It is Christmas day here in Calgary and Santa was good to me again this year. I was given two gift certificates for my local tackle shop, so tomorrow I will go shopping than go fishing again. I was able to go out fishing today for a couple of hours today and did quite well. My first choice for lures was the Berkley Frenzy and had no success. I fished all the way up the river with the Frenzy with no bites so I decided to switch up to the Minnow Spinner. This type of lure is heavy which enables you to cast this lure very far across the river. As a result you cover more water which greatly increases your odds of catching fish.
I proceeded to heave the Minnow Spinner out half way across the Bow River and shortly after I was in to a nice Brown Trout. I was pecking away as I walked downstream back towards where I parked my car and hammered out another 21 inch Brown Trout. A fly-fisherman arrived and waded out into the water, and caught himself 3 or 4 fish as well. Today I managed to pull out four Brown Trout before I had to pack up and be back home for our Christmas dinner. My last fish was the most interesting of the day I must say.
I casted far out into a deeper hole and slowly retrieved the lure back into the shore, a large Brown came to the surface to whack my lure and missed the lure. I thought o.k. that was cool I’m going to put that lure right back where that fish is and see if he will hit it again. I duplicated the first cast perfectly and sure enough he hammers my offering and the battle’s on. I look forward to going out again tomorrow to see if I can find the monster trout.
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where do you fish in calgary?
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Hey Rob, thanks for your question. I mostly fish a little out of the city limits due south. A place called policemans flats is always a good start. I try to find the deeper holes along the river and see if there are any fish holding in those pools. In the winter months that’s where you will find larger fish holding. I try to go somewhere on the river where the fishing pressure is low. When I float in the summer months I float from Policeman’s flats on to either Mackinnon Flats or all the way through to the Carseland weir. If you have any more question’s about the river please feel free to ask me. Thank’s again. Mike.
ok thank you.
ill try that
Police man flats where is that if you don’t mind me asking?
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Not at all Jerry, that’s what this website is all about. I’ll tell you how to get there. Take Deerfoot trail south to Dunbow Road. Turn left which is eastbound, and make your next left at 40’th street East. You will then proceed down a long hill and stay on that road untill you reach the river. This is where I launch my dinghy to float the lower portion of the river. If you have any more question’s Jerry, feel free to ask on any of the posts. You might also want to take a look at the tackle posts of the Blog; this is where I describe what I am using when I fish the Bow River. Good Luck out there. Mike.