Calgary NW Bow River Fly Fishing at Valley Ridge - Brown Trout, Beauty, and Solitude (Bearspaw Dam)

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Session Notes:
I looked at google maps because I wanted to go exploring and I found a gorgeous area to fish in Valley Ridge in NW Calgary Northwest on the Bow River. It was a beautiful new spot with some nice stretches of super fishy water, I checked out some awesome runs, had 2-3 bites, and landed a beautiful 14" brown trout. I encourage everyone to go explore new areas because it can be very rewarding! Be safe out there, especially during snow melt run-off season, the Bow River can be very dangerous!
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NW Calgary Bow River Fly Fishing at Valley Ridge - Brown Trout, Beauty, and Solitude (Bearspaw Dam)
Audio Credit:
Blue Creek Trail - Dan Lebowitz
Take Your Time - Dan Lebowitz
TravelLight - Audionautix
RedWood Trail - Audionautix
The Day Is Close - The 126ers
WalkInThePark - Audionautix
BlackestCrow - TrackTribe
WideAwake - The 126ers
0:00 - Exploring Bow River in the NW
2:08 - Fly Rig & First Fishy Spot
5:46 - Fast Water is Scary
7:05 - Super Fishy Stretch!
9:30 - Bites, Chatting, and FISH ON!
14:46 - Trout Release
15:33 - Fishy Water Everywhere
16:37 - Like, Comment, and STAY TUNED FOR VANCOUVER!!
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30 июн 2024

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@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

I'll miss you guys. Take care of yourselves OK? How many skunks will I get before first BC fish?? 😎

@petersabou 3 года назад

Enjoy Vancouver! Hit the Fraser River, Chilliwack area up to Hope. Or the Vedder Canal/Chilliwack River. Totally different fishing, you will need a heavier spin caster rod for the Chinook and Coho salmon.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Peter! I am *ambitiously* hoping to target some young Coho on Capilano river on my fly rod... We will see what happens!

@mtc1637 3 года назад

Ya my brother lives in Chilliwack and September and October coho and chinook fishing is a blast . It gets busy but stay away from the gong shows and find a secluded spot on the river with a bit of exploring. Also its an odd year so the pinks be running in September I believe.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks MTC. I've been watching some YT videos of the vedder/Chilliwack river coho fishing haha, looks fun. Hoping I can find some on the Capilano closer to me!

@AnglingSpiders 3 года назад

Nice to see you get out there by yourself. Beautiful fish and best of luck with the move. Of course we will keep watching!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks guys, I wish you all the best in Alberta and I look forward to continue watching you grow on YT! 🙂

@paulhoglin1617 2 года назад

Thanks for your bow river videos. Great location reference and commentary. I've used your valleyridge location with similar success ( one fish in 2.5 hours), but its only a 15 minute drive, where as fish creek was 45 minutes. Sorry you had to relocate! All the best in the future.

@RosinFlyFishing 2 года назад

Hey Paul! Thanks for letting me know it has been helpful for you! And that you got into a fish in the NW, that's tough to do 😉 It's Ok, there is plenty to explore here and I'll tell you a secret noone else knows yet... I bought an 8 weight rig today!!!!! Pressure is now on to figure out the Salmon game, which is a tier or two higher than the Bow River nymph game! Wish me luck!! And good luck with future Bow River monster browns 🙂

@RSTARZ10 3 года назад

Just got into fly fishing, thanks so much for sharing your spots I cant wait to get in the water and learn! Sad you are moving away just when I found the channel. Hope the move goes smooth I will be continue to watch!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Hey Richard, thanks for joining the community and I appreciate you staying on for Vancouver! I really like sharing information so that others can get into fish, so good luck out there on the river!! Hope I can keep you entertained in BC, but message me in Instagram or email me if you have any questions about the Bow!

@TroutFlies 3 года назад

Excited for your new adventures. I think you'll love Vancouver. Quest for you first steelhead maybe?!?!?! Also glad you could get one more nice Bow River Brown before you head out.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Me too TF, first Steelhead and first Coho Salmon are top of my list!

