Gone Fishing- Bow River.

I think one of the best things that can happen to a guy/girl is when he has a hunch and he is right. I am speaking about those funny feelings you get about where the fish are. Some call them hunches, some call them gut feelings, some call them intuition and some people call it plain luck. Today we went out to find the big trout and we were successful once again. We headed south of the city in search of the elusive Brown Trout. As we pulled up to the hole Todd says “OH yeah, this is the spot”. I agreed and then we started to go to town.

I tied up the Minnow Spinner and fired it almost all the way across the river. Three or four casts later I hook into a nice sized Brown Trout, just what we were looking for. I release him and carry on with my assault. A short while later another fish absolutely hammers my lure, to be honest I thought I had a snag, oh no; a big fat Brown Trout is what I had. Then I moved a little upstream and the third Brown of the day is on the end of my Minnow Spinner. Notice here how he just smashed that thing. Then Todd borrows one of my Minnow Spinners and makes a few casts, we already know what they want, you guessed it the Minnow Spinner. The next thing you know Todd’s fishing rod is bent over and he looks over and says to me “its a monster”. We pull the big fat Brown out, snap a few photo’s, and back in the river he goes to be caught another day.

Have a look at this fat boy. I caught one more fish in that hole and we decided to move into our other honey hole. I switched hooks and headed for a nice long walk to our other hole. We arrive in the hole and Todd goes right to work at the top of the pool so I take the bottom of the pool with no luck at first. Todd hollers, “fish on” and reels a nice Rainbow to shore. Todd has been fishing like a pro lately which is great to see. I of course cannot be out done so I switch to a Rooster Tail spinner and fire away. I’m sure glad I tied on the white spinner because I was rewarded with a 30 inch massive Brown. I cannot believe the size of fish that are in this river system. I truly believe we are spoiled rotten in this city. I love fishing this river. I always say that working has ruined many a good fisherman. We will be back out scouting tomorrow for the big lunkers. I think were going out of the city limits to another deep hole. I will keep you up to date.