Showing posts with label terry johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terry johnson. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Hoey: Learning to fly fish the Bow River is easier than you think

Superguide Terry Johnson of Fish Tales Fly Shop in Calgary preparing for the next pool. Photo, courtesy D'Arcy Vandergucht/Calgary Herald,

Hoey: Learning to fly fish the Bow River is easier than you think

by Jim Hoey, Calgary Herald, March 27, 2015

I grew up fly-fishing. I am a Calgarian and I was raised by the Bow River. I know how special it is.


I am always interested in getting people involved in learning about and trying the fine sport of fly-fishing. So many people saw the great Robert Redford film “A River Runs Through It “and think, ‘wow I will never be able to do something like that’. In actuality you do not begin casting 100 feet of line. You begin much more humbly and it is not nearly as difficult as it looks.

Read more here: http://bit.ly/1bP9sk3

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Today along the Bow River - July 2014

Photo, © Bow River Shuttles

A couple of clients finishing up their 12th annual trip with Fish Tales Fly Shop head guide Terry Johnson.

Sure wish we knew what was up with TransAlta. The Bow River at Calgary was bumped up to ove
r 200 cms at 4:30 am this morning.

#bowriver #flyfishing

High today 25°C, scattered clouds, wind avg 11, max 20.

Bow River at Banff 87 cms
Bow River at Calgary flow 208 cms
Bow River below Carseland 206 cms

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Looking back along the Bow River - 2012 Season

Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved 2012

Fly fishing guides Jeff Thomson (left) and Terry Johnson conducting a seminar at Fish Tales Fly Shop, March 2012

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Looking back along the Bow River - Season 2011

Fly fishing guide Terry Johnson (Fish Tales Fly Shop) showing the camera a Bow River trout that he had just netted for his clients.  
Photo, Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2011