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Open house Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/events/929184313856854/

For folks who are interested in river use and access near Cushing Bridge, there's an open house for Bend in the Bow on May 19th. For more information, please visit http://engage.calgary.ca/bend-bow-design-development-plan

Show up and make your opinions known at the Bend in the Bow open house on May 19th. http://engage.calgary.ca/bend-bow-design-development-plan

I agree with you WyomingGeorge - but if you're still learning the ropes, follow the leader is a great way to learn the basics for the OP. It's a big river, and until you learn to read water, it's helpful to learn by example. I'm all over fishing the water everyone leaves behind, but it takes experience to identify those areas.

Although it may not be apparent based on the behaviour of other oarsmen on the Bow, drift boat etiquette generally dictates staying out of the skinny side channels. If someone is fishing a side channel, you'll have no choice but to drift over their water. My advice - find a boat who's captain appears competent and follow them at a reasonable distance (500-1000m).

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I have a 7wt Z-axis for streamer fishing. I really like the SA streamer express 30' for reasons listed by others, and have used a few different weights. On the 7wt Z-axis, I find the 300 grain a tad too heavy to cast, and it sinks very fast, meaning you have to use rather quick retrieves. I wish I had a 250 grain instead. That is what I'd recommend for that rod. 200 grain works well on 6wt rods and shallower water less then 4 ft depth.

I've only used their capes - pretty good for the price. I usually buy saddle / cape trimmings by request as well for paltering streamers. I find they're perfect size, nice taper, soft webbing, and affordable.

Use as fast a sink tip as your rod can handle. In deeper / faster water, cast slightly upstream. Let it sink before you swing or retrieve. Fish every kind of water until patterns emerge. Don't stay put too long.

Yes Harps excellent post thank you.

Silly or science? "Resource-management agencies are concerned that increased sedimentation and loss of streamside cover associated with accelerated erosion rates caused by boat activity may threaten salmon returns to the river. Bank loss and boat activity were characterized during 1996 along 67 miles of the Kenai River, including a segment of the river several miles long where boat activity is restricted to non-motorized uses. Bank loss in the non-motorized segment of the river was about 75 percent less than that observed in the highest boat-use area of the river and 33 per- cent less than that observed in the lowest boat-use area of the river" Source: http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Publications/pdf.reps/wrir97-4105v2.pdf On the Bow, high water events / floods occur once a year. Boat activity occurs 6 months a year, and it has the potential to negatively impact riparian vegetation establishment once high waters recede. Riparian vegetation stabilizes the bank during subsequent high water events. This is not silly.

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You can save shipping cost if you send the just the last 6" of the butt end of the broken tip so they can match the ferrule size. Ask them in advance first to see if that's okay.

Planning on checking it out soon. I'm keen to see what it looks like considering a lot of asphalt drifted away last week. Went past Pearce Estate Park tonite. It's scoured down to the cobble in the floodway.