Post by tangler on Jun 8, 2017 8:23:31 GMT -8
On Monday I managed to get to the Elk river for the day.
Kind of crazy driving for almost 2 1/2 hrs one way to go fishing for the day but I felt the need.
Got there about 1 PM (not one for early starts me, also I like fishing the evenings) and was surprised to find other people on the river even some from Nanaimo.
The were lots of fish in the river and both my new glass 5 wt (a bit heavy for those fish) and my tenkara rod saw lots of action.
The dark fish were disinclined to rise to a dry but seemed somewhat interested in a swung wet (Peacock and grouse). So were some of the brighter fish...
I wandered around a lot which might explain why my back gave out around 6 PM after getting a lot of dry fly action in a run I hadn't fished before.
Lovely river, clear water and gravel bottom and it almost feels like fishing a real trout river (like the other Elk).
Strangely it can also feel a bit like fishing for salmon, swinging a fly over fish that are sitting there waiting to spawn hoping to catch a brighter one.
The "best" fish of the day was a beautiful silver cutthroat about 14 inches.
The flies I used were the above mentioned Peacock and Grouse (most productive but also most fished), Grey wolf, and a Sexy Walt's.
I got lucky with the water level, any higher and it would have been hard to get around. I also got lucky with the number and nature of the fish. Gotta happen sometimes...
Kind of crazy driving for almost 2 1/2 hrs one way to go fishing for the day but I felt the need.
Got there about 1 PM (not one for early starts me, also I like fishing the evenings) and was surprised to find other people on the river even some from Nanaimo.
The were lots of fish in the river and both my new glass 5 wt (a bit heavy for those fish) and my tenkara rod saw lots of action.
The dark fish were disinclined to rise to a dry but seemed somewhat interested in a swung wet (Peacock and grouse). So were some of the brighter fish...
I wandered around a lot which might explain why my back gave out around 6 PM after getting a lot of dry fly action in a run I hadn't fished before.
Lovely river, clear water and gravel bottom and it almost feels like fishing a real trout river (like the other Elk).
Strangely it can also feel a bit like fishing for salmon, swinging a fly over fish that are sitting there waiting to spawn hoping to catch a brighter one.
The "best" fish of the day was a beautiful silver cutthroat about 14 inches.
The flies I used were the above mentioned Peacock and Grouse (most productive but also most fished), Grey wolf, and a Sexy Walt's.
I got lucky with the water level, any higher and it would have been hard to get around. I also got lucky with the number and nature of the fish. Gotta happen sometimes...
