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There are plenty of places in fish creek park where you dont need waders or have any need to wade into the river. Walk the trails and you'll find enough places to stand on shore and flyfish. You'll need bring a roll cast with you though.

Good idea but you might want to check with a CO before using it. I know with crankbaits and other lures, they can only have one hook. Some are sold with a hook near the head and a second hook near the tail. In order to use them in the Bow you would have to clip off one of the hooks. A CO might see this fly as a lure with 2 hooks??? I know treble hooks are allowed on the bow as long as the barbs are pinched (obviously). I'm wondering if the 2 hooks on a lure only applies to lures with treble hooks. I see in the regs something about a lure cannot have more than 3 hooks and more than 3 points but was talking to a CO last night that said you cannot have 2 hooks on a lure.

Count how many times bert takes a penalty during a flames power play this season - I'm pretty sure he will lead the league in this stat.

Well Im no pro, but I've learnt that bow river fish like to take caddis in the film when a hatch is on. High floating patterns dont work nearly as well for me...I like to use a grey cdc caddis size 14- 18. It doesnt have any hackle so it sits in the film or sinks a few inches below the surface. I cant see the pattern on the surface when I fishing, so I try and predict where my fly is and if something rises within five feet of it during the drift I set the hook. I was doing this last thursday evening and did well.

Is it a possibility that you've used 2 different cameras to take those pics? The software pulling pictures from your camera to your computer may have overwritten some of your old pics if the filename was exactly the same.... Say for example you have a canon camera...each picture it takes saves the file as imgxxxxx.jpg where xxxx is an integer that increments by 1 for each picture during the lifetime of the camera. If you have another camera that saves pictures with the same filename format its possible that when these photos were written to your pictures folder by your camera software, that older files with the same filenames were overwritten....hope this makes sense.

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it. I went to the massage therapist and have some really painful trigger points in my lower back. Realized most of my problem was my posture in front of the computer which is what I am on for 8 - 10 hours per day. In the 3 days that Ive changed my desk/monitor/chair arrangements I've actually felt a lot better waking up in the morning. I got a new desk 6 months ago with a keyboard tray that was too low and tried to make it work for me but I think it ended up %^$@*ing up my back as it put strain on my muscles all day long and then after sleeping for several hours, my back was stiff as a board. No more keyboard tray, the keyboard will remain on top of the desk for now... Thanks again...I feel too young to have chronic back pain and was getting pretty frustrated.

Thanks for the advice I appreciate it. I have a deep tissue massage scheduled this week and I hope it helps. I may try acupuncture too as a last resort. I've been lifting weights for years and stopped immediately after my injury...Ive resumed 6 months later and have been building strength again but my flexibility (especially rotating from the trunk) isn't the same as before. I bought a fitness ball to do stretches and some light back exercise and I hope that helps too. My chiropractor does do active release but it doesnt seem to be helping much. The pain I get is only in the morning and clears throughout the day as I become more active.

I was just wondering what your experiences are with acupuncture? Ive never been before but am seriously considering it. I've been going to the chiropractor for the last 8 months with mixed results. I slipped a disc in my lower back last spetember which has since healed with regular chiropractor visits and physio. Since February I've started waking up every morning with back spasms (in the mid back area just next to my rib cage on both sides). The Chiropractor does not seem to make a difference with this issue...and waking up in pain at 4am every morning sucks. Any advice? Thanks.

rickr saved me from typing it all out, take his advice. One thing I would like to add is that I find bow river fish pretty selective at times. Sure you can catch a few fish almost every trip on the wire worm but if you really try to learn what they are eating, you'll catch twice as many. Having said that, stick with using a wire worm until you get some confidence fishing the river. At times fish will really key into a specific food item and not look at much else. It pays to take the time to figure out what they are feeding on and select the right type of nymph. The entomology forum on this site has some outstanding pics of the bugs found in the river. Use flies to match those bugs during the right time of the year and you'll turn average days into great days - theres something like 2500 - 3000 trout per mile in the bow below the city.... good luck

The Cowichan is your best bet and you'll be staying right next to it. The trout fishing can be pretty good in May with some good caddis hatches hopefully. Try a size 14 GRHE during the day and in the evening if the caddis are hatching a size 14-16 EHC is as good as any. Like H20 said, theres both rainbows and browns available...one of the few systems on the island with a population of browns. A bunch of decent spots can be accessed off river bottom road. The local fly shop in lake cowichan or Island outfitters in Vic will sell you a river map with access and trails etc... Its a bit pricey but is worth it and proceeds go to the Roderick Haig-Brown foundation. If you are looking to fish the beaches for sea-run cutties and want to take a nice day trip over to Saltspring island, try around Fulford Harbour...size 8 rolled muddlers, fry or stickleback patterns.... Good Luck

Where on the island will you be? Would you like to fish lakes, streams or beaches? ...

