March 20, 2019 River Report
Spring has arrived in the Elk Valley and warm temperatures are melting the ice on the Elk River. At this time, it is not recommended for wade fishing as there are soft ice sheets along…
September 7 River Report
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has advised that angling and rafting is permitted on the Elk River between Sparwood and Elko from boat launches accessed from highways only. Please note that this…
July 17, 2017 Report
The Elk is now running at a good height but still has some glacial colour to it. It is fish well on nymphs in the morning and then on dries in the afternoon to the…
July 12, 2017 Report
The Elk is currently dropping and clearing daily with fish looking up to eat dries. We’re at the tail end of stoneflies and moving into our mayfly season. Green Drakes are starting to hatch as…
June 24, 2017 Report
The Elk is still running high and has colour but it is fish-able. In slower water such as back eddies, fish will look up to larger dries such as stoneflies. The mouths of creeks are…
June 17, 2016 Report
Well no rush to fish the Elk just yet, BUT give it a few days and it should be HOT. Fish are stacked up at the creek mouths and eating hard. Drop almost any nymph…
June 9, 2017 Report
The ELK AND TRIBS ARE CLOSED! The Elk is still high and running dirty. We expect that it will take a few for weeks to start to shape up. In the mean time some of…
May 27, 2017 River Report
All rivers are closed until June 15th. The lakes have continued to fish very well over the last couple of weeks. For us, Loon, Edwards, and Summit have been producing the most. Summit has really…
May 20, 2017 River Report
Streams and rivers are currently closed until June 15th however lakes are fishing very well. Summit provides easy access and shore fishing with chances at huge fish. Various colours and styles of leeches, chironomids, dragonflies…
April 29, 2017 River Report
The Elk and its Tributaries Are CLOSED!!! Due to the closures in B.C we have found ourselves fishing the waters in Alberta. Even with this funky weather we are receiving, the rivers seem to be…