High Country Streams Are Now Open!

High Country Now Open!

The high country streams are open as of yesterday!

Get out there and let us know how things are fishing.

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –September 28, 2010

Indian Summer has arrived in a big way. It actually got kind of hot this past weekend. This should throw a restart at the river and we might see a little more action on the Hoppers/October Caddis. There are still, amazingly, caddis around and the odd fish eating them. Pseudos are about in numbers and, again, there are fish rising to them.

Boatmen are going great guns and now that the Highwood is clear the bottom end is offered up for some great Boatman fishing.

Hatches: BWO’s, Water Boatmen, October Caddis

Streamers: Party Boy, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Marabou Clousers, Articulated Leech-Black or Purple, Kiwi Muddler

Nymphs: Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Chamois Leech, Tung Stud, TB Super Pupa, Peacock Water Boatman, Fox’s Water Boatman

Dry Flies: Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis, Berrett’s Barred Leg-Golden Stone, Neversink Stone Popper, Chubby Chernobyl, FrankenHopper, Etha Wing Dun-BWO

Crowsnest River Report – September 28, 2010
Have not heard too much from the Crow. It blew out pretty bad last week but should be coming back into shape by now.

Hatches: BWO’s, Hoppers, Ants

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Chernobyl Ant-Black/Tan, Etha-Wing Dun-BWO, Etha Wing Emerger-BWO, Frankenhopper, Rainy’s Grand Hopper

High Country River Report – September 28, 2010

High, sometimes dirty water summed up things on the High Country stuff late last week. This warm weather is getting things back to relative normal. There has been some very good fishing in the last couple of days.

Hatches: BWO’s, Ants

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech, Large, olive or white streamers for Bull Trout.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Etha Wing Dun-BWO, Rainy’s Grand Hopper, BWO Thorax, Wilcox Glo-Ant

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –September 9, 2010

Dry fly fishing has been pretty good of late. Blue Winged Olives as well as Hoppers offering the best success. Although our weather seems to be very Fall-like, it has produced some very good fishing days.

There have been a few fairly epic streamer days when the weather has been socked in. River levels are very low so there are structures (bars and buckets) that are accessible and fishable. A lot of them even with floating lines.

The Boatman fishing is in full swing so an appropriate pattern behind a streamer, by itself, or under a Hopper will produce.



Hatches: BWO’s, Hoppers, Water Boatmen

Streamers: Party Boy, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Marabou Clousers, Articulated Leech-Black or Purple

Nymphs: Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Chamois Leech, Tung Stud, TB Super Pupa, Peacock Water Boatman

Dry Flies: Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis, Berrett’s Barred Leg-Golden Stone, Neversink Stone Popper, Chubby Chernobyl, FrankenHopper, Etha Wing Dun-BWO



High Country River Report – September 9, 2010
This past week saw snow in the high country on a couple of occasions. That aside, the fishing has been pretty good when the weather has been OK. Smaller bugs (Blue Winged Olives) are the go-to dry flies.


Hatches: Caddis, Olives

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech, Large, olive or white streamers for Bull Trout.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Etha Wing Dun-BWO, Rainy’s Grand Hopper, BWO Thorax

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –September 1, 2010

Well, Autumn seems to be over for a week or so. Dry fly fishing on the Baetis (BWO), as well as Pseudos was very good this past Sunday. I’m not sure whether the giddiness displayed by the three anglers in our boat was from very good dry fly fishing, or stage 2 hypothermia.

Things are much warmer now and the dry fly fishing has remained. Hopper fishing has been surprisingly good, with rising fish on Caddis and Pseudos as well.

Nymphing has been weird. Hopper-Dropper stuff is good one day, not so good the next. Sight fishing with small bead heads has been quite good. I don’t know why the Hopper-Bead fishing hasn’t been more consistent.

River levels are very low so there are structures (bars and buckets) that are accessible and fishable. A lot of them even with floating lines.



Hatches: Caddis, BWO’s, Tricos, Hoppers

Streamers: Party Boy, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Marabou Clousers, Articulated Leech-Black or Purple

Nymphs: Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Chamois Leech, Tung Stud, TB Super Pupa.

