Southern Alberta & Elk River Fly – Fishing Report

The Elk River
The Elk River

 

The Elk River near Fernie BC continues to drop and fishing is awesome.Dry Flies are the norm mostly fishing large foamy hopper stuff  and small parachutes.Watch for hatches of Flavs & Caddis.

Fly-FIshing The Upper Oldman River
Fly-FIshing The Upper Oldman River

The Rivers of Southern Alberta (Oldman Drainage) are also on fire.Hopper time has arrived and the fish are responding.

Bow River Brown Trout
Bow River Brown Trout

The Bow River  is also fishing very well.Hoppers,Golden Stone (still la few around) Tricos and Caddis are on the water ,Fishing big foamy stuff  with a dropper or throwing streamers is a fantastic way to fish.

Stone Fly or Hopper eater?who cares he ate it.
Stone Fly or Hopper eater?who cares he ate it.