Elk Creek- Inspired by Cupofjoe
A few years back, I was Checking TA in a parking garage in downtown Houston before work. Joey had made the trek to Elk Creek and was proposing an Aggie trip! I sent him a note lamenting by inability to attend but put this place on my mental list of places to fish soon!
Fast forward a few years, we now live in Durango and had this trip on our calendar for about 6 weeks. Wife contracted a mild case of the rona and couldn't attend- solo it is!
Elk creek is a beautiful meandering stream in south central Colorado. I fished the upper half of the 2nd meadow and caught a bunch of feisty browns! The fish weren't picky but occasionally would refuse a fly bit a simple switch to a deer hair beetle would get them.
Fished the stream by stalking upstream very slowly and looking for happy fish. Occasionally would throw a dry fly as I approached the bank and caught a couple blind (couldn't see the fish or the eat).
I brought a 8' 6" four weight rod and happy to have the extra power to keep the fish from running under the cut banks. Broke two in a row off despite having 4x tippet on the hook set, they were a little bigger- 18 or 19"?
Came across a nice gentleman from Victoria, TX with a broke frac truck near the TH parking lot. Ran him down the road about 20" so we could get cell reception to call the maintenance team. Armed with info, we fixed the truck and got him down the road to help Make America Great Again!
I can't wait for the next trip, plan to hit the 3rd and 4th meadows next time.
Oh yea- spotted a 5 lb brown on the way out but I'm going to be tight lipped on his location
. He chased a small elk hair stimulator about 4' but didn't eat then a rain/hail storm started and it was time to leave!
LRHF