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The State of the Bow River Fishery

Rainbow Trout caught and released on the Bow River July 2018

What happened to the rainbow trout? This year has been a fairly good season for trout fishing the Bow River. Early spring and into July, the trout fishing on the lower Bow River (below Policeman’s Flats) had been great. At that time, we were experiencing great rainbow trout fishing with catch numbers around 20-40 fish …

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Friends, Fishing and Fun Times on the Bow River

Saturday night steak dinner for the men

Troutapalooza 2018 I gave our camping trip this past weekend a title, but you could label it whatever you wish; Trout fest, fish-topia, Slamjam 2018, Slay fest 2018. All those titles would have been fitting. It was a year planned and finally happened this past weekend with Rob, Ben and I making memories and catching …

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Bow River Brown Trout Fishing, YYC Alberta 2018

Bow River Television shoot

Gratitude for the Bow River watershed Another fishing season kicks off for me here in beautiful Alberta, Canada. It seemed like the grips of winter would never leave this year. With so much snow and rough weather in April, it seriously put a damper on sport fishing the Bow River. On the Easter Long weekend …

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Bow River Trout Fishing Testimonials May 2018

spin fishing for brown trout bow river

  Fishing the Bow River, May 2018 I had the privilege this past weekend to go on a guided trip with Mike Robertson (The trout slayer, bowriverblog). I had searched for a guided trip and found lots out there, but most were for fly fishing. I was excited to find that Mike caters to the …

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