FishFury

Are you sure they are the rubber nets? Thats where i bought the mesh net bag for my first net project. Didn't see any rubber ones though. This was a year and a half ago so they may carry them know. Thanks Country Pleasures in Willow Park Mall. Murray Okay thanks Thats just what i assume they would be called. I doubt many people are buying them to make there own nets, but replace an old one. So they are called replacement nets. I honestly don't really know. I guess i should have worded it better and said why i wanted the bag, my bad. That exactly what i am looking for Im going to be down at the bow tomorrow and will go check them out after. Thanks

No i haven't called around yet. Will start doing that if cant find anything here. And im sorry, who's CPs??

Doesn't matter.I want it to make a net, not fix/replace one. Im making my second net and will make the net frame whatever shape is necessary to fit the bag correctly. The first net i made was using a nylon bag, which turned out a beautiful net. But i now what to make one with a rubber net, which is more convenient for fishing.

Does anyone know where in Canada you can buy replacement bet bags online? I know you can buy the nylon ones rather easily, but i am wanting a rubber net. Thanks

O picked some up 2 weeks ago and have used them twice since then. I am really liking them. I like them for 3 main reasons. First It greatly increases the life of your leader. Instead of retying new tippet directly to your leader, you can do it to the rings. Second, if you get a snag and brake off, you only loose a bit of tippet and a fly, not your whole leader. And last, it gives a convenient spot to put your split shots. All in all i am a bug fan of them and am going to be using them for a long time.

Agreed. Once this lake gets stocked its an amazing little lake full of small trout. Its tons of fun to fish in and you can keep 5 im pretty sure. Again. check the regs to make sure. Its a great lake for kids because you can almost always catch fish, and lots of them. Just chuck out a bobber and worm and wait.

What would be a good stonefly nymph pattern try, in particular to the bow. Im mostly looking for some good colors and sizes. I have tried some stoneflys before but haven't had much success on them. And my first guess was that it either wasn't the right color or size. So what are some good ones? Thanks

On a serious note about the sling shot comments. Do be careful and cautious where you fly your drone. Even if you are not filming someone, they may think you are and take it offensively, possibly try to knock it down. I know if i was fishing, or anything for that matter, and saw a drone fly to close to me i wouldn't be very happy. Just be careful of where you fly, and who may be in the area. Knowing how much a good drone's coast, i wouldn't want to have to fix or replace it because of a simple misunderstanding on the river.

Thanks so far guys. Ive lived in Cochrane my whole life but have only recently decided to start fly fishing the bow. I may be new to this forum, but im defiantly not new to fly fishing. Been at it for almost 5 years now and am having a blast. But i have been mostly fishing small stream sch as the dog pound, so when i got to the bow i was a little intimidated. But once i got going that all went away. With the water being so cold, and being attacked by chunks of ice every few seconds has made it hard to fish. But that has not stopped me. Last weekend and then again two days ago were actually the first time's ive fished the lower bow at policeman's flats. Not really knowing what to tye on i just rigged up simple; a san juan worm, phesant tail nymph, some lead and an indicator. I had one nice sized fish on the pheasant tail but it hugged the bottom in the fast current and eventually spit the fly out. It was still a blast! Flyfishy- i will be fishing a bit of upper bow, just south of Canmore. But mostly just south of the city. Ya i tye my own flys and am on my way to some bow river boxes. Already got some size 6 bow river buggers in olive and white tyed up.

Im new to the bow and was wondering what are some of the basic flys that produce good? If you don't mind me asking, what would you say your top 3 nymphs, 3 drys and 3 streamers are. Im just trying to produce a bit of a starter box for tackling the bow. Thanks

What flies do you guys like to use in the winter on the bow?

I have a few questions regarding approaching big rivers for the first time. In my few years of fly fishing i have only fished small streams and creeks, never anything big such as the bow. But recently i have wanted to get out and try some larger river, but don't really know how to go at fishing them. With small streams the structure is usually fairly obvious, and without to much effort you can find where the fish are. But when it comes to larger river i have no clue what im looking for. I know that im looking for things like seams and pools but having never fished large rivers before i am having troubles locating them among the rest of the river. In most cases to me the river looks relatively the same the whole way across. So here are some questions i hope can be answered all regarding to large rivers (in particular the bow) Where should i start when i get there? What are the different areas that fish feed in? What do these areas look like, how do you find them? How do you fish them? What areas are fish likely to be active and feeding vs resting and not interested in food? Do you wade out into the river and fish, or tend to stay closer and walk the shores? In general do you keep your casts short, or make them long? And there's so much more but all of the sudden i cant remember so i will fill them in as i do. Also another question regarding what is the best way to fish a new big river for the first time. Since im sure im going to be totally confused as where to fish the bow when i first get there is it best to fish nymphs or streamers. I know that nymphs are going to usually be the best bet, but if in not sure that im fishing in the right area they might be a complete waste of time. Not really knowing what im doing im sure that i could easily waste many days watching my indicator float in waters that hold no fish. Even if it lessens my chances of catching a fish would it not be better to use a streamer and cover much more water than you would in general with a nymph. Instead of possibly covering water without fish with a nymph, i would cover than water with a streamer but then be on my way. To me it would be better because not only would i cover more ground and hopefully increase my chances of find waters that have fish, i would be covering more water and it would give me a chance to hopefully learn the water better, so that one day i could confidently nymph those water. Or am i totally wrong and i should defiantly stick to nymphing? Again, there was so much more i wanted to ask but mid way writing this i completely forgot, so i will get back with more questions that im hopping you guys can answer for me. I appreciate any help you guys can give me and im egar to hear back from you! Thanks

While fishing the bow in the winter do you still wade out into thew water or try and stay on the shore? Im thinking about because of both water temperature and floating ice. Also for me i haven't fished the bow yet this winter, but if i did i would want the temperatures to be at least above 0, if not more.

Just picked up a echo glass 6'7" 3wt . I cant wait to use it. I got to try casting it and it felt amazing.

Just leaned about it recently. It works surprisingly well.