The Bow - July 31st

[Unknown303]

I saw a lot of people out there today. Who all made it out and what did you hook.

I only got a picture of my first for the day, just a hair over 15".
(Next time I swear I'll make sure my cameras settings are dialed in before trying to take a picture....)
http://stalemarshmallows.com/Gallery/fish/img_7512.png

Had 1 shortly after that one who was a crazy jumper... And in the end his jumping became his freedom.

2 other solid hits a little later on in the day but they managed to get away pretty quick. Decent day for me!

[Scott N]

See many risers?

[Unknown303]

See many risers?

In a pool directly in front of me near the end of my day there was a large trout just banging the surface, when he first hit it startled me a little, but by that point he was ignoring my lures... I put the fly rod away a little earlier and wasn't ready to break it back out again.

[cujo1969]

wat color is the lenthompson nice fish

[Unknown303]

wat color is the lenthompson nice fish

White/Red/White. It was working quite well out there. Had all my hits the day before on it... I still really suck at fly fishing so I pack my spin setup.

[WayneChristie]

lots of risers around me. got quite a few on minnows and dew worms.

[alacringa]

Heading out shortly...will let you know when I get back.

[Unknown303]

lots of risers around me. got quite a few on minnows and dew worms.

What area were you in?

I was on the South end of Calgary where QE2 crossed over. I started at the bridge and worked my way downstream, on foot of course. Had a hoodie on at all times trying to shield myself from the sun. Figure I'd mention that in case anyone was wondering who the scary guy wandering the banks in a hoodie was.

[Lefty-Canuck]

What area were you in?

I was on the South end of Calgary where QE2 crossed over. I started at the bridge and worked my way downstream, on foot of course. Had a hoodie on at all times trying to shield myself from the sun. Figure I'd mention that in case anyone was wondering who the scary guy wandering the banks in a hoodie was.

WC fishes further down the Bow than the city where you are allowed bait...in the city you can't use bait but I am sure you knew that.

LC

[WayneChristie]

Im way down on the lower Bow, and the risers were goldeye and mooneye. so many that Fishbrain even caught one!

[Unknown303]

WC fishes further down the Bow than the city where you are allowed bait...in the city you can't use bait but I am sure you knew that.

LC

Yeah no bait for me. And i keep the regulations book in my Jeep at all times.

[alacringa]

Lots off risers for PMD hatch between 7:00 and 8:00 this evening. Caught 2 small (8"ish) browns and missed several. After 8:00, the wind picked up quite a lot. By 8:15, it was so strong that I switched over to streamers. Caught 1 13-14" Rainbow, and missed another, on blue/white Clouser. I know 13-14" isn't big for the Bow, but it's the biggest I've ever caught there, and it was quite fun to fight, in the current. Fish was removed from the water for a few seconds for the photo, and was promptly released.

http://v20.lscache6.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56619938.jpg

Water was high and cloudy, with visibility of only about a foot.

[marlin1]

I found the water a little murky today too , pretty high in the NW also . Managed a small brown and a decent whitey , lost a couple nice fish I believe were whitefish . All on spinners

[Unknown303]

I found the water a little murky today too , pretty high in the NW also . Managed a small brown and a decent whitey , lost a couple nice fish I believe were whitefish . All on spinners

I feel like the Bow isn't going to clear up ever at this rate. Drives me crazy, I just want to see where I should be casting for those damn fish!

[marlin1]

I know what you mean , it was starting to clear up then more rain and run-off seems like high water will last longer than usual this year on the bow

[Jayhad]

Not sure if this has been posted but here's the answer to the high dirty bow conditions and it appears it will continue for a while.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Spray+River+water+breach+threatens+trout+populatio n/5177083/story.html

[slivers86]

thats pretty sad... I thought it looked a bit high.. hopefully it gets better in the next little while

[Sushi]

I was excited about trying my luck on the Bow until I read that you have to release trout >35 cm....bummer.

[slivers86]

sushi, from what i understand, you dont want to eat the fish out of the bow EAST of ghost res. as all the toxin's from the city & towns water systems flow in, and make the fish no good... but they sure do grow huge!

[BobLoblaw]

I was excited about trying my luck on the Bow until I read that you have to release trout >35 cm....bummer.

Doesn't bother me one bit to watch these fish swim away after they've come out to play...

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8799/p3130055g.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/p3130055g.jpg/)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1444/1000344m.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/152/1000344m.jpg/)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8999/1010416.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/147/1010416.jpg/)

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9536/1000560.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/1000560.jpg/)

As for the water clearing up: Does it really matter? The water is plenty clear enough for the fish to see our flies/lures; that's all that really matters.:)

[BeeGuy]

Not sure if this has been posted but here's the answer to the high dirty bow conditions and it appears it will continue for a while.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Spray+River+water+breach+threatens+trout+populatio n/5177083/story.html

Thanks for posting that link. I was wondering why the upper bow looked like it had a lot of glacial silt in it.

Transalta stated that there would be no compensation for the guides......that's pathetic and if it were my company, I would take them to court.

I would be furious.

[BeeGuy]

Doesn't bother me one bit to watch these fish swim away after they've come out to play...


As for the water clearing up: Does it really matter? The water is plenty clear enough for the fish to see our flies/lures; that's all that really matters.:)

Boy, some pretty gnarly lips on those fish. I wonder how many times they've been caught????

I wish we could pit tag the fish we catch. It would provide so much more data than srd and the academics doing it alone.

We have a designation for master bird banders.

Why not a system for master fish taggers??? And for the amount of $$$ lots of anglers shell out a couple $100 would be peanuts for an army of taggers

[Dust1n]

Boy, some pretty gnarly lips on those fish. I wonder how many times they've been caught????

I wish we could pit tag the fish we catch. It would provide so much more data than srd and the academics doing it alone.

We have a designation for master bird banders.

Why not a system for master fish taggers??? And for the amount of $$$ lots of anglers shell out a couple $100 would be peanuts for an army of taggers

if we could id love to help out