RIVER FISHING

Dry Fly Fishing for Elk River Cutthroat

Leave your nymph box at home and float through one of BC’s finest Westslope Cutthroat fisheries

Flowing through the thriving town of Fernie, the Elk River has long been regarded as British Columbia’s premier fishery for Cutthroat trout on dry flies. These Westslope cutthroat are plentiful in the meandering waters of the Elk River, and incredibly surface-oriented.  Their willingness to chase a dead-drifted dry fly is what makes this fishery so desirable for anglers all over the world. The Elk River experiences over 20 different hatches throughout the duration of a season, many of them coinciding with the next. This adds up to spectacular cutthroat fishery that remains consistent from June until the end of October.  Another great addition to the Elk River are large bull trout which anglers can target using large, articulated streamers.