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Trout Fishing Stories

Fishing is Not Just for Men. My phone jangled on Friday that just passed, it was a good friend on the other end of the line, “Hey Mike, are you planning on going fishing tomorrow” he said. I quickly replied cheerfully, “I sure am buddy”. So the deal was done and we had a plan …

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Sunglasses are not optional!

Ice heaves on the banks of the bow river

  On a warm winters day as February is coming to an end, I decided to wander on over to a spot on the Bow River where three weeks ago was fully covered in ice. I was frantically looking for my sunglasses before I left the house for the river, I then remembered they were …

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Battling the Winter Blues

Patience is a virtue but it is sometimes not a virtue of mine! This statement I relate to the chilly winter months when I am cooped up and cannot reach the river to wet a line. When a human being has an itch the natural reaction is to scratch it, so what happens to that …

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Brown Trout Information

  BROWN TROUT INFORMATION             Brown trout are a territorial species that prefer staking out a protected homeland near the edges of fast currents and back pools off current edges. Any obstruction in the water that may provide cover for the light-sensitive fish is a good area to cast. Fish for browns in the same waters …

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