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[Jonny 5]

Howdy all,

So I will have to admit that I am really sad that I will not get a chance to fish on the wet coast for the salmon, but I have been surviving by flogging the "Mighty bow"   for some trout and white fish.

So I cut out of work 4 hours early to "work" from home and geared up for some nyphing the bow right in the middle of Calgary.  I got to my new favorite spot just after lunch. Oh by the way, it has been pretty sunny here for the last couple of days, with the occasional sprinkle at night.  Hows the weather been out there ?    Anyways, I was nymphing a san juan worm immitation for about an hour without much more than a couple of small fish.  So I was about to call it a day but I switched to a brown prince nymph, and that made such a hugh difference.  within 4 casts, I had 3 fish!  This river is so weird.  It almost seems like there are no fish at times, then wam! you cant keep them off.  Anyways, the most notable fish were a 2-3 # whitefish, and a large rainbow that came off just before I landed it.  I need to get a net I think.

One last note.  The white fish here are actually ugly compared to the ones that I have caught in the vedder.  Much darker, kind of a muddy yellow colour. and the Rainbows are different looking to.  I should get a digital camera one of these days.

Cheers from sunny calgary.

Jon

[leadbelly]

cheers mate, sounds like fun.

[Koho]

Howdy all,

So I will have to admit that I am really sad that I will not get a chance to fish on the wet coast for the salmon, but I have been surviving by flogging the "Mighty bow"   for some trout and white fish.

Thanks for the report.  Not too many folks here fishing the rivers for salmon these days either.

Looks like you won't be cheering for the Flames this season afterall also.  

[vinyllab]

Hey Jonny 5,

I moved back to Calgary from Van in April. Have not been fishing here at all. Heard great things about the Bow, although you can't eat em? Or can you. Heading to the Vedder the first weekend in October. I just hope nobody has found my secret spot. 3 years and nobody had. lol.

Would love to get some tips on trout fishin and fly fishing. I only got into fishing when I was in Vancouver so I was never interested when I lived in Calgary before. Now I am itching to go.

[vinyllab]

lol.... yeah it has been some time. Moving back to Calgary was too hard. I think about Salmon fishing every minute. It has been too hard to venture on to here. I finally got the courage to check in. lol

[Jonny 5]

Hey vinyllab, youve got mail

[vinyllab]

Mailed you back Jonny. Had to change my email on the forum. Got it going again.