Fishing Reports
Most drift boats in the Calgary area have completed their annual migration to overwintering holes in garages and storage yards, and fair-weather anglers have stashed the waders in favor of the tying bench or the quaint comforting glow of Hockey Night in Canada on the 72" Sony. Other guys are stalking large four-legged critters across frozen foothills, or planning trips to find fins in warmer places around the globe. Hole-watchers across the land are weeping tears of joy and gassing up the two strokes as the ice tightens its grip on lakes. However, the all-season angler on the Bow knows that some of the most rewarding (and least crowded) fishing happens during the dark days of winter.
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Season Ender! The 2023 mountain season ends on an icy note as winter shows up unannounced. Construction crews in Cochrane leave their (skid) mark on the Bow River. Whats up with K-Country? Flows remain low across the board. Brown trout...
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How Low Can You Go? TOD restrictions stayed away for the remainder of peak season but it's not all sunshine & rainbows ahead for trout in ES1. It's a race to the bottom of the graph as water levels do the limbo....
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10 Year Anniversary, Strange Days The rain arrived just in time to pay tribute to the 2013 flood that changed the game. The fishing is hot & so is the water. Opener has cutty crazed anglers heading for the hills....
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The Season Emerges Now keep that rain coming! Alberta's Bow River on a beautiful & smoke free day. For better or worse, it's the spring that thought it was summer here in Southern Alberta. We've largely skipped the pleasantries and...
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