SMA ON INITIAL CLB HAS NMAC WITH SMA INBOUND.

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I DEPARTED FROM BOW ON RWY 9L. DURING THE TKOF ROLL I HEARD BOW TWR COMMUNICATING WITH AN INBOUND SMA ACFT WHICH I UNDERSTOOD TO BE SW OF THE FIELD. DURING MY CLBOUT; I INQUIRED OF THE CTLR AS TO THE ALT AND POS OF THE TFC. THE TFC RESPONDED THAT SAYING HE WAS AT 2400 FT AND I BELIEVE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS 2 MI S OF THE FIELD. RECOGNIZING THE POSSIBILITY FOR TFC CONFLICT I HELD MY CLB AT 15000 FT AND AFTER A FEW MOMENTS INQUIRED AGAIN AS TO THE TFC'S POS AND ALT. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TFC REPLIED THAT THEY WERE NOW AT 15000 FT (MY ALT) AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE TFC AT 12 O'CLOCK AND LESS THAN 1 MI. I MADE A SLIGHT TURN TOWARDS THE R AND THE TFC PASSED OFF MY L WING AT THE SAME ALT AND APPROX 500 FT SEPARATION. I BELIEVE THIS CONFLICT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE CTLR AT BOW TWR RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT AND EITHER DIRECTED ME TO DEPART STRAIGHT OUT OR TAKEN SOME OTHER KIND OF POSITIVE ACTION TO AVOID POTENTIAL CONFLICT. MY TKOF CLRNC AS I RECALL WAS 'CLR FOR TKOF; R TURN; SBOUND.' I BELIEVE I COMPLIED WITH THIS INSTRUCTION AND THIS NEAR MISS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.