River People Guides
River People Guides
RiverPeople Guides is a small, guiding business that runs guided fishing trips in Calgary, Alberta, and Patagonia. With Captain Osman Hamzic as your guide, you can look forward to a memorable time in places that include the Rocky Mountain streams as well as the upper and lower Bow River, truly sights to behold.
You will find available packages for both regular drift boat trips, as well as jet boat and wading trips. RPG consists of 5 guides who have decades of fishing experience and we can guide up to 10 people.
While Bow River is certainly beautiful, as you can see from the photos, nothing compares to actually seeing the landscape in person. The lower Bow River, is the place to go if you're looking to catch some world-class Trout.
Captain Osman is a passionate fly fisherman and will be happy to exchange tips and tricks with all his guests. The price of any given trip includes fly fishing gear, PFDs, coaching, snacks, nonalcoholic drinks, and shuttle service. You will need to bring a standard province license, as well as a pair of polarized sunglasses and a hat.
If you prefer using your own gear, feel free to bring your own fly fishing gear or spin casters and artificials (a strict 'no live bait' policy is in force). You will be served a delicious hot lunch on the riverbank on full day trips and, if requested, on jet boat trips.
RiverPeople Guides is a small, guiding business that runs guided fishing trips in Calgary, Alberta, and Patagonia. With Captain Osman Hamzic as your guide, you can look forward to a memorable time in places that include the Rocky Mountain streams as well as the upper and lower Bow River, truly sights to behold.
You will find available packages for both regular drift boat trips, as well as jet boat and wading trips. RPG consists of 5 guides who have decades of fishing experience and we can guide up to 10 people.
While Bow River is certainly beautiful, as you can see from the photos, nothing compares to actually seeing the landscape in person. The lower Bow River, is the place to go if you're looking to catch some world-class Trout.
Captain Osman is a passionate fly fisherman and will be happy to exchange tips and tricks with all his guests. The price of any given trip includes fly fishing gear, PFDs, coaching, snacks, nonalcoholic drinks, and shuttle service. You will need to bring a standard province license, as well as a pair of polarized sunglasses and a hat.
If you prefer using your own gear, feel free to bring your own fly fishing gear or spin casters and artificials (a strict 'no live bait' policy is in force). You will be served a delicious hot lunch on the riverbank on full day trips and, if requested, on jet boat trips.
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Oz is very knowledgeable and knows the river well. We learned a lot from him about fly fishing, the river and wild life . We highly recommend it !
yvon, peter and garnet were great guides! we caught several fish. They were very knowledgeable. we would recommend this trip!
Thanks Guys. Oz
Thank you Apurva.
Captain Osman was very professional and knowledgeable, at the same time very personable and quite the cook. My son-in law and myself thoroughly enjoyed our trip. We picked up some great tips and new skills to practice and caught a good number of fish. (Even managed to wrangle one in for a picture). We both would highly recommend Captain Osman and this float trip. We are already talking about returning next year for the "Walk and Wade" option.
Thank you Sandy. Hope you guys a great rest of the stay.
He knows the Bow River well and tried several set ups and different flies to ensure I was successful at catching fish. He was safety conscious on the river while allowing me to stand and fish as much as possible. I would highly recommend Oz to anyone wanting to fish the Bow River (and possibly elsewhere).
Thanks again Pam!
FAQs about River People Guides
- CA $500 per group - 3 Hour Trip – Jet Boat Fly Fishing (3 hours)
- CA $700 per group - Half Day Trip - Lower Bow River(PM) (4 hours)
- CA $700 per group - Half Day Trip – Lower Bow River (4 hours)
- CA $800 per group, additional CA $100 per person after 2 guests - Full Day Trip - Hike/Wade Fishing (8 hours)
- CA $800 per group, additional CA $100 per person after 2 guests - Full Day Trip - Lower Bow River (6 hours)
- CA $800 per group, additional CA $100 per person after 2 guests - Full Day Trip - Lower Bow River (8 hours)
- CA $800 per group, additional CA $100 per person after 2 guests - Half Day Trip - Reeling in Pike (5 hours)
- CA $800 per group, additional CA $100 per person after 2 guests - Jet Boat Fly Fishing (4 hours)
- CA $900 per group - Alpine Water Fly Fishing (5 hours)
- CA $1,125 per day per group - 8 Day Trip (MAX 2) (8 days)
- CA $2,600 per day per group - 2 Day Canadian Rockies Fishing Trip (2 days)
- Fighting chair
- GPS
- Ice box
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Snacks (We provide a variety of chips and granola bars. Water and different flavours of bubbly. )
- Drinks (Bottled water and different flavours of bubbly. )
- Lunch (We serve a hot lunch on the river bank called cevapi. Cevapi are a Bosnian specialty. They are mixed with lamb,beef and a mix of spices. Cevapi are served on a heated up naan bread with sourcream and onions. )
- Fly fishing equipment
- River fishing (All of our boating trips take place on the Lower Bow River, which is below the city of Calgary. The walk and wade trips take care on a few different mountain streams in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Approximately 1.5 hour drive from Calgary. )
- Lake fishing
- Backcountry fishing
- Light tackle
- Spinning
- Fly fishing
- Brook Trout
- Brown Trout
- Cutthroat Trout
- Dolly Varden
- Lake Trout
- Pike (Northern)
- Rainbow Trout (Steelhead)
- Whitefish (Lake)
Your captain
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I have been fishing before I could walk according to my parents. My dad is to this day an avid angler and needles to say he was solely responsible for passing over the fishing bug on to me. I stopped fishing for a short period through out my college and Canadian Army years. However as soon as I graduated and retired from the army (in good standing) the beauty and the energy of the Rocky Mountain glacial rivers and the size/beauty of the fish living in it, reignited my passion for fishing. Additionally the art of fly fishing and everything that comes with it which brings me to realize that I will never stop learning about it i.e the fish, reading the water, insects, tying flies, rowing the boat is another reason why I am an avid fisher and like to spend my time with the family on the river hence the name RiverPeople Guides.
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