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02-08-2013, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary AB
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any luck on the bow?
I've just been going out on my lunch breaks lately, up by bowness park. I haven't caught anything though.
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02-08-2013, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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No but watch for your closures up there.
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02-08-2013, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary AB
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Regs say its open till April.
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02-08-2013, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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Yep just saying a few people have been cought by not reading that's all.
from Bearspaw Dam downstream to Western Headworks
Diversion (W.H.D.) Weir (including the Elbow River below Glenmore
Reservoir).
CLOSED Apr. 1 to May 31 and Oct. 1 to Nov. 30
June 1 to Sept. 30 and Dec. 1 to Mar. 31 – Trout limit 1 under 35 cm;
All Trout over 35 cm must be released; Mountain Whitefish limit 5
over 30 cm; Maggots are the only bait allowed and only in the river
from Aug. 16 to Sept. 30.
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Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten,
but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been in a place that was less than beautiful.
My blog - casting on the waters
fishing regulations and facts on fish handling
Fishing Regulations
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02-09-2013, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ddafoe
I've just been going out on my lunch breaks lately, up by bowness park. I haven't caught anything though.
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What r u using? I have great luck in the far south
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02-09-2013, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drock0802
What r u using? I have great luck in the far south
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I've been trying with sjws, wire worms, stonefly nymphs, and I've tried black woollybuggers
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02-09-2013, 06:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: calgary
Posts: 79
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Yes, south of the calf robe bridge is where the good fishing is at. A red wire worm works wonders in the winter.
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02-10-2013, 03:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 260
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It is really tough flyfishing in the winter in Bowness. I wait until March, where I sometimes get a fish.
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02-14-2013, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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1 RMWF, 4 Rainbows, and a sucker on Sunday (5 Hours).
1 RMWF, 3 Rainbows on Monday (6 Hours).
All on nymph's and red wire worm.
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