Bow River Fishing Report - Friday July 19, 2013

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

Bow River Fishing Report - Friday July 19, 2013

Pre-Flood & Post-Flood Reports from Ryan L.

"Thanks to Ryan L. for this fishing report and photos!" - Michelle, Owner/Operator, Bow River Shuttles

NOTE: RYAN L. WAS ONE OF THE LAST FLY FISHERS TO DRIFT THE BOW PRIOR TO THE FLOOD. HIS REPORT FROM THAT TRIP IS POSTED BELOW. HE WAS OUT AGAIN LAST FRIDAY. THIS IS HIS REPORT FROM THE 'NEW' BOW RIVER.

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

Hi Michelle,

We had a great day on the re-designed river.

First of all, the river looked great and exploring was good fun.

We were into fish within sight of the launch and hooked up on both streamers and nymphs.

We caught fish all day long, even in the bright sun and had three double-headers. Most of the fish were big and healthy and fooled on leeches or stones and streamers fished tight to the bank.

Brown with a bit of yellow was the streamer colour that worked well for us.

We were pleased to catch some nice fish below the Highwood as well.

Water clarity was about 3 feet.

We did catch a couple 6 inchers which was encouraging.

I've included a picture of what I believe was a buffalo bone bed and a short video of the Cliffs.

- Ryan L.

Bow River Fishing Report - Friday June 14, 2013

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

Bow River Fishing Report - Friday June 14, 2013

Pre-Flood & Post-Flood Reports from Ryan L.

"Thanks to Ryan L. for this fishing report!" - Michelle, Owner/Operator, Bow River Shuttles

NOTE: RYAN L. WAS ONE OF THE LAST FLY FISHERS TO DRIFT THE BOW PRIOR TO THE FLOOD. HE SENT IN THIS REPORT. HOWEVER, BY THE TIME WE RECEIVED IT, WE WERE IN THE FLOOD AND IT DIDN'T GET POSTED. 

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

Hi Michelle,

We had a great day on Friday. The river was high but a nice milky green colour with about 18" of visibility.

The fish were tight to the bank and eager to take stonefly nymphs.

We actually did better fishing from the bank because we could get the flies tighter that way. There was a dense hatch of small dark mayflies later in the afternoon after a good rain storm.

We had to endure a lightning storm lying face down on the bank while it hailed on our back sides and stormed above our heads.

We found a few risers for a short time but nothing consistent.

Toward the end of the day we got a number of exciting follows on a white streamer.

The rainbows put on a good show and we lost more than we landed. They were fat and feisty for sure.

All in all a worthwhile early season trip.

- Ryan

Bow River Fishing Report - from May 04 2012

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

Friday May 04 2012

Policeman’s Flats to McKinnon Flats

My son and I had a wonderful first float of the year. The air was sweet and the sun was warm.

The river had about 18" or so of visibility and there were BWOs hatching prolifically. All the fish we caught were small but feisty.

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.

In the first part of the float we were catching them on #18 BWO emergers in the riffly water at the heads of runs. Later on we switched to a small rusty streamer that attracted a bunch of enthusiastic strikes.

As I mentioned, all the fish we landed were small but we did have some larger fish on momentarily. The river still felt empty of the spawning rainbows but maybe that was just us.

All in all, It was a lovely day.

- THANKS TO RYAN L. FOR THIS FISHING REPORT AND PHOTOS

Photo, courtesy Ryan L.