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October 5, 2006 --- Bow River, Alberta

It's a fine fall day on the Bow, as evidenced by the weather chart below. We get outta town at about 7:30, and are on the water shortly after 10:00 a.m. The fishing is reasonably steady... it seems that you can usually find a fish in most patches of good holding water, which is the mid-thigh deep, choppy stuff on the inside bend of a curve in the river. I display no imagination in my choice of flies today: SJW's, Prince-type beadhead nymphs, etc :-) I get a little brown on a BRB. Rob and I get solid hookups with a dozen or so real nice rainbows for the day, altho we don't land most... LDR's and a couple of breakoffs. Fellow pontooner is having a good day; he says he got 5 at the Cliffs of Doom, and we see him highstick up several more further down. I get into a couple of good fish just above the Highwood; FFF'er gets a big one across the river. We flog a variety of stuff from the boats, without any real success. Come across a couple of good pods of rising fish... no luck trying to fool these picky fish, at least in the time we have. We're off the river at about dusk; home by 9:30 or so.
Weather Stats
Weather Stats
River Stats
River Stats
Just Below Policeman's Flats
Just Below Policeman's Flats
Just Below Policeman's Flats 2
Just Below Policeman's Flats 2
Bow River Drifters
Bow River Drifters
Fellow Fly Fisherman and Cottonwoods
Fellow Fly Fisherman and Cottonwoods
Drift Boat
Drift Boat
Fish On
Fish On
Rob playing a fish
Rob playing a fish
Rob playing a fish 2
Rob playing a fish 2
Net Return
Net Return
Routine Rainbow
Routine Rainbow
Standard Forced Perspective
Standard Forced Perspective
Bow River 'Bow
Bow River 'Bow
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain 2
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain 2
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain 3
Cottonwoods and Aspens on the Bow River Floodplain 3
Hyde
Hyde
Drifting
Drifting
Pontoon Guy
Pontoon Guy
Got One
Got One
Must be Nice
Must be Nice
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage
Casting
Casting
Fellow Angler
Fellow Angler
Yellow
Yellow
Orange
Orange
North Bank
North Bank
Banks and Shadows
Banks and Shadows
Moonrise
Moonrise
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon