Elky Poo

I know that you are all waiting with baited breathe to hear how our beloved Elk is fishing. Well thank god I am here to tell ya!

I'm here to tell ya that its not really fishing that well yet...

I floated yesterday with some friends and well, we drank more beer than we caught fish...

Lets be clear though, we spent a majority of our time dry fly fishing, yes would could have nymphed and yes we could have got sl*tty with streamers but that's not why we fish the Elk. There are decent numbers of Goldens in the air and there are Drakes staging in riffles with ripe wing buds, but the fish are still dealing with high dirty water and aren't super keen to eat on top yet. We had clients out today on a higher run than yesterday and they had a slow day, all reports from other guides in the valley are similar.

Be patient friends, good times are coming and there coming soon, hungry Cutts will be wrecking your dry flies in no time... In the mean time drink gin...

DRINK GIN! BE HAPPY!

Whats with the Gin drinking obsession of mine you ask? Well not only is it amazingly tasty it helps keep the mosquitoes at bay!

 I'm serious...

The British Empire may have been built on tea and spices but it was maintained by gloriously yummy Sundowners "AKA" Gin and Tonic. You see it is believed that the Junipers used to concoct Gin repel mosquitoes and its a fact the  Quinine contained in Tonic water cures Malaria.  Malaria may not be a concern here in the Western world but the F'n mosquitoes are. They are gonna be bad this year, actually they already are, so to anyone coming up to fish bring Gin, and bring enough to share with your guide because Sundowners are best shared with friends!  

My chosen brands of Gin are Hendricks and Bombay, just in case you were wondering...

Keep it tight out there friends!

Much Love,

Spence