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After being out screening the river it took a lot longer than I expected to find these worms. Nailed these babies at the tail of a pool (in the slower water) after spending much time in the ripply water where I found all other kinds of specimens. The size, shape, and colour was varied (1/2 inch to 3 inch). These must be sanjuan worms - to me they look like earthworms. When tying this worm it looks like anything goes. Sorry the pic 's hiding , actually 15 more like that ! Full Edided this part!!! With almost 200 people viewing my pic of the worms I am quite disappointed that only 2 people responded to it. I know most people fish worms on the Bow and that's all I get? I was quite proud to share the info I discovered with the team. Hope your flies look like these worms. Happy fishing!

I'm heading out Wednesday to nail a live sanjuan worm and a trout combo. Then I'll come home and tie a worm up. Here are some of my the colours - I'll match the colour hatch when I find the live worm. I'll send full pics - awfully stoked about netting the worm to tie up - still don't believe its not bright red. Any members have a style of sanjuan they'd like to share?

Happy Easter. Hope you enjoy your dinner and family day. Appreciate your constructive comments about the worm. Still looking for a picture of a Bow Sanjuan (live one). This may seem over done but to be a pro fly person you have to tie exactly what the trout are eating; size, shape, colour. Basic rules of being a fly nut.

I tried out this colander to screen the river for the worms, I believe it worked well. Should set it up for a line basket / bug screener.

I went out on Sunday - no worms - where are they? Found this stonefly in the river under the rocks - wings and all! The water level came up two feet since two weeks ago when I was looking in the same place under rocks that were dry. These sanjuan worms must live deep in the middle of the river - I wasn't going to drown trying to find one - or is there really a red worm in the river? I challenge you members to screen the river and show the team a live worm. Anybody have ideas on proper screening of bugs on the river?

Like to say thanks for all the members that contributed to this thred about the worm and the worm in question. Maybe I just had bad luck? I enjoyed discussing the worm in the Bow. I'm heading out on Sunday to screen the river on what the live worm looks like. Might take me days! Will post a pic when I find one, or does a member have one to share? We all like watching our fish swim away back to their prime spot in the river.

With all the work some fly fishermen have done developing their best worm -hats off to you - its a lot of work. I'm a minnow pro - can't remember what a sanjuan worm from the bow looks like alive. Anyone have a pic of a sanjuan worm or earthworm live? All pics welcome. not sure if the fish eat the worm all year long- but why do all anglers have it on their line? I believe they do eat it, saddened to think the fish get hurt while sucking on my worm.

Was out fishing today -met some members from FFC - proud - all of us had worms on our rigs somewhere. No one had one of the worms in question (earlier discussed). It was an excellent day -hooked one twenty plus brown trout I thought on the minnow, but when I got home the hook was straightened on the worm hook. My fish must have eaten the worm. remember: use 2X strong hooks or it will look worse than this. Check your hooks

I went on the Bow to my favourite park and walk spot to swing some new minnows I made in the winter - didn't do that well probably (maybe) because there was a young angler there. He was nimphing worms, we had a chat, he was so proud to show me all of his flies he'd been tying. When I seen his worm hooks I said they were real eye catchers. That style of hook, he reluctantly said, got one small rainbow in the eye earlier, but he was proud of his hand tied flies, and insisted I try one. It looked like he had hundreds. So I tied one behind my minnow, swung the flies thru the pool and hooked a small rainbow in the mouth and into the eye, just like I said would happen. This style of hook should be banned from the river. I felt so bad I called it a day and walked back to the truck with my head low. Turned on FFC to report this type of hook. On the pic below, the bottom hook is the one in question. The top two are ones I use and have never had a problem with. How's your rig look? Use pliers to straighten your worm out giving it a tight bend at the hook gap so no trout get injured when they are starving.

Fishing worms on the Bow is a very productive and enjoyable way to fish. There are hundreds of variations including bobbers, leaders, worms, nymphing styles, presentation etc . Feel free to share a story about your rig.

That' s the fastest 6:36 minutes ever! \ I NEED A WET WIPE THANKS

Here's another trout from last year - caught on the west slope of the Rockies in Alberta. Beauty trout in this creek, tiny dry flies, light leaders. How's the care on this one?

You are right - amature care of a trout - but the fish never flipped. Note the front fin came up to hide its eye from the sun. It came from the deep. I didn't expect to catch a fish this big and wanted to capture the moment. It was epic. Was not out long - only one quick iphone photo. Lets move on and get more stories with friends and family. Leave my trout alone, its swimming happily in its happy place. GO...

Thanks for the nice stories boys. Fishing season ahead, hopefully this thred will be fun filled with new stories and remember old stories are the best. Send your best - show a pic. Here's the latest story. I was out fly fishing by fish creek yesterday, made a new friend. The game warden checked my licence, barbless hooks, and took a picture of me. Plus mentioned a good angling spot - now that's a friend story! Because of the man's recommendation this is what I caught - a 26 inch brown. Nice to see the men in green out patrolling the river and sharing tips.

Where are you guys? No friend stories? Here's another one of mine: This winter I went ice fishing with a family member -pulled out my hand tied flies, used a shrimp pattern about three feet down below the ice. My legs were sore from running with all the bites I got. He was quite upset, hopefully he'll send a pic. What I discovered from this trip was that matching the hatch through the hard water worked well.\ GO...

flyfish for life,one life to fish!!!go fishing With lots of fishing buddies !!!. my one story is when a member landed a 26" brown , in the lower Bow. With me in the pic. holding his fish .boy was he pissy !!! I am such a crappy photographer that he wanted to take the pic - had me hold it. He was laughing later. come on guys, you must have a story of your buddy or a trip to add. this was the brown trout he caught, that I'm holding. We laughed all the way home after looking at the days pics on the camera. you must have some fun stories to tell after fishing with a buddy. Tell us. GO...

sounds good !!!any fly tying rig on? TOP 10 TYERS OF THE SHOW!!MAYBE A PIC OF something?haha ha flyfishy for sure there this year , spending money !! hope to see u there.!!