Our collective fishing experiences over the different seasons and species.
All Good Things Come To An End…Right? Daylight in the summer in the land of the midnight sun is as bountiful as the salmon that swim in its streams. You get the feeling this will never change. That feeling is fleeting especially in the year-rounders. To the unacquainted, it’s hard to imagine how much Alaska […]
Changing of the seasons in Alaska generally happens fairly quick. September tends to be one of the wettest months of the year in Southcentral. When you get a sunny day, let alone a whole 2 sunny weeks, you take advantage. This trip was especially enticing since an old friend was visiting and looking to put […]
Bank angling is the bread and butter of my fly fishing excursions. However, Alaska has limited road access to a limited number of streams. Even streams you can access by road, be prepared to trek if you would like to find some open water. That is why boat fishing is common up here. In other […]
If you have ever fly fished in Alaska then you most likely have overheard the controversial, “Bead fishing isn’t fly fishing” mantra professed by some. While I am not here to settle that argument nor pick a side, I will say give the trout what they want. Fall time signals the salmon spawn. While salmon […]
Fall for the salmon angler in Alaska usually mean two things: silver salmon and rain. When you get a cloudy, dry, and only slightly windy day some might opt to stay inside. For an angler, these conditions signal a great day on the water. Today we ventured up one of the many Alaskan glacial-fed rivers […]