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Jan 01

Happy New Year To All My Fishing Friends

By Mike Robertson in General Info

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I also hope Santa brought you all that you asked for. I am impatiently waiting for my gifts to arrive that I ordered myself from E-Bay. I have added a few new tools to my arsenal, a new rod I bought for myself a few weeks back, The E-21 Carrot Stix I picked up off of E-Bay and a new reel to complement the rod. I choose the Shimano Stradic 5000. That’s dynamite in a package right there. There is a bait ban in the Bow River and no dynamite is allowed, so I have the next best thing. A Rapala, a Carrot Stix rod and a new Shimano reel. Bang, Bang; I’m going to shoot out the lights this fishing season. Watch out for the guy with the orange rod folks! And let the trout’s beware, I’m coming to gettcha.

This past fishing season was a blast for me, many more clients as a result of hard work and the new boat. The Blog still is a work in progress, I am learning all the time. I am humbled by the amount of visitors and great people I have met in my blogging journey. I believe I can never learn enough about life and fishing as well. I look forward to 2011 which I know will be a great year for large Bow River trout. For those of you who are still on the fence about a guided fishing trip, come out and check it out. You will not be disappointed you did.

I want to thank all the folks who have commented on the Blog, and all the great people whom I was able to guide this past fishing season. I also want to thank all the people who are loyal readers of the site. Thanks so much for allowing my site to grace your computer screens on a regular basis. For that I am humbled and grateful. I would also like to thank my fellow bloggers out there who run some awesome fishing websites, I know first hand how much time and effort goes into writing and editing Blog posts, so my hat is off to you guys and gals. That to me is what makes the internet so cool, if you want to find something fishing related you can do so fairly easily.

So here is to a happy and healthy new year to you all. I hope you all will continue to read the Blog, as it continues to grow and prosper. Happy New Year!!!!

Dec 14

My Christmas Fishing Tackle Wish List For 2010

By Mike Robertson in 2010 Christmas Wish List

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/5K85Ts6ZNko" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]All I want for Christmas is my new fishing gear, my new fishing gear, my new fishing gear.

So have you been naughty or nice? Do you think Santa is going to come down your chimney with a bag full of new fishing lures and maybe a fishing rod to boot? And if he does come down your chimney what did you ask for? Here is one weapon on my list of fishing goodies I asked for this year.

For starters I am always on the look out for a new fishing rod. A fishing rod that is fairly inexpensive which possesses great sensitivity and durability. I like to buy a rod for around a hundred to a hundred and fifty dollars. So this year I asked Santa for a Carrot Stix rod. A what Stix you ask! Yes I said a Carrot Stix. Some of you may have already seen this fancy fish slaying machine and some of you may have not seen it.

The Carrot Stix hit the market a few years ago. The Carrot Stix fishing rods have gained popularity for being one of the lightest and most sensitive rods on the market today. With the new Carrot Stix WILD brand available just in time for the holidays, Santa will hopefully plant one of these babies under my tree. With the price tag at around 120.00, Carrot Stix rods are highly durable and come with a lifetime warranty. Here is the product information. A new value has sprouted in Carrot Stix’s impressive line of innovative rods. A full 5 grams of material has been engineered out of the rod’s tip to allow for more efficient casting, and smaller-diameter, low-framed Minima guides produce less line flutter and increase casting accuracy. A new rear grip shape allows for easier control of the rod, and increased density of nano-bio-fibers derived from carrots provide extra strength and increased surface durability. A gorgeous finish in vivid original Carrot Stix orange rounds out the package for an unbeatably versatile tool that’s made for your hands.

Click here to buy the new Carrot Stix http://www.basspro.com/Element-21-Carrot-Stix-Wild-Micro-Spinning-Rods/product/10209425/-1749730 The fisherman in your household will be happy he or she received one of these for Christmas. So that takes care of the new rod on my list. What shall we do about all the other goodies I asked Santa for? The next post will cover what kinds of lures and gear I asked for this year. Stay tuned for my 2010 Christmas wish list, you won’t want to miss a post!

Dec 04

Photo Contest Winner

By Mike Robertson in Photo Contest's

And The Winner Is!

Drum roll please, Ty Vrabel. Ty sent in his photo of a monster Bull Trout caught and released from the Sheep River. What a beautiful fish for the Sheep River. I have fished the Highwood River and caught some dandies in days gone by. I have also fished the Lower Kananaskis Lake and had some monster fish from there also.

I was hoping my first photo contest was going to see more great photos of some local fish but only one photo was entered into the contest. Therefore Ty receives six swim baits from Japan. These bad boy fishing lures will work well on any stream or lake here in Alberta. They look very realistic and I know they will catch Ty a large Trout, Walleye or Pike.

Thanks to Ty for entering the Bow River Blog’s very first photo and hopefully he will enjoy his new fishing lures.

Nov 21

2010 Bow River Photo Contest

By Mike Robertson in Photo Contest's

Hi Mike,

The photo I have chosen is one of me holding up my prize bull trout. I caught it this summer on the Sheep River in southern Alberta.
I have many pictures of me with browns and rainbows on the bow, but there was something about this one that really meant something to me.

I am away at University now but whenever I am feeling down I always think back to that sunny July day. I remember the bully taking my hook, the epic battle down the stream and the eventually my friend landing the monster. I hope you can appreciate the photo as much as I do.

Happy fishing,

Ty Vrabel

Thanks Ty, great fish taken from a beautiful river. I appreciate that fish very much. Thanks for your entry into the photo contest.

Cheers,

~Mike.

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