The sweet smell of success
Quite often I field questions via my Blog in regards to fishing the Bow River. I admit openly I am not the guru of the Bow River nor do I know all of her secrets; I still have much to learn about her ever changing moods and seasons. I do however enjoy answering to the best of my knowledge questions anglers have regarding the Bow River. Some people move to the city and want to tap into the resources the mighty Bow has to offer. Some have never fished trout, let alone an intimidating river the size and speed of this river. Last week I received an e-mail come in through my contact form. John and his wife were looking for more info on where and when to fish the river. John has already found some success fishing the river but was searching to improve his success rate. Here is his message.
“Hi Mike, Great story, I enjoy the peace and quiet on the river early in the mornings. My wife and I have started trout fishing this year and are hooked. We have been fishing Glenmore, Deerfoot Bridge and MacKinnon Flats with great success, Big Rainbows and huge Brown’s. We have tried 130 Avenue and no luck at all! Can you suggest some other good spots on the lower Bow that are great and not too many people? Also is the fishing good all day or just mornings and evenings? We are new to this and enjoy the tips we read on your blog.
Thanks,
John and Joyce”.
I replied to John’s message and offered him a few more places to try his skills out. Sometimes I hear back from people and sometimes I do not. I was very grateful to hear feedback from John about his new adventures fishing new locations on the banks of the Bow River. I finished guiding the river yesterday and was pleased to see another e-mail from John. “Mike, fished this morning, we parked under the bridge at Anderson and Bow Bottom. We hiked downstream into Diamond Cove and down that nasty hill. The hike was not good on my back as I am having treatment on it all week for a sciatic nerve I wrecked last weekend fishing. We fished from 7- 10 AM and didn’t get a thing! We hiked back out to the bridge where the truck was parked. I said to my wife, I’m going cast a few under the bridge before we pack it in; the second cast this monster brown hit it. I was using a Rapala countdown rainbow #7. Good fight bringing it in and snapped a few pictures of this beautiful species of trout. I got it back in the water safe and it took off to fight another day. The tips you gave me on the Blog brought us to the spot and we can’t thank you enough, we are going to try the dog park tomorrow but think we might be back under the bridge. Thanks Mike”.
Judging by the size of this fish, I have a really good feeling that John and his wife will be back many more days to fish this wonderful resource we have right outside our backdoors. Thanks so much for your e-mail on Saturday, looking at the picture of that beast brown trout, I hit a massive pothole and almost lost the front left tire of my vehicle.
