Bow River Flow Rates - Post Flood 2013

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Bow River Flow Rates - Post Flood 2013

The flow rate at 11:00 am today (Tues July 09, 2013) at Calgary was 309 cms.

It may have been wishful thinking, but we think we could see a little bit of the colour green, coming through the grey/light brown colour of recent days. 

In a recent report, Fish Tales Fly Shop writes:

"- In 2005 float trips resumed the first week of July with water levels between 220 and 295 cms (Calgary Station) and fishing was very good with some of the largest brown trout of the year caught.

- Similarly, in 2012 we experienced very high water during early July. All float trips were canceled until July 4th when we did our first float trips which turned out to be very good again with big brown trout being the highlight of those early days back on the river. At that point, the river was running at 323 cms (Calgary station).

We are putting this information out there to give people an idea of what we have to wait for, water level wise, in the coming days. Obviously safety continues to be the primary concern once the flooding is down. Once water levels drop we will make decisions about trips once our guides have been able to spend some days on the water exploring the “NEW” river. We will only start to float once it is safe to do so and access can be determined."

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