Dry Flies: Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis, Berrett’s Barred Leg-Golden Stone, Neversink Stone Popper, Chubby Chernobyl, FrankenHopper, Etha Wing Dun-BWO


Crowsnest River Report – September 1, 2010

Late summer/ early Fall conditions on the Crow. Low, very clear water, with pretty spooky fish. A very cool time to fish the Crowsnest if you’re into the technical stuff.

Hatches: Caddis, Western Olives, Hoppers

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Chernobyl Ant-Black/Tan, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, , Etha-Wing Dun-BWO, Etha Wing Emerger-BWO, Frankenhopper, Rainy’s Grand Hopper


High Country River Report – September 1, 2010

The general consensus from anglers coming into the shop is that all of the high country streams are now getting into normal shape. Wadeable water levels, with clear water has meant pretty good fishing of late.


Hatches: Few Stoneflies, Caddis, Olives

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech, Large, olive or white streamers for Bull Trout.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, ParaTrooper-Green Drake, Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Berret’s Emerging Green Drake, Etha Wing Dun-BWO, Rainy’s Grand Hopper

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –August 17, 2010
Dry fly fishing has been good on Tricos and Caddis, particularly on the cloudier days. Still getting some eats on the Stoneflies.

Nymph fishing remains good, both nymph and indicator, and Hopper-Dropper.

Streamer fishing is very good when it’s on but a little like work when it’s off. Thankfully it’s been pretty good most of the time.

Hatches: Caddis, Tricos, Stoneflies

Streamers: Party Boy, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Marabou Clousers, Articulated Leech-Black or Purple

Nymphs: Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Gob-O-Worms, Chamois Leech, Tung Stud, TB Super Pupa.

Dry Flies: PMD Sparkle Dun, Quill Body Parachute-PMD, Silvey’s Hatching Mayfly-PMD, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis, Berretts Barred Leg-Golden Stone, Neversink Stone Popper, Chubby Chernobyl.

Crowsnest River Report – August 17, 2010
Just got back from a couple of days on the Crow. If you like cool rising fish, sighting fish, and small bugs then the Crow is right up your alley right now.

Very clear and around normal water levels.



Hatches: Few Stoneflies, Caddis, Pale Morning Duns, and Quill Gordon Mayflies

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, ParaTrooper-Green Drake, Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Berret’s Emerging Green Drake, Etha-Wing Dun, Etha Wing Emerger

High Country River Report – August 17, 2010
Overall, the high country streams are fishing very good right now. Only bad part is some of them tend to be a little busy.


Hatches: Few Stoneflies, Caddis, PMD’s, Quill Gordon Mayflies, Green Drakes, and Flav mayflies.

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech, Large, olive or white streamers for Bull Trout.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, ParaTrooper-Green Drake, Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Berret’s Emerging Green Drake

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –July 28, 2010

Hotter weather now that summer seems to have arrived. The bright, hot days have, and will fish tougher than the cloudy days.

Still some foam bug action happening here and there. Caddis fishing has been pretty good but more so closer to Calgary. PMD’s still kicking around, really heavy on the cloudy days, but they should be about done any time.
Tricos starting to show up but not in enough quantity to get fish up to them in large numbers. This will change as Tricos will get heavier and heavier in the coming days.

Nymph fishing has been good. A small tungsten bead fished in the riffles has been pretty awesome.

Streamer fishing has been surprisingly good, even on the bright days.


Hatches: Caddis, PMD’s, Stoneflies, Tricos(just starting)

Streamers: Bush’ Witch Doctor, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Marabou Clousers, Articulated Leech

Nymphs: Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Gob-O-Worms, Chamois Leech.

Dry Flies: PMD Sparkle Dun, Quill Body Parachute-PMD, Silvey’s Hatching Mayfly-PMD, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis, Berretts Barred Leg-Golden Stone, Neversink Stone Popper, Chubby Chernobyl.

Crowsnest River Report – July 28, 2010

Clear and now very wadeable, the Crow is fishing quite good. Dry fly fishing as good as it gets with lots of bugs. Mid-day on the bright, sunny days can be a little tougher. Cloudy days are generally very good for rising fish.

