Hector and Mark, arrived in town from Cincinnati looking forward to spending a couple of days on the Bow River and one on the Oldman. The Bow proved to be very slow on the 9th and 10th, with strong winds wreaking havoc at times. Despite the slow days on the Bow, both Hector and Mark [...]
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Policeman's Flats to McKinnon Flats
Air Temperature: 23° C ~ 73° F
Water Temperature: 16° C ~ 62° F
Water Level: 1.152 m
Water Flow: 82.24 m3/s
We've had several trips to the mountains and the Bow River that I haven't reported on, so it's time to get back to the updates. The Bow River seemed to be a little [...]
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Grave's Landing to Policeman's Flats
Air Temperature: 11° C ~ 52° F
Water Temperature: 16° C ~ 62° F
Water Level: 1.297 m
Water Flow: 109.00 m3/s
Kent (Vancouver) was in town to meet with Mark (Airdrie), and made arrangements for a drift on the Bow River for the two of them later [...]
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Policeman's Flats to McKinnon Flats
Water Temperature: 16° C ~ 62° F
Water Level: 1.281 m
Water Flow: 105.80 m3/s
My brother is in town from Yellowknife for a few days with his family, and today we took the opportunity to get out on the Bow River with our friend Quinn. The fish were quite active earlier this morning [...]
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This weekend was put aside for a trip to the South Ram River with my two sons and son-in-law. We chartered a helicopter and arrived at a very scenic location along the river's edge. The river was still a little murky from the previous week's rain but fishing was still good and apart from a [...]
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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 [...]
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Policeman's Flats to McKinnon Flats
Air Temperature: 18° C ~ 64° F
Water Level: 1.335 m
Water Flow: 120.60 m3/s
A huge storm blew through much of central Alberta last night, with devastating results in some areas. Reports of baseball sized hailstones came in from a community to the north of Calgary and, in the city of Airdrie where [...]
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I had a great time with Mike and his son, Michael (San Diego) who joined me for 5 days of fishing on some of Southwest Alberta's finest rivers. Rather than try to provide a written account of the outing, I thought I'd rather just show you some of what Mike and Michael experienced.
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Policeman's Flats to McKinnon Flats
Air Temperature: 28° C ~ 82° F
Water Temperature: 20° C ~ 68°
Water Level: 1.278 m
Water Flow: 105.20 m3/s
Chris and Brian (Maryland) were in town for a family wedding and since they are both avid fishers, they didn't want to pass up the opportunity to get out on the Bow River for [...]
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I got out to the Crowsnest River to check out some water that I hadn't been on before. While most of the fish I landed were not large by any standard, it was a lot of fun and a lot of fish were caught. Only a couple of trout were taken on a dry fly [...]
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