Hawgstoppah

actually in this scenario either E or D is going to be decent starting points but E gives you more options given the distances were talking about now... from E you can dnagle, swing, and skate dries, you can nymph from E with a drop down technique (and also nymph the slow side channel).. and you can also streamer fish very well from E. Given the distances I'd also start at E. Unless I happened to be walking upstream and didn't have my swimming gear on *grin*

come on man ya can't make a 230ft cast with a buncha nymphs and an indicator on???? lolol jeez... you need to step up your game!! LOLOL. There's a very steep hill along D isn't there if it's where I am thinking, actually both spots that come to mind are similar... then nymphing along D and all the way around downstream of D in the main river is very good too.

If it was me I would stand at "D" (after checking for risers and being sure not to spook anything that might be there)... and cast up on the drop off I would assume is at "E" (can it be reached with a cast or are we talking about a 100ft wide side channel?). So... I'd stand at D and survey the whole scene for risers... if found I would position myself for a drag free drift at them... if no risers I would nymph...I'd fish the seam starting my drifts at E and having them float through both C (a bit faster) and B (deep slow drift) with nymphs. I'd try a few lighter nymph presentations in "A" as well... assuming that's a slow side channel there would be lots of small mayfly nymphs and leeches and whatnot in there so I'd go about 3 and 4 ft under an indy with a small set of nymphs at A, if that didn't work I'd streamer fish all of A with small black woolly bugger too. Then I'd stand at E later on and cast way out into the main current and let my streamer rig (2 streamers) come back into C, and B, and see if anythings lying there in an aggressive state.

I'm not going to say anything one way or another... not wanting to cuase any conflict here... but if you do go ahead with something like this PLEASE put the REGS for each place listed, right in the GPS... so it says "BEAVER LAKE, NO BAIT!!!!!, LIMIT 1 OVER 50CM", etc etc... so that we don't have a surge of new people claiming that they never knew the regs for places like buyllshead, beaver, police lake, etc etc. I can't see it being too terrible if it's restrcited to PUBLIC parking lots that are universal fisheries access sites (ie: boat launches at lakes, public access spots on rivers like policeman's flats/mackinnons/ lundbreck falls campground, etc etc) good luck with your project and I hope you take my recommendation seriously. cheers

If you live up near there stay safe.... was just looking at the weather network... tornado warnings for edmonton and area and a lot of saskatchewan as well... What a crazy weather month! down here in cardston I was awakened at 400am by heavy thunder / lightning.. then it rained, and rained, and rained heavy for hours till noonish... suprisingly the rivers didn't rise too much. (though, lee creek had fallen to 10m/sec and went back up signifigantly but nowhere near the 300+ of a few days ago)

do a google search for "bow river hatch chart" and I am sure something will come up whereas you will have a decent knowledge of what to expect for certain times of year. For me, it's almost all about nymphing... wire wrap #4 san juan plus one or two other seasonal nymph patterns right now the second nymph is a bit of a trick... if your fishing rocky chop fast water stonefly works good, but also be fishing caddis pupae or even big hares ear etc... if your fishing more slackish deeper water I'd even nymph a leech pattern and swing it at the end of a drift... so many combinations... just find one that works for u

wow! nice feeeeesh!!!

with this thread title I was figurin... "you gotta tie up a good mastercard imitation and cast slightly in front of her... lead her onto it... good places to fish are near pay less shoes, walmarts, or the mall"

head on up to alsaksa and stand in a river that 50 million "reds" or sockeye have gone upstream in. (EG: the Kenai below the mouth of the Russian River). You'll see the entire river flowing by you is a cesspool of eggs. Therefore, a "hatch". LOL... of course I am figuratively speaking, but if it's in the drift and in the fishes faces and is a good source of protien of course the fish are going to eat them.

I like to watch good old "a river runs through it" and then tons of youtube vids about BC steel. Or go through pics... like my alaska ones... speaking of which...I went with a guide up there for rainbows and all they use is flesh / egg patterns. That's what the fish eat. That's the "hatch". Why have salad when you can eat steak? Up there they could give a rats ___ about what's "proper", they do what it takes to catch fish. If more people concerned themselves with that, then worrying about what flies people use, they'd stress themselves out a lot less. Unless of course your talking about using real eggs. Then that's bait and bait kills fish we all know that.

No idea who you are frypan but every post of yours is useless *hit disturbing. Gee, welcome to the board... new member on May 19, 2010... pretty much every post has been some kind of negative comment aimed at members here. Good way to introduce yourself.

well if you go this year she's fantastic, if you really know how to catch bow river trout. a great day (full day) for me right now would be somewhere in the range of 20 or more landed fish. An average 3 hour session (picking of course the best time of day, etc) could result in anything from zero takes ... doh picked the wrong fly, spot, or time... or else maybe a hayday of fish 10-12 in that 3 hour period to hand type of outing. I had one like that last week... got a dozen in about an hour once I found what water type they were in for that day and what they wanted (so happened to be stonefly nymphs in about 3 feet of fast chop next to a big drop off / slack water area) I should add too that I really no longer care too much about numbers. I used to... big time. my logs religiously counted them. Now, as I get older, I find anytime I land more than about 10 I am not sure quite how many... LOL

I'm stuck in my office down south here....

You need to line up next year to about 400lb test and get yourself some WHALE lolol... Awesome pics!!

LOL taco. Amogst buddies? depends who your with. Most of the guys I fish with would rather see the other guy catch one than themselves. We end up arguing over who gets to cast to risers half the time. Instead of who should cast we're all like "you go ahead man... I want to see you get him". and then there's greg who paoches my dry fly fish the other night!!! LOLLLOL (I was done fishing for it though it was down and when I was wading out he casting over it and got it... LOL... but I'm not gonna let him live it down)

I'd rather do my wife's honey-do list!!!

WTB: Black Bear. Must come with a big stake in the ground and a 45ft leash. He'll have all the friggin dandelions he can handle. Also for sale, later in the year, Bear Meat. Warning: may taste like salad.

Trolling with a fly rod? Man you may as well start bait fishing eh??? LOLOL I'm just kiddin man... nice pics... that looks like a lot of fun. Fresh brookies in the pan... can you beat that? I can't think of anything better..

that's nuts.

Holy hellz. Nice looking browns man! Right on!

Try PM'ing ReelLife from the board here. He and his family have a condo down here that they rent out. It's right on the highway near blairmore about 1 minute from the tim horton's. Perfect place to start / end the day.

witnessed a client pick a squirrel clean out of a big bushy pine tree on his backcast... you ever heard a frightened scared squirrel and the sound it makes as it flies though the air against it's own will? I still break up laffin every time I think of this

Just read back a bit again... Lynn... look for landscaping companies... instead of rock haulers... just tell them you want a pile of gravel that will be dumped in the alley flung over a fence w/ a bobcat. Maybe your lookin in the wrong places. We do that in lethbridge!

hahaha... Lynn... I'm doing landscaping in lethbridge and those bloody rocks are HEAVY. getting someone to dump them over a 6ft fence isn't going to happen... dump trucks are just that.... dump trucks. 300 sq ft probably what... 3 inches deep or so? that's for sure 8-10yrds of gravel... which is a FULL dump truck load. Your best bet is seriously.... take out the fence... it will save you hours and hours... but if taking out the fence isn't an option you probably could hire some local kids for a day and pay em... would save the hassle of movin the fence. Is your fence chain link, wooden, or plastic? good luck with it! Heck with all this dang rain I havent been working for a bit... but I dont miss moving rocks yet!!!