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Welcome to our website !
We are Alberta's # 1 most sought after outfitter and guides for fly fishing the Bow River and other great fly fishing rivers 

 
 
We offer the very best affordable Bow River float trips for fly fishing and  Bow River walk and wade trips with very experienced qualified guides, as well as walk and wade trips on many more Alberta trout streams for fly fishing.

We have a lot  of  '' SECRET '' places we won't even say on our website, have a look around our website , get a feel for our company and what we stand for , and hopefully you will choose us for your next Alberta Fly Fishing vacation 

Well the 2011 season has pretty well come to a end  at  Bow River Adventures ,  and what a season it was for good big fish over 20 inches , even better then last year , the dry fly season was stellar and the hopper and stone season was wicked good ,  lots of trophy browns taken on dry's this year , the total of browns over 20 inches to the net and taped was roughly 143 , best was a 27 incher and we lost a couple that i think would of been around 28 or 29 ,  best day of the season was 8 browns and 4 rainbows over the 20 inch  mark caught by Paul and Bob , 

The rainbows this year in my opinion have come up in numbers also , 127  ,  those fish that go 20 inches or above seemed to be in better condition also this season , best rainbow for the 2011 season was a 24 1/4 inch  buck  caught by Kurt  from Maine USA 

already have weeks booked full for next year 2012 , so if your thinking of a trip , contact me soonest as i fill up fast 

 check out the trip report page, for good pictures and write ups ,  we got a couple really big hog browns to the net  and on video and  added a new video on 2 handed rods for big browns 


I spend all my time guiding and searching for these special coloured browns , if you like fishing for trophy browns then you best try a day fly fishing with us , you'll see why Bow River Adventures is the most sought after outfitter for the Bow River when it comes to catching world class trophy browns ,they are easy to catch , just darn hard to find em and we spend many long hours looking for them , 

2012 should be as good or better of a year then 2010 and 2011

If your stopping by the website for a look , i'll be adding stuff for sale and some write ups on trips i did in the fall for steelhead , also 
Be sure to check out the Daily trip reports page  , lots of wonderful pictures from each day of fishing ,  

If you really want to see nice big browns then take a few mins and look at the pictures , click on the photo GALLERY page , well worth a few mins of your time , world class browns that you'll be hard pressed to find anywhere as good as the ones from the Bow River ,

 also take a peek at the video and picture page on the website  and you'll see why the Bow River is without a doubt Canada's best trout river , come give it a try with us at Bow River Adventures 

We only do catch and release and really promote it on the Bow River

If your looking for a special week or day trip for 2012 it's best to contact us now and not wait any longer as the season for next year is filling up already with week long trips already being picked for the best months.

Again for 2012 , i'll be doing some  night trips for the big trophy browns as i had some really good trips last year doing all night floats down the bow , stopping at the best holes on the river , and we also will be doing again the 2 day float trip with over-night camping on the Bow River with a guide who will fully take care of you 

Richard ''Dutchie ''  specializes in taking bamboo fly fisherman on the trip of their lifetime , and he's well known in the bamboo circle    

plus now a big fan of light spey & switch rods for trout fly fishing , he'll be taking guys who only want to swing for em with spey rods ,

 The Bow River is a great western size river for spey casting and swinging flies , Richard is now  the Alberta Rep for Bob Meiser Spey Rods , these are wicked light trout spey rods for those who enjoy streamer fishing  , swinging , what better way to feel the tug then from a big 20' inch  plus brown or rainbow 

Us  guides at Bow River Adventures have countless hours and long days guiding on these waters in Alberta and we would love to introduce you to them! last year between us guides at Bow River Adventures we spent over 300 days on the river , we know what the Bow River is doing at all times . 

We have up to date river conditions, daily fly fishing reports , lots of photo's and  new Bow River  Adventures video's showing some world class fish  , it has got to be fun or why go fly fishing , plus descriptions of each river we fish , you can also find hatch charts and suggested flies to have your boxes stocked with ! 

This is our  website and we will try to update it often as time allows , i'll add some rods and classic trout reels on the sale page weekly , and will be adding a online retail page for special items ,   

Tight lines 
Richard 
''Dutchie'' 

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Aug's 2011  Todd from NC USA , landed this big rainbow on 6 x and size #18 CDC caddis on his old classic granger bamboo 

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Aug's 2011 , Jack always wanted a nice big brown , his dreams came true on this super looking fish 

Aug 13 2010 .   Bamboo Bill's  lucky brown on the swing 

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Augs 20 2010  Doc Chris from Wisconsin U.S.A  with his big brown caught on my own secret bow river  special fly 

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July 2011 when it comes to piggy browns , this is a world class fish in my eyes , Bob from NC USA  landed this fish after a great battle , when he at last slid into the net , our jaws dropped , stunning looking brown and a very well built fish , thick, heavy , and coloured up as nice as you'd want , what's not to like about this fish , 

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July 2011 , Paul  ''Troutist ''  N.C USA  , big stunning coloured orange with black and red spots , this brown came in the early morning fog on a big stone dry and a bamboo rod , for looks they don't get any better then this fish from the Bow River 

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Aug's  2011 Lee Brown from N.J USA , big rainbow on # 18 caddis  and 8 ft Orvis Wes Jordan Bamboo 

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A late fall coloured brown i got while nymphing a good run , butter yellow  

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what a thick solid brown this fish was , heavy shoulders and did he ever fight hard , big black spots on this bad boy 

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July 2011 Grants big brown above on the dry '' stone '' 

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July 2010 , Master bamboo rod builder R.W Summers  '' Bob ''   with a big bow river brown caught on a dry 

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Augs 2010 , Tom from N.Y  with a big bad nasty brown caught using a Parker 8 ft bamboo rod in 6 wt 

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Floating the Bow River

Bow River Adventures
(403) 995-3677
dutchflythebow@yahoo.ca