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If you'd like to bring and fish your own flies, here's our suggestions
for each of the major river drainages we guide on. Keep in mind that we're happy to supply you with these same and other patterns
during your trip with us.
Bow River and Tributaries:
DRIES
BWO - emergers, parachutes & adult patterns,
sizes 14-20
March Brown - emergers, parachutes &
adult patterns, sizes 14-18
Caddis - emergers, Elk Hair patterns, Goddard
Caddis, LaFontaine's Dancing Caddis, etc. in browns and tans, sizes 12-20...Orange Simulators, etc. for Fall caddis in 12's
& 14's
PMD - emergers, parachutes & adult patterns,
sizes 16-20
Golden Stonefly - yellow- or tan-bodied Stimulators,
sizes 4-10
Green Drake - emergers, paradrakes &
Crystal Green Drake, sizes 8-12
Trico - primarily spinner patterns, sizes
18-22
Terrestrials - Dave's Hopper, Letort Hopper,
Stimulators in sizes 4-12...Black, Red, and Flying ants in sizes 16-20
NYMPHS
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear - beadhead and unweighted,
sizes 12-18
Pheasant Tail - beadhead and unweighted,
sizes 14-20
Prince Nymph - sizes 14-20
Stonefly nymphs - Brooks, Montana, others
in black, browns and golden, sizes 4-8
Baetis - natural and flashback in both beadhead
and unweighted, sizes 14-18
Caddis - pupae and emerger patterns, softhackles
in sizes 14-20
STREAMERS
Bow River Bugger - black, white, browns and
olive, sizes 0-8
Clouser Minnow - all colours especially those
with black, brown, pink/coral and chartreuse, sizes 2-8
Sculpin - Muddler Minnows and other darker
patterns, sizes 2-6
Wooly Buggers - black, browns, olive, white
in sizes 2-8
OTHERS
San Juan Worm - larva lace & wire patterns
especially in red, copper, sizes 8-12
Damselfly nymphs - sizes 6-12
Backswimmers - browns, olive and peacock,
sizes 8-14
Scuds - tan, coral & olive, sizes 10-18
Oldman & Crowsnest River and Tributaries:
DRIES
BWO - emergers, parachutes & adult patterns,
sizes 14-20
March Brown - emergers, parachutes &
adult patterns, sizes 14-20
Quill Gordon - emergers, parachutes &
adult patterns, sizes 14-16
Caddis - emergers, Elk Hair patterns in variety
of colours, sizes 14-20...Orange Simulators, etc. for "October Caddis" in 12's & 14's
PMD - emergers, parachutes & adult patterns,
sizes 16-20
Golden Stonefly - yellow- or tan-bodied Stimulators,
sizes 4-10
Salmonfly - Orange-bodied Stimulators and
Sofa Pillows in sizes 4-8
Green Drake - emergers, paradrakes &
Crystal Green Drake, sizes 12-14
Midge - Griffiths Gnat, sizes 18-22
Terrestrials - Dave's Hopper, Letort Hopper,
Stimulators in sizes 4-12...Black and Red ants in sizes 16-20
NYMPHS
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear - beadhead and unweighted,
sizes 14-18
Pheasant Tail - beadhead and unweighted,
sizes 14-20
Prince Nymph - sizes 14-20
Stonefly nymphs - Brooks, Montana, or Kaufmann's
Stone in black, browns and golden, sizes 4-8
Baetis - natural and flashback in both beadhead
and unweighted, sizes 14-18
Caddis - pupae and emerger patterns, softhackles
in sizes 14-20
Copper John - sizes 14-20
STREAMERS
Bow River Bugger - black, white, browns and
olive, sizes 0-8
Clouser Minnow - all colours especially those
with black, brown, pink/coral and chartreuse, sizes 2-8
Sculpin - Muddler Minnows and other darker
patterns, sizes 2-6
Wooly Buggers - black, browns, olive, white
in sizes 2-8
OTHERS
San Juan Worm - larva lace & wire patterns
especially in red, sizes 8-12
Midge - Black and Red chronies in particular,
sizes 14-20
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