Carlodabroads Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Had a chance to fish down in Fernie this weekend. Spent Saturday driving forever in search of a fabled tributary of the elk. There were quite a few vehicles at each of the limited access points. Funny enough, even with BC's F'd Up licencing practices, most of the cars were Albertan with one Washington plate. Any way, went way up high in the system and being alone and doing some serious bushwacking, I was a bit nervous and didnt fish as much as I would have liked. good water was few adn far between and I didnt stir a single fish. Ah well. I had a blast just for the adventure of it, and will return when water levels drop in Aug/september. Did see this guy buzz by my head and it reminded me of beetles Ive seen in Costa Rica and Panama. Must be the Heat! Sunday I fished the Elk River. Visability cleared up after the dirty waters I saw on the Elk Saturday evening, the result of a torrential rain that they had recieved on Friday night. Anyway, did quite a hike in the heat and found some nice bouldery runs that had playfull trout in front and behind almost every big stone, and they seemed to like stoneflys, Go figure! Then another beautiful bend upstream with some amazing structure that was a blast to fish in. There are some nice Cutties in that river! Sorry for the limited pics. Didnt have my photographer along Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Suweet! Nice pics, bro'! That's a chunky cutt; good on ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esleech Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Ooohhh! Pretty cool bug! Nice cutty to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreLastCast Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Too bad you couldn't find a good spot on the "Fabled" Elk Trib and I'm glad to see you made it out okay, since you were by yourself. Just so you know for next time, it's the second most populated Grizzly Bear Valley in North America, next to the Flat Head Valley. I didn't figure the Classified Waters thing would deter us for too long. It's always Albertans fishing that river because the BC boys know the really good creeks in the area. Nice pics. I wish I had a picture of a bug we found up there a few years ago. We name it the "Tammy Fay Baker" Bug, (Rest her sole). It had the body of a bumble bee, great big eyes with these really weird eyelash things coming out of its head. I've never seen anything like it and have never found it in any searches. We were going to keep it to show people, but then we started thinking it might be the "Last" one of its kind and let it go. The river fishes great BTW in the fall when the water levels come down, so hopefully you get another chance to try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenbow Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Excellent story & fish! Cool beetle also. The cutts are amazing in the Elk. You'll have to probably buddy-up with some BC FFers to get to your fabled creek..........or just keep hunting (but at $20 a day, I'd try the former) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Just so you know for next time, it's the second most populated Grizzly Bear Valley in North America, next to the Flat Head Valley. I've never seen a Grizz there...but up in the meadowy section I've seen lots of sign and the odd blackie. Definitely a place where you wanna keep your head up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredneck Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 This blacky came up the river canyon of the "fabled trib" and never batted an eye at us. I have yet to see a griz in there......I'll keep my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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