Hiding in the canola near Legacy Island.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Jason McCoy goes solo
Award winning Canadian country music star Jason McCoy performs tonight (10:00 pm) at Nashville North on the Calgary Stampede grounds.
He credits several years as a child growing up in Camrose Alberta for instilling in him a love of country culture.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Tegan and Sara
Lots happening on the local music scene.
Identical twins Tegan and Sara are back in their hometown (Calgary) for a couple of sold out shows.
VFTSV*
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| Photo: Bow River Shuttles |
Don’t know how to ‘read’ moving water? Big mistake!
The Calgary Fire Department found this aluminum boat wrapped around a bridge abutment upstream of downtown Calgary.
It had been abandoned.
*Views from the Shuttle Van
*Views from the Shuttle Van
Friday, July 8, 2011
Highways
Catch Matt Masters at his "All-Western Winners" album launch party tonight at the Palamino in Calgary. This dude rocks!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Legacy Island Cleanup – Monday July 11 @ 5:00 pm
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| All photos: Bow River Shuttles |
Legacy Island Cleanup - Volunteer Work Evening
Date: Monday July 11, 2011
Time: 5:00 pm
Participants: TUC Bow River Chapter
Bow River Shuttles writes:
"Who is TUC Bow River Chapter? If you walk & wade the Bow River, float fish the Bow River, guide fly fishing on the Bow River, then YOU are TUC Bow River Chapter.
Legacy Island Cleanup #1 on May 07 produced 6 volunteers, out of a possible total of over 1,000. We can do better than that." :-)
Brian Meagher writes:
Just to let all those know who have offered, we would now like to set a date to do the initial clean-up effort on the Legacy Island to remove the trees that are blocking the road and boat launch.
Please feel free to pass this on to anyone that also may be interested- there is no need to RSVP for this event, but if someone has equipment then I would appreciate an RSVP from them to understand how many and what will be out there.
I would like to set this for Monday July 11th
I will bring a bbq and some hotdogs, chips and pop to entice you,
Please bring a refillable bottle and I will bring water and some juice or pop,
We will need people to bring gloves,
Mosquito repellent (they will be bad),
If you have a chain saw and safety equipment then we could use you,
If you have a come-a-long that too would be useful
I will be on site shortly after 5pm, please drop by if you can make it; if you can only stay for a short time that is understandable.
We will focus on:
1. Removing the trees that are on the roadway
2. Clearing the debris from the guide fencing
3. Collecting garbage (there is very little as a major clean –up was completed a month ago)
4. Some minor silt clean up above high water mark if required by hand only in specific areas
Directions:
From the Intersection of Hwy 24 and Hwy 22 -
Head south until you reach the Bell Power Pole intersection (6.53 km or 4 miles). Continue south on gravel another 3.7 km (2.3 miles).
Turn west and go past the residential driveway. Then proceed down the hill to Legacy Island.
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| Map courtesy: TUC Bow River Chapter |
Once again, the actual removal of silt from the boat launch and roadway may take a little longer as we will require new permits from Alberta Environment for this. I have already started this process, but it does take time for them to go through the process. There still may be an opportunity to get this done with a different type of permit and I am looking into that.
Thanks for your interest on this.
_____________________________________________________________Brian Meagher (P.Biol.) Provincial Biologist Trout Unlimited Canada
#160, 6712 Fisher St. SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2H 2A7
O/ (403) 221-8360 D/ (403) 209-5185 F/ (403) 221-8368 C/ (403) 875-3264
E/ Bmeagher@tucanada.org www.tucanada.org
A fifteen minute brown
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| Michelle chatting with shuttle clients yesterday. Photo: Bow River Shuttles |
Being a little near sighted I couldn't tell for sure if the fish splashing the surface half way through my backing was a brown or a rainbow, only that it was an especially big fish. It hit my fly and then the fast water and struck off downstream.
The bushes, normally high on the bank, were low in the water and the brown, for that's what I decided it must be, fought in close to the bank endeavoring to enwrap the line. Clever.
From opposite ends we each pulled on the line and then indifferently, he shook free. A brown for sure. A fifteen minute brown.
