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| All Photos: Bow River Shuttles |
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
This is Fly - Aug/Sept 2011
Earlier this year, Outdoor Canada included the Minipi Watershed in a list of “Canada’s 30 very best fishing hot spots”.
Now you can read about this ‘brook trout heaven’ in a feature article in This is Fly’s current issue!
After that, check out The Week of the Owl, and then, the images from Barry Clarke.
Lots of good stuff to distract you from your work, while you plan for your next trip to the Bow River. :-)
The Sheepdogs win big time!
“This is a band with the goods.”
So wrote Chris Cobb in a review of the band earlier this month in the Ottawa Citizen.
Was he on the money, or what!
We first became aware of this Saskatoon, Saskatchewan band back in April.
They had been chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as one of 16 bands vying to be the first unsigned group to be featured on their cover.
They were the only Canadian band in the running, and we wondered if they had any chance at all of success.
But we thought - "This is a kick-ass band – solid rock and roll - reminiscent of one of our faves from the late 60s - CCR!"
Well, successful they were!! Their win was announced yesterday, and they will indeed be on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine, on newsstands later this week.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Lots of hits kept it interesting
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| Photo: Bow River Shuttles |
Many thanks for the shuttle yesterday, much appreciated! Always a welcome sight to round the last bend & see the truck at the takeout!
I had a pretty slow day on the river yesterday. Fished from Mac to Carseland, on at 9am & came off just after 8pm as the wind really got up.
Very few people on the water & weather was great – no thunderstorms!
Water was remarkably high & visibility was only about 2ft max, I assume due to the Spray River situation.
Did catch one 17” rainbow & a few small fish, but couldn’t land about 6 others & had lots of hits which kept it interesting.
Used mostly white streamers from the pontoon boat, but black woolly buggers also worked.
Had nothing while nymphing despite fishing some usually good spots.
Saw only 2 small fish rising all day – very disappointing! Some caddis in the bushes & the odd light coloured mayfly but that was it.
The Bow River
McKinnon Flats to Carseland
Friday July 29 2011
THANKS TO PHIL H. FOR THIS EMAIL FISHING REPORT.
Take me to the river
The Father, the Son and The Holy Spririt
Robert Johnson is The Father
Muddy Waters is The Son
Jimi Hendrix is The Holy Spirit
Muddy Waters is The Son
Jimi Hendrix is The Holy Spirit
This is the Holy Trinity of The Blues.
The Calgary International Blues Festival comes to town this week.
One of the opening acts is Canadian roots supergroup Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
Guitar slinger Ellen McIlwaine, who now calls Calgary home, is also in the lineup.
Other headliners include Doors founder Ray Manzarek with Roy Rogers and the John Mayall Band.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Three ways a price has been put on Albertan water
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| Jeff McIntosh for The Globe and Mail |
Renata D'Aliesio
Globe and Mail
Friday, Jul. 22, 2011
Water has become scarce in parts of Alberta, the nation’s fastest-growing province and its economic powerhouse. The predicament has sparked intense clashes in recent years and has spurred calls on the government to drastically change how it manages the vital resource.
Related story: Alberta water project hopes to quench parched farms’ thirst
You have to be perfect, as was the day
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| Photo Courtesy: Steve S. |
The best fish was the one that got away. It was pure fun. It ripped through the fly line and into the backing line on the second run tailing off with a series of short runs and jumps. The line was bent below the water line on the short runs as the fish ran "off on a tangent" and you didn't know where it was going to come up next.
The water was up from last week, you'd think it was still June, and the clarity was only just over a foot. Didn't catch even one fish cruising in the boat. It was comfortable with the new cushioned seat I rigged up but I'd rather have been touch sore and catching fish. No. Had to stop and really work the holes. Even then only a couple three hook ups all through the morning and right at the 11 o'clock bite. Made sure again to set my watch by it.
The afternoon was great and stayed out a couple of extra hours to fish it. The two biggest fish were a 23 inch rainbow and a 25+ inch brown. The big brown came to the net a lot easier than I'd have thought and if not for the aerobatics of the one that got away I'd swear that it didn't get away after all and had come back to fight me one more time. Just for the fun of it.
A nice hatch of stone flies in the sunlit afternoon and stone flies were catching most of the trout. The shadows were lengthening and as I pushed through the last couple of clicks to the dock. The rocks on the upstream side of the dock at Policeman's create a nice breakwater that endures a few meters down river but makes the approach very difficult. A mixed blessing with the water so high and I unconsciously held my breath on entry. You have to be perfect, as was the day.
On the river 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM.
The Bow River
Glenmore Trail/Graves Landing to Policeman’s Flats
Thursday July 28 2011
THANKS TO STEVE S. FOR THIS EMAIL FISHING REPORT AND PHOTO!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Mighty Mike conquers Legacy Island takeout
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| Photo and Email credit - Jason Eggleton Click on photo for larger image |
"he takes out at Jansen's when no one can...stay thirsty my friends."
Spray River water breach threatens trout population
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Debris plug the Spray River near the junction with the Bow River in Banff, July 26, 2011. Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald |
Spray River water breach threatens trout population
Generator fails, water breaches spillway
By Cathy Ellis, For The Calgary Herald July 29, 2011
The cutthroat trout population in the Spray River could be wiped out due to dirty and unnaturally high water flows, in part the result of mechanical problems at a TransAlta hydroelectric facility near Canmore.
"Fish have evolved genetically for spring runoff, but as the (high stream flow) persists into mid-and late summer, this becomes an unnatural occurrence which fish are less able to tolerate," said Bill Hunt, resource conservation manager for Banff National Park.
"Obviously, the longer this goes on, the worse those odds are."
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Volunteers Needed for Family Fun Day
Volunteers Needed for Laycock Park Family Fun Day
On Saturday August 27, 2011 Trout Unlimited Canada (TUC) in parternship with Encana will be holding a Family Fun Day at Laycock Park 750 Blackthorn Road NE, Calgary.
TUC is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help run the various informational stations at this event. Volunteers are responsible for explaining their stations and assisting with the station specific activities such as, Fabulous Fish and Amazing Aquatic Invertebrates, Down the Drain, Fishy Escapades and Crazy Casting.
Each volunteer will be provided will the necessary information and materials to run their stations.
If you are interested in volunteering or need any further information please contact Lynn Robb TUC's Director of Conservation Education lrobb@tucanada.org or 403-209-5181.
The Laycock Park Family Fun Day is brought to you by TUC's Yellow Fish Road Progam™ and Encana Corporation
Thank you for your support of Trout Unlimited Canada
Trout Unilimited Canada
Philip Rowley
Manager Marketing and Communications
780-464-5499
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