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Bow River Reports and Trip Pictures
Below is a Bow River fishing report along with pictures and summaries from recent trips on the river.
 
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Bow River Fishing Report:
 
Date: 2007 Season
 
In a Word: Good
 
Summary: 2007 was a tough year for a lot of western trout streams because of prolonged higher-than-normal temperatures. While the Bow didn't escape entirely unaffected, she continued to produce outstanding fish throughout the season, with several breaking the 25in mark. As you can see below, there was a good mix of 'bows and browns to hand, and all were thick, healthy, and full of that legendary Bow River hard-fighting power.
 
Water Clarity: N/A
 
Water Temperature: N/A
 
Active Bugs: See our Hatch Charts for seasonal bug activity
 
Suggested Flies: See our Suggested Flies for pattern suggestions

Pictures from 2007 Bow River Trips:
Wow! We wish we could show you pictures of every fish--or even every trip--from our outings to the Bow this year, but there were just too many! We've narrowed it down (a few times!) to a selection of images that best represent the fishing from each two-month "season" on the Bow. 
 
Place your cursor on each image for caption information, and enjoy our pictorial summary of 2007 Bow River fishing!

November/December Trips:

Max watching for winter activity

Chris doing battle with a heavy brown (below)

Chris' gorgeous 25in Bow River brown trout

Winter colours on a young brown

Admiring a beautiful Bow River winter rainbow

Max with spey-caught rainbow

Lawrence and early-winter rainbow

Max and healthy hen rainbow

September/October Trips:

Rick releasing a thick late-season rainbow

Chris with a good-lookin' rainbow

Fall blanket hatch of BWO's - a welcome sight! :)

Starting off a half-day trip with a scrappy 'bow

Glen starts his 5-day mountain trip on the Bow

July/August Trips:

Max and happy client with Bow River bullet

Max and Ralph pose with one of his rainbows

Angler with a chrome bullet

Pointing out an evening riser

JP and an evening rainbow

Andrew with one of his rainbows

Cody with hefty brown to start his Alberta fishing

Steve with a classic Bow River brown

Steve releasing one of his rainbows

JP with his first Bow River brown (not his last!)

Summertime gold - nice Bow River brown trout

Releasing a hard-fighting rainbow

23in summertime rainbow

Portrait of a "Bow River bullet"

May/June Trips:

Max with massive 28.5in Bow River brown trout

Another outstanding Bow River brown

Jeff working a stonefly run on the Bow River

Jeff releasing a scrappy Bow River brown

Jeff with a healthy 20+in high-water rainbow

Beautiful Bow River brown trout with kype jaw

Big brown trout recovering in net

Max with spectacular 27in Bow River brown

Nice high-water rainbow being released

Big brown caught working the evening caddis action

Beautiful brown hen

Lawrence with healthy dark-water brown trout

A proud Jim with his "exotic" whitefish! :)

Ian reaching out to a mid-stream seam

Second nice brown of the day (and not the last!)

March/April Trips:

Tools of the trade

Healthy brown recovering in the net

Beautiful 22in rainbow taken on a crystal leech

Max and "Bad Angus", a huge Bow River brown trout

Yet another nice brown trout on the day

Nice-lookin' Easter rainbow

Good-lookin' brown recovering in the shallows

Gorgeous bow river rainbow

Fat rainbow being released

Nice 'bow with G&L FlyCraft Bow River Series rod

Max with a beauty 25in Bow River brown trout

Second big rainbow of the day despite dark water

Lawrence and 20in winter brown

Big rainbows make the temperature seem warmer!

January/February Trips:

Chris with another good-lookin' brown

Beautiful Bow River rainbow

One of over a dozen 'bows today

20 inches of Bow River rainbow beauty

Classic snout on a Bow River brown trout

This river grows 'em pretty!

Stunning Bow River rainbow

Last rainbow before winter temps returned. :(

New Year's Day rainbow