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| Bulkley Jacket from Simms. Insulated storm jacket just in time for Steelhead! |
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| Simms Fall Run Jacket |
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| Downunder Merino-base layer from Simms |
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| Simms Coldweather Shirt- very nice insulated shirt for fall/winter activities. |
Saturday, August 18, 2012
NEW STUFF!
Friday, August 17, 2012
A Little "Way-to-go"
Every once in a while we get to come across someone who completely
reminds us of the wonders of this sport with their enthusiasm.
A perfect example of this would be Patricia B, who, with her husband and son,
took our Basic Flyfishing School this summer. It's been a while since I've seen anyone so excited about getting started in fly fishing. She finally got a chance to get out fishing last week. Her only real concern was what to do if she actually caught a fish. She had never actually held a live fish before.
As you can see, she figured the whole process out OK. Anyways, "way to go!" to a very nice lady who completely appreciates the wonders of this great sport from all of us at CP.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Fishing Reports
Bow River Report –August 14, 2012
The river has fished quite well over the last week. Rising fish can be found here and there on Caddis and PMDs.
The Hopper thing is going pretty good (it’s so nice to catch fish on foam! July kind of sucked)
Lots of fish finally up on bars and structures! If they won’t eat a dry, throw a small bead like the Tung Dart. They can’t help themselves.
Hatches: Hoppers, Caddis, PMD’s, Tricos, Pseudos on the cloudy days
Streamers: Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black/Olive/White #4, Egg Sucking Leech-Black, Marabou Clouser-Black/White
Nymphs: Tungsten Biotic Nymph-Olive #12, Tung Stud-Olive #14, Tung Dart
Dry Flies: Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Berrett’s Hopper, Yeagers Hopper-Tan
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
Crowsnest River Report – August 14, 2012
Pretty low and clear. Very technical fishing on the Crow right now. Very selective, spooky fish. Very cool! If that’s your thing.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon Mayflies, Green Drakes, Golden, Yellow, and Lime Sally Stoneflies.
Streamers: Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8, Holo Prince
Dries: Hair Wing Green Drake, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8, PMD Flag Dun, AC Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
High Country River Report – August 14, 2012
Excellent fishing to be had on pretty much all of the High Country stuff right now. The Livingstone is as good as it ever gets.
Hatches: Green Drakes, Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8, AC Caddis, PMD Thorax, Neversink Drake
The river has fished quite well over the last week. Rising fish can be found here and there on Caddis and PMDs.
The Hopper thing is going pretty good (it’s so nice to catch fish on foam! July kind of sucked)
Lots of fish finally up on bars and structures! If they won’t eat a dry, throw a small bead like the Tung Dart. They can’t help themselves.
Hatches: Hoppers, Caddis, PMD’s, Tricos, Pseudos on the cloudy days
Streamers: Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black/Olive/White #4, Egg Sucking Leech-Black, Marabou Clouser-Black/White
Nymphs: Tungsten Biotic Nymph-Olive #12, Tung Stud-Olive #14, Tung Dart
Dry Flies: Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Berrett’s Hopper, Yeagers Hopper-Tan
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
Crowsnest River Report – August 14, 2012
Pretty low and clear. Very technical fishing on the Crow right now. Very selective, spooky fish. Very cool! If that’s your thing.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon Mayflies, Green Drakes, Golden, Yellow, and Lime Sally Stoneflies.
Streamers: Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8, Holo Prince
Dries: Hair Wing Green Drake, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8, PMD Flag Dun, AC Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
High Country River Report – August 14, 2012
Excellent fishing to be had on pretty much all of the High Country stuff right now. The Livingstone is as good as it ever gets.
Hatches: Green Drakes, Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8, AC Caddis, PMD Thorax, Neversink Drake
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Hot Flies On The Bow!
After significant research, here's the hot flies on the river right now:
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| Yeager's Hopper-Tan |
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| Film Critic |
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| Tung Dart |
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| Morrish TB Biotic Nymph-Olive |
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| Witch Doctor |
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| C/H R/L Bow River Bugger-Black |
Go get 'em!
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Fishing Reports
Bow River Report –August 4, 2012
The river has dropped at an insane rate over the last few days. Visibility is great as well.
The streamer fishing has been good with pretty much all of the usual ammunition working. Flies like the Sculpin Leech and Egg Sucking Leech continue to move fish in good numbers.
Smaller, bead head nymphs have taken over as the go-to patterns for nymphing. Not a bad idea to fish them under a dry as a hopper-dropper.
