Full Swing

The season is in full swing with it's many hours on the river searching for the "one" - a big brown trout willing to eat a foam bug. 2018 is certainly a year with good water levels and the fish are fattening up. Dry fly fishing has been good, caddis flies in their various emerging stages are getting the trout sip on top. As summer passes the water levels are dropping, the trico fishing with clouds of tiny mayflies appearing like plumes of smoke will continue to provide food for rising trout. The hoppers are now coming into play and a smorgasbord of food is available. August is a great time of year to hook into a real Bow River tank!

Sometimes it Can Come Together!

We fish hoping that that day comes together and the fish really bite! Tuesday, July 10 happened to be such a day with a customer I have guided for over a decade. I sit here chuckling over all the fun we have shared together fly fishing the #BowRiver, and even though the river fished really well, you still just wind up logging it into your memory, hoping it comes together the next time you fish. Summer is here!

Looking Up!

It is nice to see the river shaping up. The insects are moving around and the fish are looking up, dry flies! Johnny our youngest has his birthday July 11 so we fish a river D.F.O. "dry fly only" and yesterday was our day. The fish obliged eating his offering rendering a feeling of contentment that only a day casting dry flies can do. Perfect!!!

Jennifer had her first day guiding on the River with Yvonne experiencing her very first time #flyfishing. They had a wonderful day lots of laughs while learning to the great past time of fly fishing. To top off their day on the #BowRiver Yvonne landed a nice big rainbow. Well done Yvonne doing all fly girls proud!