Welcome To Zach Vant Erve

In addition to Kevin, Caitlin, Brent, Mike, and Zach Southgate, Zach Vant Erve is joining our staff for the summer.

Like Southgate, he spends an inordinate amount of time fishing and is certainly knowledgable.

Unlike a lot of the individuals you run into in our sport, when Zach tells you he has been fishing since he could walk, it's actually true.

Photo below is hard evidence......

Welcome Zach!

Two More Introductory Schools Left!

This weekends schools (July 9 & 10) are full. There are only two more schools left this summer.
(Wow, time flies) July 23rd and August 7 are the only remaining schools this summer.

There are a few spots left in each, so if you've been thinking about learning to fly fish, now's the time.

Orvis Special Offer!!!

Only lasts until July 31. In stock items only.

FISHING REPORTS

Bow River Report –July 8, 2011

The river has been fishing anywhere from very good to outrageous this past week. Flows have dropped to the point that we are now seeing rising fish on PMD’s and Caddis.

If you fish a Stonefly nymph right now, you can rack up a pretty significant body count.

The only thing that’s been a little up and down is the streamer fishing, likely due to the fact there are so many Stonefly nymphs available to the fish right now. Why chase a streamer when you can sit around and eat large nymphs all day?

A lot of people think the river is still too high and colored right now. For those that know better, have fun!

Don’t forget! Legacy Island and Carseland accesses are closed until further notice.

Hatches: Caddis, PMDs, Golden Stones

Streamers: ¼ Pound Bugger-Brown #4, Clouser Deep Minnow-Black #2, Geek Leech-Purple #4, Darth Zonker-Black #2, Bush’s Town Run, Dirk Wiggler-Black, Articulated leech-Black, Jawbreaker-Black, Party Boy-Black

Nymphs: Reese’s Pieces #8, San Juanabe Worm #6, Morrish Conestone-Golden #6, Morrish WMD-Golden Stone #8, Gob-O-Worms

Dry Flies: Bloom’s Parachute Caddis-Olive #16, Neversink Caddis, Berrett’s Golden Stone, Berrett’s Mutant Stone

Crowsnest River Report – July 8, 2011

Things are happening on the Crow. River levels have dropped to the point that you can do some wading and fish more water.

Lots of dry fly fishing down there right now.

Hatches: Golden Stones, PMD, Caddis

Streamers: Brunette Leech, Chamois Leech.

Nymphs: Pheasant-Tail, Hare's Ear, Copper John, Tung Stud, and San Juan Worm, Morrish Conestone, Rock “n” Roller Stone

Dries: Hopper-Popper-Golden #6, Chenobyl Ant-Brown/Tan #6, Berrett’s Mutant Stone #6, Spun Hair Dun-PMD #16, Neversink Caddis

High Country River Report – July 8, 2011

Most of the high country streams are most definitely worth fishing right now. Warm weather has caught us up and things should be very good in the coming weeks. Sounds like there are lots of nice Bull Trout kicking around right now.

Hatches:  Stoneflies

Streamers:  Darth Zonker-Black #4, Hare Sculpin #2

Nymphs:  Morrish Conestone-Golden # 6, Bitch Creek #6, Stream-A Stone, B/H Prince Nymph #14

Dries:  Berretts Golden Stone #8, Mutant Stone

Z-Axis Update!!

 

As of today, the remaining inventory on Z-Axis:

Z-Axis 486-4 8' 6" 4 weight 4 piece - Sold Out

Z-Axis 490-4 9' 4 weight 4 piece - Sold Out

Z-Axis 586-4 8' 6" 5 weight 4 piece - One left

Z-Axis 690-4 9' 6 weight 4 piece - Three Left

They'll be gone soon. If you're needing a rod and want top quality for a steal, grab one now

Back to the good old days....

 We've been waiting, and waiting and waiting but finally, the Bow has dropped and cleaned up.

Its running around 210 cms and visibility is around 2 feet.

Clousers and stonefly nymphs were the key yesterday.

There were a few shucks around but no significant numbers.

Caddis numbers are increasing and there are still lots of PMDs out.

Our best fish catching flies: Brown and White Clousers and Brown Jimmy Legs.

GET FISHING!

REMEMBER! UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, LEGACY ISLAND AND CARSELAND ACCESSES ARE UNAVAILABLE. LEGACY IS BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS AND THE ROAD DOWN TO CARSELAND SLID THIS SPRING.

Orvis Hydros Rod Clearout!

Orvis is discontinuing the Hydros rods this fall (have no idea why).

Anyways, any remaining inventory of Hydros rods are now 30% OFF!!

With the Sage z-Axis also on clearout, it's a great summer to buy a rod.

Catch Magazine #18 Is Alive!



Catch #18 is now up!

http://www.catchmagazine.net/

Canada Day Fishing

Headed out for some fishing on the river yesterday.....

Surprised at how many boats were out between Police and Mac. Lots of drift boats, few jet boats.

Levels were pretty stable at just over 240 cms with about 20" of visibility. Lots of PMD's coming off.
Unfortunately, they were almost completely unmolested.

Streamer fishing showed some signs of getting better, with fish being more aggressive.

If you really want to rack up a body count, a Stonefly nymph rig will do that for you right now.

The Bow dropped to just over 200 cms last night. This will likely mean things will continue to get better, with maybe even a few rising fish due to lower water volume.

REMEMBER! UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, LEGACY ISLAND AND CARSELAND ACCESSES ARE UNAVAILABLE. LEGACY IS BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS AND THE ROAD DOWN TO CARSELAND SLID THIS SPRING.

Eeees Coming!!!

August 1......