Kind of on the back side of the somewhat runoff hampered Stonefly hatch but we’re still getting the odd foam bug eat here and there. Good news is that there are a lot of hoppers along the river. Another week of heat and they should get rolling. This past week saw a lot more rising fish on PMD’s and Caddis. All it tokk was a little visibility, combined with a little less water.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Tricos, Pseudos on the cloudy days
Streamers: Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black/Olive/White #4, Egg Sucking Leech-Black, Marabou Clouser-Black/White
Nymphs: Tungsten Biotic Nymph-Olive #12, Tung Stud-Olive #14, Tung Dart
Dry Flies: Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Berrett’s Hopper
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
Crowsnest River Report – August 4, 2012
Pretty low and clear. All things good on the Crow!
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon Mayflies, Green Drakes, Golden, Yellow, and Lime Sally Stoneflies.
Streamers: Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8, Holo Prince
Dries: Hair Wing Green Drake, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8, PMD Flag Dun, AC Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
High Country River Report – August 4, 2012
For the first time this season, we can now say that everything high country is pretty much “rock & roll”! Very good fishing on rivers such as the Livingston, Oldman, etc.
Hatches: Green Drakes, Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8, AC Caddis, PMD Thorax, Neversink Drake
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
The river has dropped at an insane rate over the last few days. Visibility is great as well.
The streamer fishing has been good with pretty much all of the usual ammunition working. Flies like the Sculpin Leech and Egg Sucking Leech continue to move fish in good numbers.
Smaller, bead head nymphs have taken over as the go-to patterns for nymphing. Not a bad idea to fish them under a dry as a hopper-dropper.
Kind of on the back side of the somewhat runoff hampered Stonefly hatch but we’re still getting the odd foam bug eat here and there. Good news is that there are a lot of hoppers along the river. Another week of heat and they should get rolling. This past week saw a lot more rising fish on PMD’s and Caddis. All it tokk was a little visibility, combined with a little less water.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Tricos, Pseudos on the cloudy days
Streamers: Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black/Olive/White #4, Egg Sucking Leech-Black, Marabou Clouser-Black/White
Nymphs: Tungsten Biotic Nymph-Olive #12, Tung Stud-Olive #14, Tung Dart
Dry Flies: Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Berrett’s Hopper
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
Crowsnest River Report – August 4, 2012
Pretty low and clear. All things good on the Crow!
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon Mayflies, Green Drakes, Golden, Yellow, and Lime Sally Stoneflies.
Streamers: Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8, Holo Prince
Dries: Hair Wing Green Drake, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8, PMD Flag Dun, AC Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
High Country River Report – August 4, 2012
For the first time this season, we can now say that everything high country is pretty much “rock & roll”! Very good fishing on rivers such as the Livingston, Oldman, etc.
Hatches: Green Drakes, Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8, AC Caddis, PMD Thorax, Neversink Drake
**Guide’s Picks In Bold
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Dam Control Finally Understood
On a fairly constant basis since mid-June of this year (and in previous years) we keep getting asked "Who controls the dams releases at Bearspaw, Ghost, etc.?" What are they thinking? Who do we complain to? Why does the river come up 15-20% at night? We could go on and on....you get the idea.
Well, after exhaustive research, we have finally found the Transalta employee who has total control and domination over our sport and industry on the lower Bow River..........
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| It all makes sense now! |
Friday, July 27, 2012
Fishing Report
This weeks fishing report for the Bow will be summarized in a list of things we have seen for the first time in a while. Guided trips have been going full bore and I just spent my past three days off on the river and here's a few things we've noticed.
THINGS SEEN THIS WEEK THAT WE'VE NOT SEEN IN A WHILE:
* The river bottom!
* Fish somwhere between the surface and bottom.
* More than 2 foam eats in a day.
* More than 2 PMD's in a day.
* Fish actually eating aforementioned insects.
* More than 2 Caddis on the water in a day.
* Fish actually eating aforementioned insects.
* Large Brown Trout killing 4" long, black, bunny flies with prejudice.
* Being able to see the carnage mentioned above.
* Islands!
* Boat launches with few vehicles and general calm and sanity.
* Flow volume less than 300 cms!
THINGS SEEN THIS WEEK THAT WE'VE NOT SEEN IN A WHILE:
* The river bottom!
* Fish somwhere between the surface and bottom.
* More than 2 foam eats in a day.
* More than 2 PMD's in a day.
* Fish actually eating aforementioned insects.
* More than 2 Caddis on the water in a day.
* Fish actually eating aforementioned insects.
* Large Brown Trout killing 4" long, black, bunny flies with prejudice.
* Being able to see the carnage mentioned above.
* Islands!
* Boat launches with few vehicles and general calm and sanity.
* Flow volume less than 300 cms!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tips & Techniques-Rod Care & Maintenance
Stright from the Sage website!......
To extend the life of any Sage product, we recommend the following Care and Maintenance tips.
Rods
- Take extra care when stringing your rod. Thread a loop of fly line through the guides and tip top and pull the line and leader straight through without bending the rod.
- Avoid placing or transporting your rod against metal or abrasive objects. Small nicks and scratches damage the graphite and lead to broken rods.
