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Elk River British Columbia Rising Cutthroat Trout August 2018

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We fished in August above Sparwood BC and found a nice braided area with small channels where we actually found the biggest fish.

Watch video at https://youtu.be/f_WDPdD2Ty8

Ladin saw a big fish rise and made a great cast.

The Purple Haze floated perfectly and the fish came up bigger than life.

A beautiful Cutthroat. Over 20 inches.

We caught several large trout and many other nice fish. Mostly on the dry. The Elk is a fantastic
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General Region	British Columbia
Specific Location	Elk river
Dates Fished	August 20, 2018
Time of Day	All Day
Fish Caught	Cutthroat Trout
Conditions & Hatches	Mayfly Hatch

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Srfwl

WA

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Srfwl on Dec 3, 2018December 3rd, 2018, 3:54 pm EST

Watch video at https://youtu.be/f_WDPdD2Ty8

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Dec 3, 2018December 3rd, 2018, 11:42 pm EST

Beautiful country and fish, thanks for sharing.

Mike.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Dec 4, 2018December 4th, 2018, 3:21 am EST

Just awesome looking smaller water. I would enjoy fishing there. Is it a destination you can drive to or do you have to walk quite a ways to reach that water?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Srfwl

WA

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Srfwl on Dec 4, 2018December 4th, 2018, 11:10 am EST

It was a short walk from the car. There is quite a bit of good access on this river without too much of a walk. This was a braided area so the main river is pretty big but we still caught fish walk a wading the bigger water.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Dec 5, 2018December 5th, 2018, 9:23 am EST

Thanks for the information. I'm somewhat handicapped and can only walk with the aid of a cane and not much more than about 250 yards without getting hip pain.

I looked it up on YouTube and their is a Asian fellow who has a channel "Fishing with Rod" and he has a neat video on the Elk River where he and some friends float it in Out Cast pontoon boats. They too found good fishing for 16" - 18" cutthroat in a side channel.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Martinlf