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BUT WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE BEAUTIFUL BOW
| My daughter Rachel and a Bow River Brown |
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| A nice day on the river |
| The Bow River can be a lot of fun |
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| my friend Harry enjoyed catching this brown on the Bow |
Attitude is everything when we fish. If you're
into appreciating the outdoors, fishing, comraderie and "being one with the fish", then you'll enjoy your day on the water
with us!
| The evenings can be magic on the Bow |
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| Todd and I have had some great evening fishing |
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| The Bow is a great nymphing river |
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| Harry drifts a line through a nice Bow River run |
I love to fish with my friends and family.
Nothing brings more joy than watching one of my loved ones enjoying the pleasures the river offers on any given day.
Life is short, we need treasures like these more often.
| I love to nymph the Bow |
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| it's like dry fly fishing under water |
A word about nymphing: As you can probably
tell, I am a huge proponent/practitioner of short line nymphing - particularly on the Bow River, where I find it the number
one producing method for hooking fish on a consistent basis. There are "purists" who turn up their nose at the thought
of nymphing and will throw nothing but a dry fly at any fish they suspect may be lurking nearby. I respect their choice
here but also know that short line nymphing always has a place in the fly fishing toolbox and is often misunderstood,
both in terms of technique and skill.
I am a disciple of the Gary Borger school of nymphing and tend to use very short line
techniques, searching likely looking runs and attempting to drift the nymph as naturally as possible along the bottom of the
river. This often requires a lot of "high sticking" and careful line management to get everything to work properly.
It also requires a person to almost think of the nypmh acting under water much like a dry fly should act on the surface.
This means that drag must be avoided whenever possible! It requires concentration, attention to detail, and a
definite "feel" for what is happening with your fly and line below the surface. After a while, you get pretty good,
in fact some writers like John Gierach describe it as a "zen like" state and I wouldn't argue with this analysis. If
you haven't tried it, do so - and keep working at it, it is a technique that shouldn't be ignored, especially on the
Bow!
Evenings are a special time on the Bow. Often, this is when the "big boys" come
out to play. The largest Browns and Rainbows have survived by being careful, opportunistic feeders and the falling light
combined with the heavy hatches that occur in the evening can make for some superb dry fly fishing.
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