Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Winter
So far, it's been the winter that wasn't, here in Southern Alberta. By now we've all noticed the snow MIA, dudes wearing beach slides with basketball shorts to the grocery store, and the general lack of any cold. All at a time when we should be going Hunger Games over the last bag of sidewalk salt at Canadian Tire while shivering under layers of fleece & down. Foggy glasses, dripping noses, yellow snow; all those traditional Calgary winter side effects that are starting to feel a bit nostalgic are missing. At least you can still disappear a half-litre of hand cream into your desiccated jerky skin like the good old days. Winter weather in Canada is supposed to miserably bad, not miserably nice.
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Fishing Report - Pre Winter
Most drift boats in the Calgary area have completed their annual migration to overwintering holes in garages and storage yards, and fair-weather anglers have stashed the waders in favor of the tying bench or the quaint comforting glow of Hockey Night in Canada on the 72" Sony. Other guys are stalking large four-legged critters across frozen foothills, or planning trips to find fins in warmer places around the globe. Hole-watchers across the land are weeping tears of joy and gassing up the two strokes as the ice tightens its grip on lakes. However, the all-season angler on the Bow knows that some of the most rewarding (and least crowded) fishing happens during the dark days of winter. 
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Fishing Report - Late Fall
Season Ender! The 2023 mountain season ends on an icy note as winter shows up unannounced. Construction crews in Cochrane leave their (skid) mark on the Bow River. Whats up with K-Country? Flows remain low across the board. Brown trout...
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Fishing Report - Early Fall
How Low Can You Go? TOD restrictions stayed away for the remainder of peak season but it's not all sunshine & rainbows ahead for trout in ES1. It's a race to the bottom of the graph as water levels do the limbo....
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