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Bow River – Upper and Lower reaches
Crowsnest
Oldman
Livingstone

Time spent fishing is not deducted from your life span.

Happy New Year and tight lines


Updated: February 2, 2010


Upper Bow conditions:

Mostly frozen
Upper Bow River flow rate : (the meter system does not operate during winter months) ft3/sec m3/sec (@ 8:00 a.m.)
Bow River Basin Flows


Visibility: Excellent Water Temperature: oC

Upper Bow forecast:


Weather:

Banff Weather

Lower Bow conditions:

Mostly frozen.



What's OPEN:
Inside the Park:

The Bow River: The river is open to fishing, but not through the ice, so open, flowing water only.

Lakes:
All closed and frozen.
Outside the park:
Various sections of the Bow are open. Check the regulations before heading out.
Eastern slopes streams CLOSED until June 16 2010.
Please, always check the regulations, available form the links page.
HATCHES:


FLIES:
Dries: Adams, bwo’- Maybe???.
Streamers: Clausers, muddlers, buggers
Nymphs: stones, 20”er, hares ear, green drakes, worms (san juan), #18 black copper john.

Oldman, Livingstone and Highwood.

Closed until mid June 2010

Other lakes :

Hector at Nakoda – no recent report.
Gap Lake - no recent report.

TIGHT LINES: SCREAMING REELS

Time spent fishing is not deducted from your life span.
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Hatch chart, by their very nature are estimates ONLY. Actual hatch timing varies greatly from year to year. Factors involved include, but are not limited to: Snow pack, ambient air temperature, water flow, water temperature, and water clarity.
Month Fly Pattern Size Imitates

Lower Bow River Hatch Chart

    
All season
Especially heavy
mid June to end
of July		 Elk hair caddis
Goddard caddis
Adams
Caddis pupae
Soft Hackle wet flies		 14, 16, 18
14, 16, 18
14, 16, 18
14, 16
14, 16		 Adult Caddis
Adult Caddis
Adult Caddis
Caddis pupae
Caddis pupae
Mid June to end
of July		 Light Cahill
Pale Morning Dun(PMD)
Thorax
PMD Spinner		 14, 16
14, 16

14, 16 		PMD
PMD

PMD
August 1 to mid
October 		Trico Thorax
Trico Spinner
Adams
Flying Ant - Red		 18, 20, 22
18, 20, 22
18, 20
16, 18		 Tricorthyodes
Tricorthyodes
Tricorthyodes
Tricorthyodes
Mid August to
end of October		 Blue Wing Olive
Adams 		18, 20
18, 20 		Baetis
Baetis
Mid July to end
of September		 Hoppers 6, 8, 10 Grasshopper

Upper Bow River Hatch Chart

    
Early June Blue Wing Olive
Adams
March Brown		 16, 18, 20
16, 18, 20 		Baetis
Baetis
Mid June to Mid July Western Green Drake
Giant Golden Stone (Sofa Pillow)
Elk Hair Caddis
Goddard Caddis
Pale Morning Dun
 10, 12, 14
4, 6, 8, 10
10, 12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16 		Green Drake
Giant Golden Stone
Caddis
Caddis
PMD
Mid July to end of August Elk Hair Caddis 10, 12, 14, 16 Caddis
September and early October Elk Hair Caddis
Blue Wing Olive 		10, 12, 14, 16
16, 18, 20		 Caddis
Baetis

Eastern Slope Streams Hatch Chart

    
Mid June to Mid July Western Green Drake
Giant Golden Stone (Sofa Pillow)
Elk Hair Caddis
Goddard Caddis
Pale Morning Dun
Adams 		10, 12, 14
4, 6, 8, 10
10, 12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16
16, 18, 20, 22		 Green Drake
Giant Golden Stone
Caddis
Caddis
PMD
Baetis
Mid July to end of August Western Green Drake
Elk Hair Caddis
Goddard Caddis
PMD
Adams
Hoppers		 12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16
12, 14, 16
14, 16
16, 18, 20, 22
6, 8, 10 		 
Later Hoppers 6, 8, 10  

Nymphs: Use 'em pretty much all season. Use emergers of the insects in the hatch chart appropriate for the time of season.
Gold ribbed hares ear: 8 to 18 (depending on what you are imitaing)
Black stone fly: 6 to 14
Golden stone fly: 6 to 10
Prince: 8 to 16
Pheasant tail: 10 to 16
Olive flash back: 10 to 14
 
Steamers: use 'em all season. Great searching patterns when nothing is rising
Bow River bugger: 2 to 8
Clauser: 2 to 8
Leeches (black or green or white): 4 to 10
Muddlers: 4 to 10
Wooly buggers (black, green or white): 2 to 10



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