Bow
River Report – August 31, 2015
The deep
nymphing has been kind of stupid (good) of late. San Juan patterns like Atomic
Worm, Reeses Pieces, and Wire Worms rack up fish numbers like crazy right now.
The fish we are seeing are long, fat, and hot!
Hopper fishing
has been pretty good, but not every day and not necessarily all day. A good
description would be “inconsistent”. Still a good number of Caddis around, but
not too many fish looking up for them. Same with Tricos, but there are more
Trico fish to be found lower down.
Streamer fishing
continues to be good. White and Tan colored streamers with flash seem to be the
best bet.
This weekend’s
forecast is for cooler, wet weather. Likely see Pseudos and Baetis and maybe a
few more rising fish to go along with them.
There’s starting
to be a ton of Boatmen lower down on the river. That should get going in the
next month as well.
Hatches: Tricos, Caddis, Hoppers
Dry Flies:
More-Or-Less Hopper-Pink, Jake’s Hi-Vis Caddis,
Hippie Stomper-Black #10,
Stacker Flag Ant-Black,
Two Wing Trico Spinner, Trina’s
Hi-Vis Sprout-Black,
Two-Tone Para Ant
Nymphs: Tung Dart, Rubberleg Hares Ear, Tiger
Worm-Tan, Super Pupa-Olive,
Atomic Worm, Reeses Pieces
Streamers: Egg Stealing Super Sculpin-Black, Silvey’s
Sculpin Leech-
Olive/White/Black, Party
Boy-Black, Bloom;s Sculpin Bugger,
C/H R/L Bow River
Bugger-White
Crowsnest
River Report – August 31, 2015
The Crowsnest is low and clear, currently
running at about 3 cms. Mornings and evening offer the best fishing with
hoppers and ants. When it’s this low and clear it tends to get fairly technical.
Fish with care and stealth and you’ll do better.
The St. Mary River and its tributaries
remain closed to fishing until further notice.
We recommend
that anglers play fish as quickly as possible, not taking the fish out of the
water. Until things cool down a little please skip that fish photo and get
them back on their way.
Hatches: Hoppers, Ants, Beetles
Dries: Morrish
Hopper, More-Or-Less Hopper-Tan, Two-Tone Para Ant,
Fire Beetle
Nymphs: Tung Dart, Tung
Stud-Olive, B/H R/L Hare’s Ear
Streamers: Medusa-Fleshy, Circus Peanut-Tan,
Conehead
Rubberleg Bow River Bugger-Black.
High Country River Report – August 31, 2015
All streams have reopened (except St. Mary
and its tributaries) as of Friday, August 21. Hopefully the stream that
remained open sees a few less people and get a little reprieve from the hordes.
Fishing in the high country this week was
very good. For those who said the Highwood may never come back after the 2013
floods, you should go check it out. It’s fishing very good with big, heavy
Cutts in good numbers.
We recommend that
anglers play fish as quickly as possible, not taking the fish out of the water.
Until things cool down a little please skip that fish photo and get them
back on their way.
Hatches:
Green Drakes,
Hoppers, Ants
Dries: Berrett’s
Emerging Green Drake, Morrish Hopper, Mongo Hopper, Two-Tone Para Ant, Fire
Beetle
Nymphs: B/H Pheasant Tail,
B/H R/L Hares Ear, Rubberleg Copper John
Streamers: Sleech-Pink, Circus Peanut-Tan, Medusa-Fleshy