@driftstone 3 года назад

That was a great brown to finish off the legendary Bow river series.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Eric, I was happy to get one in this part of the river that is notoriously difficult

@driftstone 3 года назад

@@RosinFlyFishing that's awesome 😎

@janlendlperalta5017 3 года назад

Wow this is a nice spot after the run off! As always, you are always very kind in sharing good spots. Been following you since day 1 and will definitely be looking forward to your BC adventure series. All the best bud!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Hey Jan, this was before the runoff actually I think just as it was starting as the water was just a little high and off color. I really appreciate you having been here since Day 1 and I hope I can keep you entertained in BC! Thanks for your ongoing support and good luck this summer !! :)

@zhaminoes5830 3 года назад

Great vid, and even greater fish!! I'll miss your videos of the bow river, and your videos of local fishing spots, but I cant wait to see what you you do in Vancouver! I'm glad I got to meet you in person when I did, cause who knows if I would ever have gotten another chance in the future haha. Good luck in Vancouver!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Hey Zham, thanks for your support! It was really nice to.meet you too and I hope you continue fishing and having fun here in Alberta. Take care of yourself and I hope we can keep in touch through the comments of future videos!

@jessiegardiner7780 3 года назад

Good luck with the move! Should be lots to explore out in BC!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Jessie, looking forward to sharing my adventures exploring!

@SaskFisher 3 года назад

Great video! I just recently started getting into fly fishing...LOVE IT!! Found yah through Angling Spiders. Greetings from Sask friend!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks SF! I just checked out your channel and subbed as I like supporting local and you are very active and have lots of fishing content, well done!! Haha did you see those two goofs get wrecked on hot wings?

@chasingtailwater2999 3 года назад

Way to end on a high note. Good luck with everything!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks man!

@ollie7891 3 года назад

All the best man!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Ollie, the same to you!!

@ethanwong3404 3 года назад

Loved watching your learning curve on the bow since last year! Absolutely amazing to see how passionate and determined you were to have success on the bow despite getting skunked in the beginning! Too bad we couldn’t hit the bow together but you’re def a good example of an awesome local content creator. Tight lines man, hope Vancouver and the awesome fishing there treat ya well!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

I really appreciate your words Ethan! I'm a stubborn guy that's for sure, and I'll stubbornly fish Vancouver until I figure something out 😋. Would have loved to fish with you too!

@namicus 3 года назад

I was actually bummed to hear that. I really enjoyed your Bow River videos. Good luck out there.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Sorry Nam! I'm bummer I didn't get to fully explore the Bow and all of the small streams and lakes around here... I was just learning how to catch fish regularly! I appreciate your support and I hope it's not too long before I get into a fish!

@naideneocampo 3 года назад

Good luck to you wish you all the best fish in Vancouver

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Nino!!

@rhetzkyflyfishing 3 года назад

Just seen this now amazing vid well done :)

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Rhetzky! Take care of yourself here in AB ok!

@rhetzkyflyfishing 3 года назад

@@RosinFlyFishing Thank you for all the bow river videos sad to see them end but also excited to see what's next!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

@@rhetzkyflyfishing you are very welcome and it was a pleasure sharing my adventures on the Bow. I'm also excited for what is next!

@jimgilmour9632 3 года назад

I want to wish you all the best on your new adventures. I started fly fishing when I was 40, so like 18 years ago. I started in the Ottawa Valley catching Bass. I recommend finding an area inland and hook a few bass as well. Might be interesting to start "X" ing off the different species you have caught and the ones you want to catch. Again, best of luck.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks Jim, this is one of those hobbies where it doesn't matter how old you are, it will hook you in all the same! I haven't fished for bass since I was a kid in the eastern US on vacation. Maybe I'll use that idea of a fish checklist in my content moving forward! Hope it isn't too many skunks before the first fish! 🙂

@kingkiddfishing 3 года назад

Great editing man, I'm proud to be a goof!! It was cool to see a new section of the bow, until you dropped the bomb and I realized it's the last new bow spot with you. 😢 On to new things though, and it sounds like their is a lot of opportunity there! Good luck with the move, hope everything goes well.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks King! Glad there is at least one goof out there besides me 😋. I'm excited to start exploring and learning new things!

@benr1439 3 года назад

ok I don't know what it is with me living in the north west (Royal Oak) and fishing there a lot but I never get fish, oh well it happens; I'll hopefully get some thing at this spot. nice brown (:

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

If it makes you feel better, I've been skunked in the NW many times lol. You will get one eventually!!

@benr1439 3 года назад

@@RosinFlyFishing ya you have to believe till you get one

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

@@benr1439 yes sir 🙂

@aimnc8959 3 года назад

Damn. I will miss watching you fish around Calgary; but I am excited of the idea to see you catch monster steelheads and salmons. Enjoy your new adventure !

