Spin fishing the Bow River for Brown and Rainbow Trout It is always a blessing when one can pick up their fishing gear and head to the river in February. Normally it’s freezing cold and not fit to fish in February here in Calgary, Alberta. This year was an entirely different story, however. With plus …
Tag: trout fishing
Nov 02
Friends, fish and memories
My Tackle Box of Memories This post is dedicated to my dear friend Andy Vander Ploeg. May you rest in eternal peace (1963-2017) Deep within, or sometimes at the forefront of my mind are memories of fishing trips gone past. Amazing times spent with friends sport fishing the rivers or lakes here in Alberta. Some …
Jun 29
Blown Out Bow River
June 20 2013 Destruction and devastation of the likes I have never seen firsthand with my own eye balls. I witnessed the floods here in Calgary in 2005 and thought that was massive, which it was. Now this flood is at least three times worse than 2005 and I have heard worse than the flood …
May 27
River report for the Bow River system. May 27, 2013
With three solid days of rain and run off already started, the clean water of the Bow River system now takes on a similar look of a chocolate milk carton. With water running out of the storm drains and into the river now, it looks like fishing should be done on a lake or reservoir. …