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ANOTHER FERNIE BULL TROUT EPISODE
The August newsletter detailed a fantasy day had by
Josh Luftglidden which involved releasing over 15
monster bull trout on a tributary of the Elk River
in B.C. Now Pat Patterson checks in with another
Elk River Bull Trout episode that Pat termed “the
most exciting experience of my fly fishing career”
and he didn’t even land a fish! Pat was having a
wonderful day with several (he had lost count by the
end of the day) fat and feisty native West Slope
Cutthroat from 15 to 21 inches taken on dry flies
when a fish he had hooked began frenzied activity.
The smallish fish took off on a run up, around, and
across the pool and the guide shouted “bull trout –
it’s being chased by a bull trout!” Indeed, as the
fish neared the drift boat, they could see the
cutthroat wedged cross-ways in the jaws of a fish
that Pat said “would have exceeded the 24 pound, 35”
sea run brown I caught in Terra del Fuego.” The
guide instructed Pat to give the fish line with the
hope that he’d swallow the cutthroat. The rest of
the story from Pat – “I did give him line and the
bull trout moseyed away from the boat over to the
shallows, about 12 inches of water, and proceeded to
thrash around like a crocodile, as he tried to
maneuver the cutthroat into position to swallow. We
finally thought he had done so as the commotion
stopped, and I slowly reeled in the fish. Only the
cutty was left and he was the saddest looking sad
sack I ever saw.” They were able to revive and
release the fish, but he was “one unhappy fish.”
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