Wednesday, April 21 Elk River Report
I fished the Elk for about 4 hours yesterday afternoon.
I basically had the whole river to myself from the Hwy 50 bridge to the first bend.
This was a sign that fishing was going to be slow.
Water clarity was good.
Water temp was 47 degrees.
Very few trout rising.
Did not get a strike for the first two and a half hours, then put on a white soft hackle and got seven over the next hour. All small brown trout.
All in all a very slow day, but a beautiful day to be on the river, especially to enjoy the solitude. That doesn't happen often on the Elk.
I did notice as I drove home that most of the cows in the fields were lying down????? Maybe there is something to that.
Wm in the Boro