Guiding On The Elk 12-06-10

 Wow, where do I start.... It was one cold day in Erie today. Elk was flowing good but so was the slush and sleets of ice. Despite the very cold conditions , snow, and the ice my guest was able to put 7 in the net today. The one good thing about today is there were no crowds and when I say no crowds I mean I seen 2 people and they  didn't stay very long. My guest was spin fishing today but we did use flies some of the day. Fish were caught on egg colored sucker spawn , small caddis, as well as egg sacks. The big problem today was getting it down to the fish with all of the slush and ice in the river. The line at times iced up bigger than the diameter of a pencil which made it very difficult to cast and get to sink. Once you managed to find a opening to get egg sacks or flies down to the fish they were very willing to bite. All and all we had a great time and it was an adventure I am not soon to forget.
  Tine Lines    Chris

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