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

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, ParaTrooper-Green Drake, Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Berret’s Emerging Green Drake

High Country River Report – July 28, 2010

The high country streams seem to be on a roller coaster. They keep getting into real good shape and then they get a heavy rainfall and the water comes up and cools down. This week’s warmer weather should bring things more into order.

Lots of bugs around so with just a little warmer water things should rock and roll.

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

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech, Large, olive or white streamers for Bull Trout.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Fat Albert-Black, ParaTrooper-Green Drake, Spun Hair Dun-PMD, Berret’s Emerging Green Drake

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –June 22, 2010
The heavy rains of last week have adversely affected the visibility in the river. Flows out of Banff, albeit fairly high, are clear but the Elbow is quite dirty, leading to the dirtier water. Visibility is around 6 inches right now. Things should clear up if the weather stays dry.

Even with the dirty water you can still catch fish. Heavier, dark, large streamers fished in the buckets and around gravel bars are working well.

The high water nymph rigs are certainly the ticket right now. A worm pattern, combined with a larger Stonefly nymph fished right along the bottom will work very well.

Unfortunately the river level did not come up high enough to really push fish into the banks so a lot of the mid-river structures and “outside” lines on seams and runs still produce the most fish.

Lots of PMDs around, with just a little more clarity that should get going again
(maybe by the weekend). Been seeing a few Golden shucks around as well, should be soon.

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Hatches: PMD’s, Caddis

Streamers: Party Boy, Bush’ Witch Doctor, Silvey’s Sculpin Leech (Black w/ Olive, White Head), Clousers, Karnopp’s Stream-A Stone

Nymphs: Fox’s Beech Creek, Morrish’s WMD (Dark Stone), Hogan’s Chubby Cousin, Bloom’s Tung Dart, Gob-O-Worms.

Dry Flies: PMD Sparkle Dun, Quill Bod Parachute-PMD, Silvey’s Hatching Mayfly-PMD, Bloom’s Parachute Caddis.
High, colored water can offer great opportunities to catch large Browns and Rainbows!

Crowsnest River Report – June 22, 2010
The Crow, like everything else in the southern part of the province, got really pummeled by rain last week. Flows went from 12 CMS the 27 CMS overnight.

Dry weather would be a big help right now!!1

Hatches: Stonefiles, March Browns, BWO

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm

Dries: Berrett’s Barred Leg Stone, Neversink Caddis, Film Critic-BWO

High Country River Report – June 22, 2010
The high country streams suffered from last weeks rains. As of late week the Oldman, Livingstone, etc. were all very high and dirty.

The Highwood is fishable above Cataract but absolutely pooched below. Just a quick thanks to the Provinces INSANE logging practices. For those who want evidence, go take a look at Cataract campground. NO MORE TREES!

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Pictures and an Apology

Now that University is on, you might see the blog slow down a little. We'll try to update it as often as we can, but half of the staff is back in school!

Here's some photos that we've taken lately

Brent had a client in his boat land this very healthy "Mc-Trout" as it was dubbed.
Possibly the fattest proportioned Brown that Brent saw all year.
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Possibly the last chance for Cutty fishing this year, Brent landed this very pretty Cutty.
While the day was numbingly cold, the fish were still receptive enough to make the day worthwhile.
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It was a very pretty cutt
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We'll have a fishing report for you tomorrow!

Some More Albertan Cutthroat

Went fishing in the afternoon yesterday. It rained like mad, but the fish couldn't be happier. We lucked out on a Green Drake hatch that lasted about an hour, and the fishing was just nutty. Here's some more photos. We'll add the last tomorrow.

A pocket water bully.

Caity's very pretty Cutthroat.

Last Couple Days on the Bow River and in the High Country

Been a good couple days, including possibly the worst sunburn of my entire life.

I finally got to fish my Helios 3 weight, and it is great for small stream cutthroat.

Get out and get fishing, Bow River fish are turbo charged, Cutthroat are looking up and the Bullys are aggresive. Some of the best fishing of the year!

- Brent