The Bow on Wednesday afternoon and evening

[tonyflyfish]

Am in Calgary tommorrow and want to catch some trout. Anyone want to join me? I can do the Calgary area of west where the view is better.
Tony

[jinx]

i am going to go to McKinnon Flats tomorrow afternoon while the kids are in school Wish i had all afternoon and evening (probably still wouldn't catch a fish ) I need some schoolin on flyfishing the bow Lots jumpin just not the right fly

[flygirrl]

Originally Posted by tonyflyfish

Am in Calgary tommorrow and want to catch some trout. Anyone want to join me? I can do the Calgary area of west where the view is better.
Tony

Would love to join you at the Bow, have not fished the bow since leaving Cochrane..... But than you hate me:lo l:

[baitfisher83]

i wish i could but i work until 5...

[fishstix]

i was going to go tonight but i fell asleep! i might try bowness park tomorrow night.
Will be wearing beige waders, green vest and a camo hat.

[ericlin0122]

I went to fishing near bowness park. I saw some jumps, but not able to land any. Kind of slow, and the water is very low right now.
I would suggest go to Douglasdale instead, I had pretty lucks there last few times.
Prince nymph works fine at Douglasdale.
Anyone has idea what's good dry flys to use right now???

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by ericlin0122

I went to fishing near bowness park. I saw some jumps, but not able to land any. Kind of slow, and the water is very low right now.
I would suggest go to Douglasdale instead, I had pretty lucks there last few times.
Prince nymph works fine at Douglasdale.
Anyone has idea what's good dry flys to use right now???

try downstream by the footbridge, on the west side of the river, or work your way down from the park and fish all the little breakwaters along the shore, I piled a lot of those myself, and there are a lot of trout hanging around them. the trout hang out along the dropoff on the west side, the whitefish mostly along the east shore. until you get below the railroad bridge then its mostly whitefish til you get down to the springs

[ericlin0122]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

try downstream by the footbridge, on the west side of the river, or work your way down from the park and fish all the little breakwaters along the shore, I piled a lot of those myself, and there are a lot of trout hanging around them. the trout hang out along the dropoff on the west side, the whitefish mostly along the east shore. until you get below the railroad bridge then its mostly whitefish til you get down to the springs

Do you mean from here ? and fishing alone the shore (to the east).

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by ericlin0122

Do you mean from here ? and fishing alone the shore (to the east).

at the risk of being seen as idle chit chat by some, oh yah. try off the end of each of those long boulder breakwaters. and the end of the parking lot at the west end of the park. even under the western footbridge there are a few good holes, and further west if you want to try that way. the footbridge I was mentioning is the one further downstream tho, before the train bridge. there are some piles of boulders along the shore, I piled a few of them myself. I have had over 100 trout hit along there, maybe hooked 10 of them, but im not a fly fisherman once you get to the footbridge by the railroad bridge, go up on the bridge and look into the river, you will see a ledge about 10 to 15 feet out from shore, depending on water levels. you should be able to see the odd trout hanging along the dropoff. There are some deep holes along the shore there, by the huge boulders, there are some BIG browns in there as well. Caught my biggest rainbow there also, had it on for all of 2 jumps. the opposite shore is great for whitefish, all year long. be careful you dont catch your line in the wires under the railroad bridge tho. downstream of the bridge is a nice hole too.. some nice trout in there, and maybe 10 feet and more out is great for whitefish. there is a nice hole for whites on both sides just a few feet further downstream too. both close and far from shore. got my personal best for whitefish right there, 38 in a few hours.