FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –August 3, 2011

Fishing has been considerably better in the last couple of days. River levels have dropped back to where they were about a week ago. Visibility is still, an will likely continue to be, reduced from the Spray reservoir issue near Banff. However, visibility is not a limiting factor for fishing, there is more than enough at around 2 feet.

Been more and more Caddis fish around of late and we are still seeing PMD’s with fish eating them (weird for August!). seeing the odd fish come up for the big foam bugs but like the past couple of years by mid-July a lot of the fish are very afraid of anything that looks like that.

Stonefly nymphs and bead heads fished under a dry fly or indicator continue to fish well.

Streamer fishing has been, for the most part, fabulous. It might not be a popular opinion, but I don’t mind if the water stays this height and color until September.

Although Legacy is advertised as open, it is very difficult to use and only serious four wheel drives will work. Good idea to only use the upper (old) launch at Carseland, the lower (point) is silted up badly.

Hatches: Caddis, PMDs, Golden Stones

Streamers: Clouser Minnow-Balck/White #2

                   Gartside Leech-Black #4

                   Geezus Lizard-Black/Olive #1/0

                   Jawbreaker-Olive #1

                   Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Tan #4

                   Beldar Rubber Leg-Skunk #4

Nymphs:  Morrish Conestone-Golden #8

                Yeager’s TB Soft Hackle-Hares Ear #14

                Prince of Darkness TB #14

                Tung Stud-Amber #14

                Partridge and Pheasant Bead #14

                Morrish Super Pupa TB - Olive #12

Dry Flies: Bloom’s Parachute Caddis-Olive #16

                 Quigley’s Loopy Cripple-PMD #16

                 Berrett’s Golden Stone-Barred Leg #10

                 Lawsons Spent Partridge Caddis #16

                 Sparkle Dun-PMD #16

                 Silvey’s Edible Emerger-Olive #14

Crowsnest River Report – August 3, 2011

Things are all good on the Crow. Kind of like second week of July right now. Water has dropped, running clean, and fish are looking up more and more.

Hatches: Golden Stoneflies, Yellow and Lime Sally Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon, and Green Drakes

Streamers: Karnopp’s Space Invader-Brown/Yellow #4

                   Morrish Wooly Sculpin #$
                   Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4
                   C/H R/L Bow River Bugger-Black #6
                   Geek Leech-Brown #2
                   Chamois Leech-Black #2

Nymphs:    Bloom’s Tung Dart #14
                  Tung Stud-Olive #16
                  Karnopp’s Keystone-Golden #8
                  Reeses Pieces #8
                  B/H R/L Hares Ear #14
                  Hogan’s Good and Plenty-Olive #14

Dries:         Green Drake Parachute #12

                  Quigley’s Midget Caddis-Olive #16

                  Hogan’s Sipper-PMD #16

                  Chubby Chernobyl-Tan #10

                  Slackwater Caddis #18

                  Yeager’s 409-Black #10

High Country River Report – August 3, 2011

Every day things get a little better on the high country stuff. Still running high for this time of year but not too bad and they are running clear. With the cooler water, focus your attention on fishing after mid-morning.

Hatches:  Stoneflies, Caddis, PMDs, Green Drakes

Streamers:  C/H Bow River Bugger-White #6

                    Karnopp’s Skookum - Tan #6

                    Hare Sculpin-Olive #4

                    Clouser Minnow-Olive/White #4

                    Bush’s Witch Doctor

                    Kiwi Muddler #2

Nymphs:  Morrish Anato-May TB- hare’s Ear #14

                Morrish WMD-Golden #8

                Wilcox’s Superman-Olive #14

                B/H Prince Nymph #14

                Yeager’s Crack Back  #14

                Tung Stud-Olive #14

Dries:  Wilcox JC Special-Grey #12

            Yeager’s Neversink Caddis #14

            Chubby Chernobyl-Tan #12

            Green Drake Paradrake #12

            Yeager’s Tantrum-Tan #10

            Berrett’s Golden Stone #10