mike

Jan 07

The river is my church.

Lately I have been fishing the river more than usual! Often times, I find solace near water when times are stressful. For me, even standing near water gives me great comfort and the water always seems to ease my stressors. During these challenging times in life, I find myself standing on the rivers edge watching the birds overhead; normally crows or the odd Bald Eagle catching flight, gliding on the strong winter breeze. I find my problems vanish away here, seemingly into mid-air as my thoughts drift away towards the fish. What lure I will start to use and why. What color of lure should I grab first for the water conditions? What speed of retrieve should I use for the current water conditions? The more I think about these things, the less I think about whatever problems I may have currently. I find great comfort in that, even if I don’t catch any fish. It’s like the river just magically takes it all away!

Lately, the weather has been amazing which has enabled me to get out more often this month (December.) Normally the weather is on the minus side of the thermostat, and open water fishing on the Bow River only happens during a chinook. This year has been exceptionally mild, and I have been landing some amazing fish once again, fishing inner city Calgary.

We are so fortunate to have such a valuable resource in the Bow River running right through our beautiful city. Where many folks must drive an hour, or several hours to fish, I only have to drive ten minutes to epic trout fishing! It’s a blessing my happy place is close to home; where I can go and reflect on life, make important decisions and be at inner peace no matter what curveballs life throws at me. Most often times, the fish are just the bonus, just being near the river, the sound of the moving water brings my copious joy and deep inner peace.

Where do you go when life gets tough. Where is your happy place where you seek answers or peace? Feel free to leave a comment on the post here.

Thank you,

~Mike

Dec 25

Merry merry Christmas

To all my friends and followers of the Bow River Blog and the Robertson Tackle Lure Co, we wish you all a blessed and Merry Christmas this year.

Huge thank you for all your support and we appreciate you very much.

May you all have a wonderful festive season

~Mike

Nov 19

Kindness is free

This is Tanner. He was minding his own business when I happened to pass him on the Bow River. He was chucking spoons and was not getting much trout action!

I asked him if he ever fished with crank-baits before?? He said “no not really”. I asked him if he wanted to use some of my lures to try, which he happily replied “sure sounds amazing”.

I gladly gave him a Dreamsicle to try first. He was like “you sure man, really”. I’m VERY sure and I took the time to explain the techniques of the retrieve and even tied his hook up for him, showing him my favorite knot!

Was not long after he sent that lure down into the river he struck gold. Shortly after his gear failed on a cast and the lure was sent sailing across the river with no line attached

Help yourself to more and he gladly tied up another Dreamsicle !! He then insisted he give me 15.00 for the lure, and ran to his truck to get the cashola while I stayed in the spot we had !!

Super wicked young man and was an honor and pleasure to help him out.

I never wanted any money for the lures, I just wanted him to catch some fish. “Helping others is the highlight of our lives”

There is NEVER a fee for being kind

~Mike