Very few people understand a Steelheader’s mentality and if you think about it who could blame them. To sit and reason as to why a person would fish Alaska in October in the first place and secondly how that person would be happy after not catching anything is futile at best. Sure it would have been nice if the one grab of [...]
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Rebirth
Posted in Fishing Trips, The Who, What, When & Why, tagged Alaska, First trip, Fly Fishing, Rainbow Trout, Skagit casting, spey casting, Spey fishing, Spring on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alaskan winters are an ultimate test of endurance for fly fishers. The snow consistently arrives in October and lingers until May. With each start of spring there is a sense of rebirth and a blank slate. The cleansing quality of melting snow encompasses nearly every aspect of nature. The intermittent cold gusts of wind are in constant competition with [...]
Pre-Season…
Posted in Fishing Trips, tagged Alaska, Fly Fishing, New season, Rainbow Trout, Spey fishing on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
February is coming to a close and the temps outside read a balmy 31 degrees. This winter has been mild with the big rivers south of town staying relatively open. Even the local small creeks are showing their welcome ripples. A gathering is in the works for yet another fly tying, beer sipping session. Yes, [...]
Mid-season float…
Posted in Fishing Trips, tagged 6126, 7110, cataraft, char, dolly vardon, Father & son fishing, float, Fly Fishing, pop-up camper, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon, Spey fishing, spey rod, switch rod on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our annual July float trip is in the books and it was grins all around. We ate like kings, swung spey and switch rods for 2 days and enjoyed stretching out in B’s new camper. The fishing was tough with abnormally high water from glacier melt-off. Fortunately, the dollies made up for the absence of trout. The fishing felt like [...]
Socked in…
Posted in Fishing Trips, TSPEY'S FAVES, tagged Alaska, Anglo American, Bristol Bay, Dry fly fishing, Fly Fishing, Northern Dynasty, Open Pit Mining, Pebble Mine, Pebble Partnership, Rainbow Trout, small river, Sockeye Salmon on June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The re-opener was an epic display of old-time Alaska. Thousands of black-gray backs of schooled salmon in packs of 30 to 50 as far as the next bend. Fortunately, there were still trout to be had via the properly waked dry in-between the intermittent upstream rushes of first run sockeye. The salmon run is the earliest [...]
No Pebble Mine Town Hall Meetings…
Posted in No Pebble Mine, tagged Pebble Mine, Alaska, Open Pit Mining, Sockeye Salmon, Bristol Bay, Anglo American, Northern Dynasty, Red Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Commercial Fishing, RRC, Renewable Resources Coalition, Salmon, Sport Fishing, Wild Salmon on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Town Hall Meetings From RRC’s website: Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Renewable Resources Coalition wants to hear your thoughts on how we can protect Bristol Bay and the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon fishery. We’re holding open town hall meetings in Anchorage with more to follow soon. You’ll have the chance to share ideas [...]
Fishing Break…
Posted in Fishing Trips, tagged Alaska, Autumn, Fall colors, Fall fishing, Fish pics, Kenai Lake, Rainbow Trout, Sunset, Trout on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lucky long-time friend RP has teamed up with Felt Soul Media to produce an epic fly fishing film shot exclusively in Kamchatka. Check-out the preview which recently won The Drake’s 5 min FF Film Contest: http://thebigpull.wordpress.com/ Fall fishing in Alaska….
Evolution
Posted in Fishing Trips, TSPEY'S FAVES, tagged Anglo American, First trout, flyfishing Alaska, Iliamna, Kenai River, Newhalen River, Northern Dynasty Minerals, Open Pit Mining, Pebble Mine, Rainbow Trout, Southwestern Alaska on July 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Spring Leopard | Photo by J. Hasegawa My first trout on the fly is a cherished memory. I was 12 years old. It was caught with a polar shrimp fly that I had found on the bank earlier that day. After eagerly casting my Dad’s 9 weight fly rod out into the blue-gray waters of [...]
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