Thanks for the info guys, sure was nice when you could get in from the sundance side...oh well. I think I'll park at sikome lake and walk in when I do happen to fish there, it will definitely be faster from where I live.

I was just wondering if anyone knows why the gates are locked trying to get to the FC boat launch from the sundance side of sikome lake? I was able to access the launch from bow bottom however ... Does anyone know if these gates will re-open anytime soon or are they closed for good? Thanks

Hey Sanjuanworm, I apologize if you thought I was trying to encourage people to leave your site and join mine. Thats not what I said at all. You have a nice site here and I'm not trying to persuade anyone to stop participating on your site! When Im after fly fishing info for the calgary area, this is where I come. I never asked anyone to join in on my discussion board, I just asked if anybody passionate about sharing fishing reports or interested in exposure for their guiding operation would like to contribute reports for Alberta on my site. This would be made possible via an online reporting template that we provide for our writers, not by posting in a forum. I just moved here from Victoria and I thought it would be cool to have current reports for Alberta like we have done for BC. You will always have a better site for fly fishing information in the calgary area. FishTactics.com is not trying to "compete" with you as we are not trying to specialize in any one area like you have done. We want to grow to cover north america, new zealand, you name it. We will never appeal to the niche fly fishing market in calgary because there are better more specific sites out there like this one. If you thought my post was as conflict of interest, I understand and enough said. I just wanted to make myself clear that I was in no way trying to encourage people to not use your site. Cory

Can anyone tell me why my post about finding some fishing report writers for alberta got deleted? How did I break the forum code of conduct? Cory

Just out of curiousity, when tying dries is it better to use hooks with a straight eye, upturned eye, or downturned eye? How do you know when to make that decision when tying?

Thanks for the help, lots of good info. Any preference over SA Mastery or Cortland 444 lines? Also if one was going to buy a nice double taper line specifically for chucking smaller dries, does the color of the line make a difference? Would you want to go with as neutral a color as possible?

I have a 9' 5wt TFO Lefty Kreh Signature fly rod that I havent used yet. I'd like to get some floating line for it, but I realized its been a good 7 or 8 years since I last bought fly line. Does anyone have any good line recommendations for me to go with this rod? I want a floating line for fishing weighted nymphs and also for chucking smaller dries. Thanks

Im just starting to get back into fly tying again. Im just wondering if anyone has any advice on what brand of hooks to go with? Mustad, Tiemco, Daaichi? Is one better than another? Thanks

The one pattern that I cant catch fish on are golden stonefly nymphs. I figure they should be absolutley on fire right now given that shucks are all over the rocks and the dry fly imitations are working, but all the fish are hitting the SJW or the other caddis/mayfly nymph imitations that I'm using. Would someone mind posting a good bow river stonefly nymph pattern or two? I apologize if this topic has already been discussed.

Thanks bigbadbrent, I always used to park near mckenzie meadows golf course and I was told by the golf course that they closed the public end of the range closest to the river down because no vehicles were permitted any further than the golf course parking lot and that people are not allowed down there until construction of the bridge is finished. I guess I may be a little misinformed. Ive never fished the sikome side... will give it a try. Would still appreciate if anyone knows whether or not you can get access from the end of 194th ave? Thanks!

Does anyone know if there is bow river access at the end of 194th ave behind lake chaparall? It looks like the city owns the land and has a wastewater treatment plant there? Any consequences to parking there and walking in? I'm really bummed that access to the spots off 22X are closed right now due to construction.

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

Just curious how many of you add split shot when nymphing the bow ? I use a weighted wire san juan worm and a bead head dropper with a hook to indicator distance of 1.5 times the depth of the run. I want to be fishing as productively as possible and I notice almost all of my strikes are near the end of the drift ... maybe its taking too long for my rig to sink and setup properly for the first 2/3 of the drift? Any insight? Thanks in advance.