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Fishing Reports - August 21

Bow River Report –August 21, 2013

Managed to sneak out and spend a day on the river yesterday. Now that the river is down to a civilized 128 cms there is a lot more river that’s more manageable to fish.

I must admit, I was pretty pleased with the way the river is fishing. Good number of eats on Hopper patterns throughout the day with only one lull for about 45 minutes around 5 PM. Fished the same stretch as a couple of our guides and they reported much the same thing. They also had very good success on Hopper/Dropper setups with smaller bead head nymphs.

Boat launches currently in operation: Fish Creek, Policeman’s, McKinnon’s, Legacy Island

Hatches: Caddis, Tricos, Hoppers

Streamers: Clouser-Black, Marabou Clouser, ¼ Lb. Bugger

Nymphs: Tung Dart, TB Soft Hackle Hares Ear, Torin’s Soft hackle, TB Green Rock Worm

Dry Flies: Panty Dropper Hopper, CFO Hernobyl, Fat Albert-Tan, CUF Hopper, Snowshoe Caddis, Bloom’s CDC Caddis.

Crowsnest River Report – August 21, 2013

Typical August conditions on the Crow. Levels down to 3.76 cms as of today. Selective, somewhat spooky fish will be found in most of the runs and pools. More user friendly, cooperative fish will be found in the riffles and on gravel bars.

Hatches: Caddis, Green Drakes, Hoppers

Streamers: Bead Crystal Bugger, Jawbreaker

Nymphs: Tund Stud, TB Pheasant Tail, TB Green Rock Worm

Dries: Emerging Green Drake, Wilcox Low Rider, Hatching May-PMD, Midget Caddis, Slice Above Hopper, CUF Hopper.

High Country River Report – August 21, 2013

Everything we have been hearing about has been fishing very well. Few places (like the gap area of Oldman) have been a little busy but most other stuff hasn’t been too bad.

Hatches: Stoneflies, Green Drakes, Hoppers

Streamers: Gartside Leech, Sleech, Clouser
Nymphs: Torin’s Soft Hackle, Prince Nymph, TB Green Rock Worm
Dries: CFO Ant, Morrish Hopper, CFO Chernobyl, Emerging Green Drake.

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Fishing Report-August 7

Emma with a Sunday Brown

Bow River Report –August 7, 2013

As of this morning we are back up to 186 cms from a positively boney 164 cms (ha ha). The nightly monsoons to the west have brought the water levels back up somewhat.

Glad to report a few more frequent large Brown Trout sightings over the last week, several on dry flies.

As with our last report, fishing on the sunny bright days is HARD! Sink tips, Clousers, patience, or if you’re willing to completely give in…full nymph rigs are the order of the day if the big ball of light is out.

Now, cloudy days are another matter, fish can be caught on dry flies, they chase streamers on floating lines, all the fun stuff.

To sum things up, fish are being caught every day. But it’s fun and easier on the cloudy days, harder and more methodical on the bright ones.

If we can get flow levels down under 150 cms things should get easier. Maybe even some rising fish, easier streamer fishing, etc.

Thanks mainly to the excavation activities undertaken by the province on the Highwood, and heavy rains to the west, the river below the Highwood is pretty darn dirty.

Boat launches currently in operation: Fish Creek, Policeman’s, McKinnon’s.

Hatches: PMD’s,Caddis, Stoneflies

Streamers: Clouser-Black, Geek Leech, Marabou Clouser, ¼ Lb. Bugger

Nymphs: Karnopp’s Keystone, Conestone, Morrish WMD-Dark Stone,
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Dry Flies: Better Foam Caddis, Plopper Stone, Chubby Chernobyl,
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Emma with a Monday Brown

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