http://bigrockflyguides.com Big Rock Fly Guides provides guided tours along the Bow River near Calgary, Alberta - world renown for outstanding fly fishing conditions. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Well, by all accounts the fishing on the lower Bow river between Calgary and Carseland has been very good.  River levels are still high, and the river actually has higher turbidity than the Highwood river, so the river visibility actually improves downstream of the confluence which is definately not ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2007/07/06/bow-river-conditions-july-6th-2007/  Fishing season is back, and things couldn't be looking better. The Sheep and Highwood rivers are clear and totally fishable, they are both running even clearer than the Bow at the moment. Those who know how to find straggling spawning rainbows in the Sheep and Highwood know that there are ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2007/07/06/sheep-and-highwood-river-conditions-july-6-2007/   Another year has come and passed, and on I would like to personally thank all of our guests in 2006 for spending time with us pursuing the quiet sport. We had a fantastic season,  and the photos and reports below show many happy faces, and a few chubby trout too.   ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2007/01/22/looking-forward-to-the-2007-fishing-season-on-the-bow-river/ [photopress:spt27c.jpg,full,centered]    After having such a great day with my sons yesterday, and seeing the great weather forecast for the next few days, I planned a float with my longtime pal and fellow guide, Dennis Messer of Calgary. Today was one of those days that will be forever inmprinted in my mind, a ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/29/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-28th/ [photopress:bowsept22_003.jpg,full,centered]    I was lucky enough to fish with two of my favorite people in the world today, my two sons Stephen (above), and Christian (below). It was a nice day to float, so I pulled my boys from school and we spent the day floating from glenmore trail to fish creek park.  ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/29/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-27th/     Break out the fall gear! Waders, polar fleece and gore-tex were required to survive today on the river. Temperature at the boat launch when I arrived at 8:30am was 0 degrees celcius, we could see our breath until about lunch time. A cold, biting headwind that occasionally gusted reminded us that summer ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/19/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-19th/  Well it was another hot day in Southern Alberta.  My guests today were Chris Johnston of Calgary and his son, Colin. With the high, bright sun today we saw very few risers. Once again, we spent most of the day dead drift nymphing, with some pretty decent results. Here is ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/11/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-10th/   The weather has certainly been spectacular this week, I don't think I've seen a cloud for days!  We drifted the city stretch of the river today, from Glenmore trail to Fish creek.  The visibility is excellent, with relatively few weeds for this time of year. We saw very few rising fish ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/08/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-8th/ Hello again, today we drifted a corporate outing with the IT department of Baytex Energy Trust. The conditions on the river were very good for our trip from McKinnon flats to Carseland Weir.  [photopress:Sept_7_010.jpg,full,pp_image]   With a forecast high of 26c, and not a cloud to be seen, it was only smoke ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/08/bow-river-fishing-report-sept-7th/  Well it has been a great August weatherwise, and so far the fishing has been pretty good too.  Today I was involved in a corporate trip with the folks at Elk Valley Coal Mining Corp. [photopress:EVCupbow.jpg,full,pp_image]   The trip was a short 10k float from Exshaw to Seebe. With the water lower ... http://bigrockflyguides.com/2006/09/08/upper-bow-river-fishing-report-aug-28/