I purchased the craft at Crown Surplus here in Calgary for around 300$ and was very satisfied with the boat once I took it out on the Bow River. My first dingy separated ever so slightly on the bottom of the boat which resulted in a small hole in the floor. I brought the boat back to Mike at Crown and he said that he needed to get a hold of the representative from Sevylor to see if would be warranty issue. He got back to me within a week and told me to come on down and get a new dingy. This kind of service is quite rare these days so I would like to thank Mike at Crown Surplus for all his help and prompt service and would highly recommend his company to anyone who needs a dingy.

Usually when we fish the Bow I am able to catch at least one good size Brown Trout but not on this trip, Tom was the lucky one this time around. He managed to haul in a nice sized Brown which probably was 20-22 inches in length. We were predominantly catching nice sized Rainbows all day. There was a good variety of fish caught which indicates a healthy fishery. I still am amazed at how hard these Rainbows fight and I should know well enough by now after fishing this river hundreds of times. I was getting 12-16 inch fish that fought like 20-22 inch trout. I can tell you one thing for sure, this river has to be fished properly to be highly successful. With the right lure on the end of your line, and some technical know how, you will do very well out here on the mighty Bow River.

Well is completely crazy out on the Bow River once again my fishing friends. It’s that time of year when the run off has mostly come to an end and the trout go mental for food. I floated on Thursday with my childhood friend Tom. B and the fishing was outstanding. We floated from Glenmore Tr. Bridge to Policeman’s flat which takes approximately 3 hours and thirty minutes. The weather was absolutely gorgeous with sun and a calm breeze being mother natures order for the day. We started out pretty slowly but as we floated a little more, things got heated up and I finally yelled “fish on”. A fat scrappy whitefish was bouncing on the end of my line. Lot’s of whitefish to start out the float but the best was yet to come.

I find the further you get out of the city limits the less whitefish you catch and then it becomes all trout. I’m not quite sure why this happens and if anyone knows out there I’d be interested in the answer. Any how, as we are just past the man bridge at Deer Run I suggest my pal Tom throws his Panther Martin into a very good looking spot along the bank. He put his lure on the exact spot I recommended and started to reel away from the bank slowly and then BOOM, a huge Rainbow hammers his gear and takes a flying leap 2 feet out of the water. Unbelievable that he was able to put his lure on the precise spot I was looking at. As a result he pulled out a massive 22 inch Rainbow trout. And things never really slowed down from that point on.