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There are things that tear us away from the thing we love to do most, which is fish. The primary time suck is the job. I can't do anything about that, we need money to feed the habit. Kids and wife are next, neglect those at your own risk. Next is yard care. Yard care sucks. But the negative attention of ignoring it can be severe. Here is my advice on maximizing fishing time while minimizing yard care: 3rd Worst Yard Guy

I"m not mentioning this to say you are wrong only to say there might be information that we can use from other trout waters that face the same population and user base as the Bow river.Yes the Bow river is very unique as it flows through a metro area of over 1 million people. There are only 3 trout streams in the world that flow through a metro area of over 1 million people 1.The Bow river in Calgary Alberta pop. 1,500,000. 2.The Chattahoochee River in Atlanta Georgia pop. 6,000,000 3.The Isar River in Munich Germany pop. city 1,500,00 metro area 6,000,000. We might be able to learn some things from the management of these other rivers.

Three times a year!!!! Lets do what we can to keep it out of the Bow River . Spend the $$ now Govt of Alberta

Didn't know there was a good kind of clap... but hey, one gets lonely in that float-boat. Thanks. -M.

Year after year, AEP spends it's resources doing Angler surveys, fish counts, reviews of fishing regulations and continually say they are "monitoring the situation closely", yet, year after year fish populations continue to decline. All of the focus remains on C&R fisherman. We continue to look in the wrong direction to identify all of the reasons for the decline. There can only be as many fish as the system can support. Degradation of the habitat leads to degradation of bio mass. So, what are the stressor's that are contributing to habitat degradation?. That's where AEP needs to put their resources and leave us fisherman alone. We are not the problem. Our impact is miniscule in the big picture. Yet the discussion keeps going round and round us, like we all have "whirling" disease. There is no other user group that collectively, contributes more too the Bow fishery's well being, then C&R flyfisherman. Maybe I should just write a letter to that Suzuki fellow out on the left coast and ask him to come too Calgary with his camera crew to point out the obvious to the government.

Some hatch chasing trout slobs camped on our property and left a mess of human refuse and garbage. No wonder landowners are getting pissed off with actions like this. The Raven and North Raven are getting lots of pressure. This type of stuff pisses me off. I posted a picture of their rigs so if you know them better get them to clean their act up.https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzyifd5ze443ee6/551073839.jpg?dl=0

They’re in Nose Creek and the Bow already in town.. tons in Nose from last time I e-fished it