I was rewarded with a fine rainbow later in the day which also went into my backing and I'm not sure who was more exhausted when she made the net. It must have appeared to be a good fight to the passing firemen boat as they circled and pulled in close, smiling, to watch the catch. I’ve never seen them do that before.
They too, may be, have been lamenting the long start to the fishing this year. Unseasonably high water still but there was two foot of clarity to work with and the fish were on again off again biting.
I slung twinned streamers for a while just for the exercise as a nymphed copper john was catching the fish. Green and brown two tailed mayflies were the hatches.
It was a great sunny day and for me, marked the beginning of summer.
The Bow River
Glenmore Trail/Graves Landing to 22X/Fish Creek Park
Wednesday July 06 2011
THANKS TO STEVE S. FOR THIS VERY FINE FISHING REPORT!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The Flyfish Journal - Vol 2 Is 4
Got the latest issue a few weeks ago.
The black & white photography in the photo essay “Blue Collar Steel” is superb.
Wonderful writing in “Sangre Latino”. The author weaves a tale of the ‘jungle anglers’ in the days of his grandfather – the influence his grandfather had on him, and how some things have changed, or not, in current times.
“The coffee table fly fishing bible”
Available at your favourite Calgary fly shop.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Legacy Island & Carseland boat launches – A close look
Legacy Island
We took a trip to Legacy Island today, to see firsthand the damage caused by the flooding of the island during the recent high water runoff on the Bow River. Here is some of what we saw.
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| All Photos: Bow River Shuttles. Click on images for larger version |
NOTE: We took more photos, which we will be posting to my Facebook Page in the next few days. Be sure to keep an eye on that site.
Brian Meagher wrote today (July 05):
“Just to let all those know who have offered, we are attempting to set a date to do an initial clean-up effort on the island to remove the trees that are blocking the road and boat launch. Right now I am focusing on an evening effort (unfortunately weekends do not work for me until August) to complete this. I will set a date very soon and ensure you are all notified.
(Right now I am looking at Monday July 11th or Tuesday July 12th - I will have this finalized by Thursday of this week)
The actual removal of silt from the boat launch and roadway may take a little longer as we will require new permits for this action. I have already started this process, but it does take time for them to go through the process. There may be an opportunity to get this done with a different type of permit and I am looking into that.
Legacy Island Cleanup – Volunteer Workday #2
Date: TBD, possibly Monday July 11th or Tuesday July 12th
Participants: TUC Bow River Chapter.
Bow River Shuttles writes (again):
“Who is TUC Bow River Chapter? If you walk & wade the Bow River, float fish the Bow River, guide fly fishing on the Bow River, then YOU are TUC Bow River Chapter.
Please RSVP Your Interest to Attend To:
Brian Meagher
Alberta Provincial Biologist
Trout Unlimited Canada
(403) 209-5185
Email - bmeagher@tucanada.org
Johnson’s Island (Carseland)
When we learned last week that the spring rains had caused a ‘serious slump’ in the access road leading to the Carseland boat launches, we envisioned some sort of minor land slide that might have covered some of the road.
What we saw today was quite different from that.
It could best be described as a ‘fracture line’ that one would see at the very beginning of a snow 'slab avalanche' in the backcountry.
You could see the fracture line crossing the road immediately in front of the park gate. The road was very noticeably an inch or two lower on the other side of the fracture line.
We assume the line ran along the top of the valley to the east, on the left of the road. Further down the road, just before the curve to the first switch back, the fracture line crossed the road again, this time heading downhill.
The line was very visible in the grass, as it made its way down to the next crossing of the road.
After crossing the road, the line became hard to see, as it continued downhill in the tall grass.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Yellowstone River Oil Spill
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| Map found on Chi Wulff. Click on image for larger version |
On our way back from a family wedding over the long weekend, we began to hear about an oil spill on the Yellowstone River.
The Calgary media picked up on this story, and we have seen and heard radio, television and newspaper reports.
Fly fishing blog Chi Wulff has posted two items thus far:
The Houston Chronicle has this late breaking story which contains a lot of detail:
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
July 4, 2011, 9:45PM
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