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jacenbeers
03-27-2011, 05:17 PM
I fished the Bow in Calgary today from2 until 4:30 PM and had a great time. My first was a small brown which is attached below. My second was another small brown that got off before I could net it. I moved to another spot and on my first cast I caught a huge brown trout. It was a beautiful male with amazing coloring. That is the second picture below. I could not take a nice picture because I was using my Blackberry. My camera is broken. The fish was 28 inches long and I am not sure of the weight. It was so strong that it snapped the hook off my Rapala. You can see the hook in its mouth in the picture with no lure attached. I caught another brown and a nice rainbow shortly after that. It was a good day.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qqXvWgLwpl0/TY_El4n2K9I/AAAAAAAAAQU/HVHVPZXAsDg/s1600/browntrou4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uQR9zQiroxA/TY_EmDXh9wI/AAAAAAAAAQc/RL4LG6ZGIJo/s1600/browntrout3.jpg
Dust1n
03-27-2011, 05:34 PM
the second ones 28inches?
Dust1n
03-27-2011, 05:35 PM
great browns btw the secnd one still has the spawning colors!
Speckle55
03-27-2011, 05:40 PM
Nice fish .. great Day:) .. i am jealous
jacenbeers
03-27-2011, 05:50 PM
great browns btw the secnd one still has the spawning colors!

Yeah I thought that was strange. It was super colorful but their spawn is supposed to be in the Fall. He was swimming around with lots of other big browns because they were surfacing everywhere.
Dust1n
03-27-2011, 05:59 PM
after the midges i guess or the BWO hatched early
Alberta Bigbore
03-27-2011, 09:10 PM
the bow river is the one and only reason i am jealous of Calgary... Nice fish!!
slimjim
03-27-2011, 10:17 PM
I used to fish the Bow, but it smells more like a sewer than a river, so I will stick to McGregor.
jeprli
03-27-2011, 10:50 PM
Nice catch Jacen...hurtin for some river fish?
jacenbeers
03-27-2011, 10:55 PM
Nice catch Jacen...hurtin for some river fish?

Thanks!! I definitely was hurtin for some. This long Winter was killing me. I will be spending all of my weekends on rivers from now on.
fishstix
03-28-2011, 05:35 AM
the bow river is the one and only reason i am jealous of Calgary... Nice fish!!

not to mention the roads, people, cleanliness,lack of stabbings...:p
Winch101
03-28-2011, 08:07 AM
I am wondering what weight fly outfit you are using .....I have had no success casting spoons or plugs with my 5 weight sage ....

I know there must be a technique I am not aware of.....W101
Dust1n
03-28-2011, 08:16 AM
your casting hardware with your fly rod?? lol
for drys and small nymphs 4/5
streamers and larger nymphs 6/7
a 5 or 6 wt will get you most places as itsvery veristale
ericlin0122
03-28-2011, 09:25 AM
my guess... 19"
SNAPFisher
03-28-2011, 10:44 AM
I used to fish the Bow, but it smells more like a sewer than a river, so I will stick to McGregor.

Agreed but man the fishing is still top notch! Just put a plug in it and your good to go :)

P.S. Nice browns. thanks for the distraction from the ice....bow you say
iliketrout
03-28-2011, 01:49 PM
Nice catch Jacen.

Ask FishBrain about his run in with brown trout on the weekend.
jacenbeers
03-28-2011, 02:47 PM
Nice catch Jacen.

Ask FishBrain about his run in with brown trout on the weekend.


What happened to him? I thought he only fished Spray.
The Fisherman Guy
03-28-2011, 03:17 PM
Nice fish Jacen! How's the clarity of the water right now? Were you hooking up with the all too present Bow toilet paper alge? or is it running a little cleaner now?
FishBrain
03-28-2011, 05:05 PM
What happened to him? I thought he only fished Spray.

When I am heading out alone yes, But I will travel anywhere if I have company.
You dont want to know about the HUGE brown, TRUST ME.
BobLoblaw
03-28-2011, 05:15 PM
my guess... 19"

I just re-read Jacen's original post.
No where in that post does he ask for us to guess the size of the fish; he actually says it's 28". That's good enough for me.

BTW, fantastic brown, Jacen. That tail is huge!!! Well done!
jacenbeers
03-28-2011, 06:22 PM
I just re-read Jacen's original post.
No where in that post does he ask for us to guess the size of the fish; he actually says it's 28". That's good enough for me.

BTW, fantastic brown, Jacen. That tail is huge!!! Well done!

Thanks man. The tail was pretty abnormally large.
Dust1n
03-28-2011, 06:47 PM
either caught in faster water or it took off like the titanic after being hooked
jacenbeers
03-28-2011, 09:56 PM
It was caught in a back eddy that was moving fairly slow. The fish struck just as I was taking it out of the water and absolutely hammered the lure. I think that tail is what made it such a strong fighter.