deeppowder

Please explain.

When you are not fishing during the winter, where do you ski?

Are crayfish a major food source in the Bow? What time of year are they soft shell?

When the fish are typically holding tight to the bank, I like to float and get after them. If I am wading during this conditions and the fish are tight to the bank, I try to cast straight up and tight to the bank. Yea, sometimes spooks the fish but most of the time not.

Even better. Thanks.

Thank you.

What is the typical run-off, summer, winter flows for the lower Bow? Websites to look at flows?

Just hope it is not too warm though.....

I have always been under the impression to cast tight to the bank or feature you spect is holding fish. Hit the water hard with your fly, two or three quick twitches, strips and recast. I agree when cooling waters temps are happening, the movement has to slow down. I am not a big fan of this, but people I fish with like to use an bobber (indicator) when they are dead drifting. When using streamers, what are trying to imitate? Sculpins or other bait fish? Are crayfish a large source of food?

If you were in Calgary you should have stopped and fished the Bow... its Alberta's only fishable river, but its a good one. You are right, I should have. Instead I slept in and had another of your fine beers Wow, a lot of good topics on this site. The reason for the methods kind of questions is I read about using 3 weight rods, by the sounds a lot of them and then the other end, 12-13 foot speys and bigger? Just trying to fit in with my home made 7 weight. What are you all eating to have a fishery like you do below a pretty cool major metropolitan area? It is a great accomplishment for the stewards of the river. No plans in the near future to come up, maybe sooner if the Canadiens come back to town!

Well, I am from Montana, about six hours from you guys, in between the Yellowstone and the Madison. I like to chuck big articulated streamers here with my 7 wt. with a sinking tip. I haved learned to chop my 2X leaders down to 4 feet long. Straight mono was the way I learned but now that I am get better casts with a leader. Yea, I do like a stinger sometimes but don't like the fowled hook ups. I sounds like three hooks is legal for you guys? I am a big fan of black or olive, some lead on the body, deer hair head, rubber legs and bar bell eyes. And all the other body parts. I am also a big fan of our verisons of the Bow River bugger with a bead head dropper. Size 2, 6 X long. We passed through Calgary on up to Edmonton and back last summer. I have always heard great things about the Bow and other waters in AB and BC. No plans as of right now to visit but all it would take is one of my fishing buds to say lets go! Do you guys streamer fish year round? I like to but I must say nymph fishing can be productive. Do you guys ever make it to Montana?

what is a win card?

Do like articulated streamers or single hook, long shanked streamers, What sizes and patterns do you like? How about leader and tippet sizes when throwing streamers? Not sure if it is legal (being south of the border), can you use a dropper? When you nymph, one hook or two?