Archive for February, 2007

Spey Casting on the Bow River

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

Lift, sweep, cast… My line pops out just downstream of my position splashing my fly along the edge of a nice seam. It’s September and there is a small caddis hatch on but I don’t have a caddis pattern on my line…

Alberta Chinooks

Monday, February 26th, 2007 at 9:53 pm

The Eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies host one of the more favourable winter weather patterns I’ve experienced - Chinooks. The short explanation of a Chinook is that it’s a warm air mass that can raise winter temps in southern Alberta for a few hours or up to a few days.

Alberta Chinooks