Monday, December 31, 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Friday, December 28, 2012

Canadian National Fly Fishing Championships & Conservation Symposium - 2013



Welcome to the official Facebook page for the Canadian National Fly Fishing Championships & Conservation Symposium, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta from September 23-27 in 2013! 

Lots of news to be released on this exciting event so be sure to give this page a "LIKE" and share with your fly-fishing friends! 

Fly Fishing Canada

Today along the Bow River - December 2012

Waterfowl on a wintery Bow River. Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

Thanks to some warm westerly winds, we went from a low of -24.0 °C  to a high of around +1.0 °C in just over 36 hours!  

A wee bit cooler over the weekend, and then up to +4.0 °C for New Years Day.  Let's hope the forecast is accurate!

Eat Sleep Fish - #12 Dec 2012


Check out the lead article "From Canada to New Zealand' by Dave and Amelia Jensen of Fly Fish Alberta in this issue of Eat Sleep Fish .

Looking back along the Bow River - 2012 Season

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012
April 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Bow Habitat Station - Free Family Crafts Dec 27 & 28



Family in town visiting for the holidays? 

Stop by for a visit on Dec 27 or 28 for FREE family crafts with your Discovery Centre admission between 1 pm and 3 pm. Be sure to bring along our coupon as well! 

Print coupon here  

Bow Habitat Station

Looking back along the Bow River - 2012 Season

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012
April 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!

Bow River, Calgary. Photo, Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Thank you to my shuttle clients for another great year.

I appreciate your business.

Kindest regards,
Michelle

P.S. I'd love to hear from our blog followers.  What town/city are you from?  What river do you consider to be your home waters?

Monday, December 24, 2012

Today along the Bow River - December 2012

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

Another 'mist over the water' day along the Bow River, with a high of -16.9 °C


Looking back along the Bow River - 2012 Season

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

April 2012. High 15 °C, scattered cloud, wind avg 17 max 44, on that day.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Today along the Bow River - December 2012

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

Mist was coming off the water. No surprise with that... the high today was -18.9 °C.

B.C.’s salmon guardian needs you to listen – before it’s too late


Ron MacLeod, former director-general of the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Department is photographed at his home White Rock, British Columbia, Saturday, December 1, 2012.
(Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail)

FISHERIES

B.C.’s salmon guardian needs you to listen – before it’s too late

MARK HUME


Vancouver, The Globe and Mail, Dec 02 2012

He’s 88 and admits to failing health, but Ron MacLeod’s mind remains as sharp as a well-honed fish hook and his passion for protecting salmon is undiminished.

Proof of that lies in a brilliant paper he has just written with long-time colleague Al Wood that he hopes will stir a public outcry against government.

This is an old warrior who is squaring up for one last fight. And politicians will ignore him at their peril.

His paper, “Epic Fail,” chronicles the decline of Pacific salmon stocks and warns that a total collapse – on the scale of the Atlantic cod catastrophe – is in the making, unless things change.


Mr. MacLeod, a former director-general of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, goes beyond doom-saying. He lays out the history of failed government policies that have propelled us to this point, and offers solutions.

Read more here

"This short paper is well written, easy to read and will help us all to understand how "we" (Canada) got to where we are as to fish and fisheries." - Jim Wilson, The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation

Read "Epic Fail" here.