Well my fishing friends I made it to the Bow River on Friday May the 20 and the water was dirty and full of algae. I had a feeling that the river was going to be a little dirty but I did not know it was going to be that bad. The Bow probably will not be fishable for about 3-4 weeks for spin fishing but may be good for fly fishing as there is a major hatch coming off the river now.  I think it’s time to go fishing elsewhere as the Bow River cleans up. Even though the fishing was not good it was still nice to float down the river and get some peace and quiet. I’m now going to let the Bow clean up and focus my attention on other bodies of water around Calgary. Next stop will be Crawling Valley for the big Walleye and Pike that live here. After the Bow cleans up the Trout fishing will be awesome so I will keep you posted the next time I head out fishing.

Well it’s that time again my fishing friends, May long weekend is finally here. I live for long weekends and long weekends equal time spent on the river. Golfing has kind of gotten in the way of fishing lately but now it’s time to get back at it. I’m planning a float down the Bow River on Saturday and I’m going to go to Crawling Valley on Monday so I’m looking forward to an awesome weekend of fishing. And you know what, I’m at the stage where if I don’t catch a whole bunch of fish I’m o.k. with that; so long as I’m out of the house and beside some water. The weather in and around Calgary for the weekend looks pretty good with Saturday forecast calling for a high of 24 degrees and light rain. Sunday and Monday both look good with highs of 25 and 27 degrees respectively.

 Saturday should be good on the Bow because I have had awesome days fishing when it’s lightly raining. I used to think that when it was raining the fish would not be biting but boy was I ever wrong. I floated the Bow River last year when it was lightly raining and had one of the best days of my life. Remember the old saying that when you don’t think the fishing is going to be good it’s probably going to be good. O.k. that’s not an old saying I just made it up but there is some degree of truth in it. I really love those days when I’m the only one on the river. My friend Kevin and I are floating on Saturday and I think I’m going to take some time for myself and go fish the Valley by myself. So here’s to a good weekend of fun and fishing and I’ll keep you updated on how I made out on the next installment of Gone Fishing.

Well, I see that my favorite Walleye fishing hole is once again open for the season. I just cannot wait to get out to Crawling Valley Reservoir to fish for those big fat eye’s. I was going to go out this past weekend, proceeded to go to the local tackle shop for some frozen minnows and some Pickerel rigs. Grabbed the goods from the tackle store and then proceeded to the Super Store to buy a new fishing chair, my old one broke from the many days of use at Crawling Valley. Gathered everything together and headed for the highway, yeee hawww, I’m going fishing baby, back to the valley I go; the weather’s awesome and I decide I’d better check the regulations one more time just to be sure it’s open. It’s May 7 2006 and opening day is Mon, May the 8 2006 what a complete bummer man I tell you, I was so pumped to go and my bubble was burst in the flip of the regulations page.