Big Brown Trout on the Bow River Today ~ August 4
August 4, 2009 · 1 Comment
Glenmore to Policeman's Flats
Air Temperature: 12° C ~ 54° F
Water Level: 1.363 m
Water Flow: 122.20 m3/s
Jim (Coquitlam) is a repeat customer of sorts. We had made arrangements to get him out on the Bow River last summer, but circumstances led to a cancellation being necessary. Plans were again made to get him out this summer but it looked like nature might conspire to keep him off the Bow once again. Last night, Jim called to let me know that just east of Calgary where he was hunkered down, a huge thunder storm was letting loose. We discussed the conditions on Bow (poor) and the forecast
(rain, rain and more rain) and decided that Jim should think it over for awhile. Jim mulled it over and called back to say that we should probably go ahead since he didn't know when he might have an opportunity fish the Bow again. When we got to the river this morning, it was raining steadily and the river was quite dirty, with visibility at less than a foot, and as luck would have it, the rain continued until about 2 pm. The plan today was to throw streamers at the bank and it proved to be a decent choice. Jim had many hits throughout the day and ended the day with three brown trout and one rainbow. The fish we landed today were all a good size with these two browns easily falling into the "hefty" category!
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barry // Aug 5th 2009 at 7:47 am
that's a big brown!
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