Tag: fishing season on the bow river

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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Night Fishing The Bow River

Big Tom's Big Brown

In The Still Of The Night. I was slipping and sliding, bumbling and stumbling in the darkness last evening fishing for those massive Brown Trout that just will not feed in the daytime. Not those 18 to 22 inch fish that you can frequently hook into almost at will, I’m talking about those 25 to …

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Brown Trout Info

Scottish Brown Trout

History of The Brown Trout Just when the divergence between the Atlantic salmon(salmo salar), and the brown trout(salmo trutta), occured is unknown, but there is large scientific evidence showing that they have a common ancestor. Recently found chromosome differences between the Atlantic salmon(56-58) and Salmo trutta(80) clearly separate the salmon and brown, but the similarity …

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Brown Trout Info

Night Fishing Safety The last piece of information I would like to pass on to the reader is the safety aspect of fishing at night. It is very wise to fish with a partner when out on the water at night. This ensures your personal safety and will make you feel more at ease while …

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