This page details the fish that one can expect to catch on our trips. The Upper Bow trips find us catching Brown Trout, Bull Trout, some Brook and Cutthroat Trout and Rocky Mountain White Fish. The Lower Bow find us catching Rainbow and Browns most often, some Bull Trout, the occasional Cutthroat, Whitefish and the hybridized CutBow Trout (both the Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout are closely related and have intermixed together). The Lake trips find us catching mostly Rainbows and some Bull Trout.

Brown trout were introduced to the rivers and streams of Alberta from Europe in the 1920's. They are easily distinguished by their golden brown color with black spots on their backs and some red and pale halos on their sides. They tend to do well in water of lower quality and warmer temperatures. They are also more wary than other species of trout making them harder to catch. They prefer hiding in areas of cover such as undercut banks, logjams and overhanging branches. The most productive fishing time for Brown Trout is early morning, late afternoon/ early evening where they can be tempted to take your dry fly or slam a streamer presented into their protected cover.

The protected provincial fish of Alberta, Bull Trout are identified by their greenish to gray back and silver sides. There is no black on this species (no black put it back). It's head is also large in comparison to its body. Any other fish inhabiting the same body of water as a Bull Trout has good reason to worry. They are voracious feeders / predators who have been known to come up after a fish already hooked by the flyfisher. They are usually found in deep pools or back water areas of rivers.

Cutthroat are identified by a distinct red / orange slash running from the tip of their lower mouth to the beginning of their gill plate. Closely related to the Rainbow Trout with golden / olive green color on it's back and many black spots, the Cutthroat delights the flyfisher by willingly taking dry flies during most parts of the day.

Rainbow Trout are identified by their greenish / olive or silver color with black spotting. There is also a reddish / pink stripe starting on the gill plates running to it's tail. In some waters this stripe is very pale or somewhat indistinguishable. Easily raised in hatcheries these fish have been introduced to almost all waters in Alberta and are popular with flyfishers for their acrobatic jumps and strong fighting nature.

Rainbow Trout are identified by their greenish / olive or silver color with black spotting. There is also a reddish / pink stripe starting on the gill plates running to it's tail. In some waters this stripe is very pale or somewhat indistinguishable. Easily raised in hatcheries these fish have been introduced to almost all waters in Alberta and are popular with flyfishers for their acrobatic jumps and strong fighting nature.

Their bronze or greenish white color, ventral mouth and large scales identify Rocky Mountain Whitefish. They are found in all moving waters of Alberta and travel from pool to pool in large schools. They readily take nymphs bounced near the bottom of the river.

Mountain whitefish feed primarily on bottom-dwelling aquatic insects, but will also feed on terrestrial insects on the surface. They have also been known to feed on other smaller fish and on fish eggs.