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March Madness on the Bow River

The spring thing After shore fishing the month of February and doing very well with both the rainbows and browns, it was finally time to get the boat back out on the water once again. There was one slight problem however, my boat was all taken apart and in shambles. I had an accident in …

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Casting the days away in August 2020

Sportfishing the Bow River It sure has been a funny year in 2020 to say the least! With a pandemic affecting millions of peoples lives, it seems the fish have also been affected. How so you might ask? With many still unemployed, the Bow River has seen way more fishing pressure than past years. License …

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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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