- When using weighted or large flies, adjust to an open casting stroke. This allows the fly to pass over the tip or to the side of the rod (a fly hitting the rod can also damage the graphite).
- Avoid severe rod angles when fighting and landing fish. Snagged flies should be broken off by pulling on the line with the rod tip pointed directly at the snag.
- Periodically wax the ferrules (where the rod pieces separate) lightly with paraffin to ensure a firm fit and proper function.
- Take the rod apart when you are done fishing to avoid stuck ferrules.
- Completely air dry your rod and place it in a cloth bag and tube before storing. The rod tubes can trap moisture, which can swell reel seats and ruin the rod finish.
- To protect the tip, it is best to bag your rod with the tip top and cork handle up.
- Occasionally clean your rod with warm water and soap and completely dry.
- To shine, apply furniture polish and don't forget to protect the rod when finished.
- How do I get stuck ferrules loose?
- It's easiest to use two people to pull the rod sections apart. Alternately, you can use rubber jar openers to get a better grip on the rod sections. Be careful that you get a good grip so you don't slip and damage the guides. Also, make sure you don't twist the rod sections, as this can damage the carbon in the ferrules.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
All Hail!!!! Brown Trout That Look Up!
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| Guided day on the Bow: $500 Dozen flies: $30 Tip: $50 Chubby Chernobyl with Teeth Marks: Priceless!!!!! |
Way to go Randy!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Fishing Report
Bow River Report –July 21, 2012
Have been hesitant to do an updated report on the Bow. Last one we did reflected the river dropping nicely, clearing, and fishing great. Then we did a report and everything blew up.
The first part of last week was maybe the toughest fishing I have ever seen in July. Thankfully, late Wednesday through the rest of the week gave us dropping, clearing water. With these improvements the fishing has gotten much better.
As the river dropped down under 300 cms a lot more water became “achievable”. That is, you can actually get a fly to where the fish live. Makes a big difference! 2012 will forever alter our perceptions, we now understand where, and how to catch fish at water levels much higher than we’re used to.
Barring any silly weather events like heavy rain, things should rapidly improve over the next couple of weeks. Could be a very cool time to fish the river.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Golden Stones
Streamers: Slap and Tickle-Olive #4, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black #4, Clouser Minnow-Black/White #2
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs-Rusty Olive #6, Morrish’s WMD-Golden #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dry Flies: Morrish Still Stone #4, Chubby Chernobyl-Black/Tan #6, Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16
Crowsnest River Report – July 21, 2012
Water levels on the Crow are finally getting down to safe-wading status. Overall, the reports from the Crowsnest have been quite good.
Hatches: Golden Stones, PMD’s, Caddis
Streamers: Morrish Wooly Sculpin #4, Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Plopper Stone #6, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8
High Country River Report – July 21, 2012
Angler reports from place like the Livingston have continued to be pretty darn good. Everybody who’s been, or going to, the high country has been loading up on dry flies which is a good sign.
Hatches: Stoneflies, Caddis
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8
Have been hesitant to do an updated report on the Bow. Last one we did reflected the river dropping nicely, clearing, and fishing great. Then we did a report and everything blew up.
The first part of last week was maybe the toughest fishing I have ever seen in July. Thankfully, late Wednesday through the rest of the week gave us dropping, clearing water. With these improvements the fishing has gotten much better.
As the river dropped down under 300 cms a lot more water became “achievable”. That is, you can actually get a fly to where the fish live. Makes a big difference! 2012 will forever alter our perceptions, we now understand where, and how to catch fish at water levels much higher than we’re used to.
Barring any silly weather events like heavy rain, things should rapidly improve over the next couple of weeks. Could be a very cool time to fish the river.
Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Golden Stones
Streamers: Slap and Tickle-Olive #4, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech-Black #4, Clouser Minnow-Black/White #2
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs-Rusty Olive #6, Morrish’s WMD-Golden #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dry Flies: Morrish Still Stone #4, Chubby Chernobyl-Black/Tan #6, Quigley’s Film Critic-PMD #16
Crowsnest River Report – July 21, 2012
Water levels on the Crow are finally getting down to safe-wading status. Overall, the reports from the Crowsnest have been quite good.
Hatches: Golden Stones, PMD’s, Caddis
Streamers: Morrish Wooly Sculpin #4, Near Nuff Sculpin-Tan #4, Geek Leech-Brown #2
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Plopper Stone #6, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Grillo’s El Camino-Golden #8
Angler reports from place like the Livingston have continued to be pretty darn good. Everybody who’s been, or going to, the high country has been loading up on dry flies which is a good sign.
Hatches: Stoneflies, Caddis
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Medusa-Fleshy
Nymphs: Jimmy Legs - Dk. Brown #8, Hogan’s Rubber Stone-Golden #8
Dries: Grillo’s El Camino #8
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