Fly fishing Canada: North Bow Lodge

The North Bow River is one of those places that every fly fisherman should try and get to at least once. It has a long history and has earnt a reputation for producing large brown and rainbow trout to the point where it is considered as one of the best 'big fish" waters in Western North America. The North Bow offers some great hatches with big stonefly, caddis and mayfly hatches throughout the season. Toby Coe of the UK recently visited North Bow Lodge and had this to say and provided some inspiring photographs of his trip.

"Hi Mat. Wow, what a fishery! I had two fantastic days on the Bow whilst at the lodge. The river was a bit coloured and dirtier than usual for the time of year as the snow melt was later than usual, plus they had a lot of rain out there in early to mid-June. We still managed to catch some really nice fish though. The main tactic we used was casting big streamers into the banks or up tight to structure and stripping them back down and across-stream.





The first day we had 20 fish, topped by a cracking brown of about 7lb, plus some really nice rainbows up to about 4lb. The 'bows were thin though as they've just finished spawning, but our guide (who was excellent) said that they pack the weight back on over the summer.





The second day we had thirteen and the fishing was a lot tougher, although we managed five fish on dries right at the end of the day. The fishing in the dry-fly season sounds epic! Big hatches of stoneflies, mayflies, caddis and hoppers all summer long. Got to get back there! We also saw a bunch of wildlife, including beavers, bald eagles, pelicans, megansers and a porcupine."

Cheers
Toby

For those that would like to join us on a trip to the North Bow next summer please email me for rates and more information or call +44 1621743711