Bow River Fishing Report Aug 24th

   Recent weather has been unstable, and some strong winds and thundershowers greeted my overnight trip on the river earlier this week. Today turned out to be a pretty good day and the number of rising fish was the best it has been in about the last week or so . Nymphing with small nymphs like evil weevil, copper john, midge and of course ALL stages of caddis will get you into fish.

  My guest today was Mr Jim Scott of Coquitlam B.C.  The weather held held up fairly well for us, and although we didn’t see any big browns today, we managed to boat our share of 20″+ rainbows. In fact, Jim caught one so large, he could barely hold it up for a snap shot. I enjoyed the day I’m sure almost as much as Jim, and I thank you Jim for being our guest today. As always, we welcome  questions or comments from ALL of the visitors to our site:) Tight lines…and get ‘em on the reel.

Rob.

Bow River Fishing Report Aug 17th

  Wrestlin’ rainbows

What an absolute Hog!

The barometric pressure is up, and sun is back! A fabulous summer day to fish the river.  There were about four different hatches going on steadily all day today, but not too many obvious rising fish about. My guests today were Washington Capitals of the NHL Asst. Coach Jay Leach (top and above left) and his longtime friend Kim (above right and below), from New Hampshire U.S.A.  We saw a good number of fish today, including this slob of a brown trout and some fine, scrappy rainbows too!

Nice Silver Rainbow.

The weather forecast is calling for sun, sun, sun! Check out the weather link on the top right as well as links to some of our favorite people.

   Remember, get to the river as early as possible, think small nymphs, and switch to the hopper dropper on the dog day afternoons. We will be accepting bookings until September 30th, so Contact Us soon for that day of fishing you’ve dreamed about….Tight lines.

Rob.

Bow river Fishing Report Aug. 16th

Well, a low pressure system moved in the last 24 hours causing cloudiness, showers and scattered thundershowers on the river. That did not seem to have a major impact on the fishing.

  My guests today, Cody (above) and Dan (below right) of Calgary both had a fantastic day, as both had personal best days on the river. The fish were oout there for those willing to brave the cold, wet stuff today.

  As always, we’d love to hear any questions or comments that you may have, feel free to contact us. Tight lines…

Rob.

Bow River Fishing Report Aug.12th

  The Bow River downstream of Calgary has been fishing well as of late. Scattered dry fly opportunities can be found if you look closely enough.  Below is a photo of my client Dr. Henry Bianchi of Tucson, Arizona, with one of many fine rainbows he caught today.

  Try nymphing with small (14-18) nymphs, and hopper dropper on dog day afternnons. Tight lines…

Rob.

Bow river Fishing Report Aug 9th ‘06

 Well the weather has certainly been mixed in the last 36 hours. Cloudy with showers this morning, and a sunny afternoon followed by a rainy evening. A full moon… and the fishing is good. Less rising fish today than in the last week or so. Small nymphs were the key today, fewer fish rising but some excellent trout to be had. Here are a few photos of my guests today Kelly and Corey, landing some nice fish.

   As always, we’d love to hear from you, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments. Tight lines…

Rob.

Bow River Fishing Report Aug 5th ‘06

What an absolutely fantastic day to be on the river! The water conditions are very good, and combined with todays perfect weather made for a superb float! What can I say, we caught fish with nymphs, streamers and dry flies today. The caddis were thick by early evening, and by dusk fish could be found feeding on the surface fairly abundantly. 

I fooled this fine 23″ Rainbow trout with a #18 copper john today:

Here’s my pal Dennis with a streamer taken specimen: 

Stick to smaller nymphs, use the hopper dropper in the afternoon, and keep your eyes peeled for those sippers on the banks!

 Thanks for visiting our site, please contact us if you have any questions or comments, or if you are interested in a fly fishing adventure on the Bow River.