May 19, 2010
I was so excited to discover this yesterday: Project Healing Waters now has an established Canadian division! Check ‘em out and see what a wonderful and amazing organization they are (one worthy of your support).
Categories: Fly, Wellness.
Tags: phwffc
May 14, 2010
For those of us who don’t fall within standard sizing (which is a misnomer if ever there was one), finding waders that fit (and are flattering) without spending ridiculous amounts of money is a challenge. Even the “custom” sizes offered by some companies don’t even begin to cover the basics of what “real” women are shaped like.
My quest for waders that fit led me to the Wright & McGill Co, who have a wader for legitimately tall women: none of this “Up to 5′9″ Tall” garbage. As any tall woman will tell you, 5′9″ tall really isn’t all that tall. It is just slightly taller than average.
Check ‘em out: http://www.wright-mcgill.com/guidewear/fly-girl-womens-waders.php
These waders sport a 36″ inseam at their longest, and there is no ridiculous ”custom” fee for getting that kind of length. Mine are on the way. I’ll let you know what I think about them when they get here!
Categories: Gear.
Tags: Gear, waders, women's
May 10, 2010
I had the incredible fortune to receive a private spey casting lesson from Greg Allard yesterday. I won the lesson in an auction for Stream Watch, on the Fly Fish Calgary forum.
Mr. Allard is a remarkable gentlemen with an encyclopedic knowledge of spey casting and the aquatic entomology of the Bow River. He has an incredible zeal for teaching, and I learned more in my four hours with him then I ever thought possible. If I am successful in retaining only half of that information I will be very pleased, and I will still know more than twice what I did before.
Categories: Bow River, Spey.
Tags: bow river, casting, spey
May 2, 2010
Categories: Sturgeon.
Tags: float tube, Sturgeon
April 29, 2010
Alberta’s stocking report for 2010 is now available online:
http://www.mywildalberta.com/Fishing/StockingReports.aspx
Categories: Fish.
Tags: alberta, Fish, stocking
April 26, 2010
While it may be surprising to learn, and many local anglers are not even aware of this, the Bow River fishery is not entirely a natural one. In fact, the two most prolific trout on the Bow are not native to the river at all: they were stocked.
Attempts had been made to stock the Bow River with trout in the early 1900s. Unfortunately, these early attempts were not successful. The two trout stockings that finally took hold occurred in the 1920s, and both were unplanned.
The rainbow trout arrived in the Bow River when a train that was transporting them to Banff derailed. Faced with the prospect of having all of the bows die, the suggestion was made to release them into the Bow River. This suggestion was heeded, and the trout were released.
In 1925, a truck that was enroute with 45,000 brown trout fry destined for Banff area waterbodies broke down at the Carrot Creek Bridge, which is just upstream from Canmore. The quick thinking driver decided to release the browns into Carrot Creek: instead of allowing them to perish in the back of the truck.
Many of these trout survived and thrived. It is thanks to these quick thinkers that the Bow River fishery is the astounding fishery it is: a fishery that boasts over 1000 fish per kilometer, provides hours of entertainment, and offers challenges for both novice and experience anglers.
Rainbow Trout
Brown Trout
Categories: Bow River, Trout.
Tags: bow river, history, Trout