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Haha thanks NC, was just figuring out the Bow River!! But yeah, I won't lie, I'm really excited for salmon and steelhead and sea-run cutthroats lol 😎🎣🐟

@johnkenny694 3 года назад

Use to love fishing up at the Dam, there was some big bad ass fish hanging around up there. Lets get the Steelhead fishing going !! no Skunks Rosin, i want you doing Heli portable steelhead fishing on the Dean River and Skeena River with daily up dates.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Haha I need at least a dozen skunks in a row before catching fish, you know that!! Wish I had more time to explore the Bow. But daily Heli steelhead fishing the summit lakes of every mountain peak with two-a-day videos is only a fair trade 😎

@davidspringer4283 3 года назад

Good luck in Vancouver! Curious why you wear the nitrile gloves, for yourself or the fish? I've been wearing them lately due to developing a fish allergy. Certain species will give me hives if I touch them.

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Hey David! It started for me to keep my hands warm and dry in winter. I've stopped using them now in Vancouver, I just got into a habit in Calgary :). But I do think they are as good as hands when wet for handling fish, I've never had slime on my wet gloves after handling trout!

@johnprudence9167 3 года назад

I’ve watched several of your videos and whenever you hook a fish, you are constantly whipping your rod from right to left while playing it!…what is with that, why do you feel the need to do that? I have been flyfishing for 68 years and have never done this and have never seen anyone else do this in all those years. I get angry every time, which spoils an otherwise enjoyable watching experience. If you really care about the fish, then think about how this affects it, having its head whipped from side to side. My grandfather always taught me to visualize what is happening under the water while fishing and how your actions affect the fish and their reactions. Smooth and gentle and you will never lose a fish even using barbless hooks, which I have also used for 68 years. Good luck in Vancouver! So much more diversity in BC with regard to fishing, be sure to enjoy it all!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Hi John, first let me say that I appreciate the patience you are showing me. I can see how this would be very frustrating to observe and it's something I've been noticing more myself. I think the reason I started developing this habit was after reading about keeping the line tight and playing the fish in the opposite direction it is running in order to keep it on and in control. As I started employing the technique of applying opposite pressure to gain control I believe I developed this habit of very fast movements to immediately play every directional change, and I think it has gotten worse and more abrupt over time. I agree that it is important to think about what is happening to the fish and I haven't been doing that enough in all aspects of my fishing. I appreciate your comments and I think you hit home on something that I was perhaps subconsciously aware of but not conciously considerate of. Perhaps as a new fisher I have been more focused on landing the fish than how I landed the fish. Thank you for calling me out while being patient and supportive, I think that is a difficult thing to do! I'm looking forward to Vancouver, to the fishing diversity, and to continuing to improve my fishing skills and ethics. I know that the next fish and the fish after that as I play them on the line I will remember your words and work to improve. Thanks for keeping me honest John. Good luck fishing 🙂

@johnprudence9167 3 года назад

@@RosinFlyFishing First, let me thank you for responding in a very positive way. When I was a very young child I was fortunate to have a grandfather who first of all instructed me in the art of fly fishing, but secondly and more importantly, introduced me to all aspects of observing and appreciating wildlife in the UK. His philosophy was that catching a fish was not necessarily the only objective of a day on the water. It doesn't matter if you don't catch, as long as you learned something! Sometimes, it was more exciting to sit and watch the trout and how they fed off the surface, or cruised sucking in nymphs off the bottom, and then apply that knowledge. When the be all and end all of catching a fish is not as important as you think it is, you relax, you learn and you find catching becomes much easier. I was well taught by a great man and I hope that by passing on this little piece of knowledge helps you in the same way it has helped me all my life. Tight lines!

@RosinFlyFishing 3 года назад

Thanks John, I really appreciate your understanding. I find many people get triggered and defensive and don't recognize and appreciate constructive criticism (especially on the internet!), but I am very willing to self reflect and improve upon myself as I think that is an important part of life, and I thank you for your kind intervention today. You are very lucky to have had your grandfather as a strong mentor and instill these values and lessons, and I wish I had the same before starting my journey. I fell in love with fishing as a kid, but even then it was largely without supervision or instruction. I know this will make me a better and more conscientious angler and I hope you keep me honest as I continue this journey! I hope you are having a good fishing season in the UK and I hope we can continue to share stories and experiences in the future!! 🙂