Backcountry fishing tackle

[Backyard]

Do you bring a rod and reel on backcountry elk hunts for down time or maybe intended meals of trout?
If so, what is in your tackle box or pill bottle that always works?

[six]

A couple silver 0 Mepps. A silver 0 Mepps with a bucktail. A couple of the smallest rapalas I could find about 1". I have a Diawa pole that breaks down into pieces and fits into a plastic case with a spinning reel. You can hook the case to your belt, but I just put it in my pack.

Little secret I've learned. You can catch trout all day if they don't see you. Stand on top of a beaver dam and you can drag a lure by them all day long and they wont bite.

[WapitiTalk1]

X2 on the little Mepps or even a few tiny Thompson spoons. Also, bring a fly bobber (water) and a selection of tiny flies for lake fishing (ants, adams, skeetos). Here's a pic of a fly bobber if you haven't seen one. You just run your line through the body of the bobber, and give a good 5' or more for leader behind the chubby end of the bobber. You can submerge the bobber in the lake/river for a few seconds and fill the inside about 1/4 full with water (this is done by just pulling the seal on the right away from the bobber a bit), then, twist the rubber ends of the bobber to hold your line tight. They cast a country mile with a bit of water in them but still stay afloat. Retrieve them very, very slow and you'll nail the high country lake trout, grayling, whatever!

[Elkduds]

Lures: Super Duper, gold mepps, red/white mepps. Fly behind bubble: elk hair caddis (sentimental favorite), wooly worm, adams, royal coachman, olive quill nymph. Barbless hooks, hemostat, take a net so you don't injure the ones you throw back.

[CurlyTail]

I personally have never had time or energy to fish while on an elk hunt.

But, a guy could tag out early and fishing would be a great way to pass a few days in the mountains

Lake Fishing - try a Gold Kastmaster spoon. They cast extremely far, and sometimes getting to the middle is the secret to success. I like a Mepps zero or #1 gold, no hair also.

Stream Fishing - use a Renegade dry fly. The highest visibility, easiest floating, attractor fly out there. Try size 14.

[Backyard]

Thanks for the replies guys. Some good suggestions for sure.
Rory, I'm liking that fly bobber, now I just have to find one. I'm thinking that in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" I should be able to wrangle one up. My rig that I always bring out with me is an old telescoping rod about 6ft and a mini spin cast reel works well enough and packs mighty small. But with my rig, its awful tough to cast a fly, (maybe someone has some tips or tricks for this). I also have a couple 00 mepps - gold & silver that work ok.
Six, I've found the same as you; ya gotta sneak up on 'em. If they bust ya, you're moving to a new pool. Lol!

[Navesgane]

I usually pack my telescopic 10' tenkara rod that collapses to 20" with a handful of flies. It weighs something like 3 ounces with the tube.

[Steve G]

All really good suggestions especially the hemostats. The only thing that I would add is to have different color options on the blades of your spinners if using them. Sometimes a gold blade will slay fish when a silver blade on the same lure sends them running for cover. The brightness of the day or stain in the water will usually dictate what colors to use.

[IrishnId]

Tenkara rod for me this year. I've found some amazing creek holes loaded with brookies last year. I'm eating them for lunch this year.