#685351 - 05/27/11 07:47 PM
Re: Bow River/Banff, AB
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Reverend Tarpones
Registered: 10/09/02
Posts: 8587
Loc: West Duvall
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The Bow is a BIG river. I have bank fished it and done okay, but a raft or boat is a huge plus. As for the size the Bow has trout in excess of five pounds. That is one place I would definitely try to book a guide for some trophy trout. I have a friend that is blind. He fishes it every year with a guide. When the guide says strike, he does. Seems to work okay
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#685492 - 05/28/11 06:05 PM
Re: Bow River/Banff, AB
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/26/06
Posts: 4358
Loc: South Sound
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... I have a friend that is blind. He fishes it every year with a guide. When the guide says strike, he does. Seems to work okay There ya' go Irie Tryin' not to laugh. I don't deny that a blind man could out fly-fish me. I freely admit that.
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#685879 - 05/31/11 05:36 PM
Re: Bow River/Banff, AB
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/09/99
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Loc: Muk
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#686548 - 06/03/11 03:54 PM
Re: Bow River/Banff, AB
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River Nutrients
Registered: 01/13/03
Posts: 2665
Loc: Edmonds
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There's decent water right in town. I fished it a few years ago at the end of June. Unfortunately it was unseasonably warm and the runoff made the river marginally (at best) fishable. There's good water adjacent to a golf course there. It's only 1 run but I caught a couple real nice browns in that stretch on streamers.
At dusk, the herd of elk decided to move off the course and toward the river pinning me on a little peninsula of land right next to the river and a high bank. Don't think I've ever been more freaked out in my life. When I tried to walk back up the bank to get out of there they just moved in closer. I was able to wade out a bit and very slowly make my way back upstream and flank them to get back to the trail. Scared the living [censored] out of me.
Not sure if it's still there but there a flyshop in town.
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