Bow River Blog

The Importance Of The Fishing Knot

bowriverblog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:25 +0000

A guest post on fishing knots by Steve Jacobs As a Blogger it is always nice when someone appreciates your work! Back not so long ago, I was asking other fishing Bloggers to do guest posts for them, linking to other prominent Blogs and sharing their material with my fishing friends. I have also been [...]

Gift Card Give Away From Empire Covers

bowriverblog — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:01:57 +0000

Here is your chance to win a 100.00 gift certificate from EmpireCovers.com. Empire Covers supplies boat, car, truck and many other products to keep your vehicle/boat protected from the elements. Many anglers store their boats outdoors during the winter months when the water is a frozen slab of ice. This is where the boat cover [...]

Trout Fishing In A Sunny Winter Wonderland

bowriverblog — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:39 +0000

The winter sunlight hit the shimmering water early today, nine o’clock and time to rock. Time’s a ticking and the fish don’t catch themselves! We guzzled a few coffees and made the mad dash for the river. I’m not too sure why we were in such a hurry as we never encountered another fisherman [...]

Trout Fishing And Water Temperature, What You Need to Know

bowriverblog — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:58:22 +0000

Water temperatures and trout fishing Most of us anglers are aware that the temperature of the water can either increase our chances or decrease them depending on water temperature. Winter is here in Alberta and the water is cold, not glacial yet but still quite cold. A generalization can be made for preferred trout [...]

Spin Fishing The Bow River On A Warm Winters Day

bowriverblog — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:10:11 +0000

It ended just like it began! If you live in a place that gets’ cold and snows in the winter, you then know how hard it sometimes is to make it out to your local river for some open water fishing. Lucky I live in Alberta where a Chinook is a welcomed friend and a [...]

Looking Back At The Special Places We Fish

bowriverblog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:10:42 +0000

A journey to the special places in our heart Do you ever feel like going to your favorite fishing lake or river and just sitting quietly and watching the trout rise for flies? Just being there is soothing to the heart and the soul. Sitting on that dead tree fallen many years ago and [...]

A Birthday Gift Of Trout

bowriverblog — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:29:28 +0000

All I want for my birthday is a BIG FAT trout I awoke on Friday morning wondering what to do for my birthday. I had the day off of work and had and had some errands to run in the morning. By the time ten rolled around, I was done running around Calgary. I stopped [...]

Fishing For The Bow River’s Largest Brown Trout

bowriverblog — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:27:57 +0000

When It Rains It Pours! Last Wednesday I watched out my living room window as the clouds and crappy weather rolled in. That’s just great I thought to myself as I sipped Tim Horton’s coffee and wondered what the next few days of predicted rain would do to the river. I then went over to [...]

Transitioning Into Fall On The Bow River

bowriverblog — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:03:13 +0000

The Leaves Are Falling With fall officially here in Alberta, I wanted to write my clients to thank them for a wonderful spring and summer. Man I had a blast with all of you. I am so very blessed to be able to share my passion with you all; to have the privilege of capturing [...]

Reconecting With An Old Friend While Fishing The Bow River

bowriverblog — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:39:16 +0000

Connecting and Reconnecting Some times life happens fast and time passes us by so quickly. Before I know it another year has come and gone. I remember when I was younger time never seemed to fly by that fast. I grew up in a good neighborhood with many kids my age on the block. I [...]