Rick, I can't help wondering did your wife find her elk while you were, out amongst elk,trying to fish?
I remember my first elk sighting. It was in Arkansas in the valley where the Buffalo River runs. I had seen big deer in the woods before,but was totally shocked to see a big 4 x 4 out in front of his harem snorting at us. Even a couple of hundred yards away he was huge and his horns looked six feet tall,to me. He chased his girls back into the woods and melted away into the shadows at the edge of the meadow. Truly an amazing sight in the fading rays of the sun.

Rodger
I'druther be fishing