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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Aug 27, 2018 - 01:46pm PT
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BG...where did you go?
Been wantin' to get back up there...so many good spots!
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Aug 27, 2018 - 03:20pm PT
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Uuummm! Nice catches. Sounds like you scored some awesome memories. Look forward to the picks.
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Brian More
climber
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Aug 27, 2018 - 08:34pm PT
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Curious what lodge or outfitter you are at/with in Alaska Bob?
I can always pull up their website and dream-ha.
Please let me know when/if you have a sec.
Thanks!
Brian
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Aug 27, 2018 - 08:37pm PT
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Nice fish Bob!!!!!! AK rules
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 09:34am PT
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Aug 27, 2018 - 01:46pm PT
BG...where did you go?
Hi Brian, went to the Kenai Peninsula.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Aug 28, 2018 - 09:42am PT
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Got shut out yesterday for the first time in a long time. Amazing how fish not biting makes fishing boring. Or maybe it is me not catching.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 09:50am PT
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Aug 27, 2018 - 08:34pm PT
Curious what lodge or outfitter you are at/with in Alaska Bob?
Hi Brian. We rented a cabin the town of Cooper Landing, on the Upper Kenai River. It's a two hour drive from Anchorage. I've been fly fishing the Kenai every summer for the last 15 years, so I've learned all the good shore fishing spots depending on what species I'm targeting, so most of my fishing is unguided. If you like float tubing, there are many lakes in the Kenai Peninsula that no one fishes that offer fantastic fishing for rainbows and arctic grayling.
In August you'll have great fishing for pinks (even numbered years only) and silvers on the Lower and Middle Kenai, and silvers and sockeyes on the Upper River. Once the salmon start spawning (mid-August) the rainbow trout and dolly varden fishing is excellent into September.
I usually do one or two days of guided driftboat fishing on the Upper or Middle Kenai River.
I'd recommend the drift on the Upper Kenai (from Kenai Lake to Skilack Lake) and the Middle Kenai (from Skilack Lake to Bings Landing) in late Aug/Sept. To match the hatch you'll be fishing a bead under an indicator.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 10:11am PT
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Alaskan Rainbows
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Aug 28, 2018 - 10:27am PT
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That's awesome!
My niece lives in Homer and my sister in Fairbanks (and was just fishing the Chena out of Aniak). They've been smokin' and cannin'...(as usual)...
What rod/reel combo did you use? Fly line?
I'm slowly upgrading my set ups...just picked up a 9wt...(Winston...can't help my Montana roots)...how'd you, uhh, bust your 9wt? Just got my 4wt back from repair...ugh...broke the middle section after being viciously attacked by a rattlesnake outside Lander Wy.
A king on a 6 weight! Yee haa!
Prince of Wales, anyone? I need to get back...
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 01:14pm PT
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For pinks and silvers, I usually go with a 7, 8, or 9 weight rod depending on the situation and how heavy the current is. Used my 11-foot 4-inch 7- weight switch rod this year for pinks in soft water that was great for roll casting when shoreline trees prevented a backcast.
For drifting/swinging flies I use a floating line and for sight fishing/stripping for silvers in slacker water I use my 8-weight with a sink tip line.
For float tubing the lakes I use a 6-weight with a clear intermediate line for subsurface action, or a floating line for dry fly action.
Broke the 9-weight after I set it down after landing a fish. A nearby angler was running down the gravel bar chasing a big fish. I said "Watch out for the rod!" and he replied "OK," then proceeded to stomp on the tip. He thoroughly apologized after landing his fish, but the damage was done.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 02:02pm PT
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you're welcome T
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Aug 28, 2018 - 03:13pm PT
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Again Bob, thanks for sharing the photos from your trip. Sooo envious!
@G_Gnome - the smoke has finally cleared or at least thinned, so we went down into the San Joaquin.... pretty bony water, but very fishy. There were a ton of nice browns and a handful of rainbows holding in the pocket water. With the temperatures dropping, the fishing is going to get off the charts good. September is a good month.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 28, 2018 - 06:06pm PT
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Thanks guys.
WTF- Saw someone lurking and hiding behind the bushes on his hands and knees last time I was at the East Walker- turns out it was the Game Warden! Luckily my barb was pinched down. Years ago I was fishing a tiny fly at the East Walker when I heard a crashing through the bushes. Before I could turn around the Warden was standing next to me. I'd forgotten to pinch my barb down. $175 ticket!
Here's a couple more shots.....
Of all the fish I've caught on a fly rod, the silver salmon is one of my favorites. They're big, bite aggressively, jump like crazy, make reel-sizzling runs, and change direction so fast your fly line will be pointing one way, then the fish will jump 30 feet away in the opposite direction. What more do you want in a game fish?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Aug 28, 2018 - 08:35pm PT
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Saw someone lurking and hiding behind the bushes on his hands and knees last time I was at the East Walker- turns out it was the Game Warden! Luckily my barb was pinched down. Years ago I was fishing a tiny fly at the East Walker when I heard a crashing through the bushes. Before I could turn around the Warden was standing next to me. I'd forgotten to pinch my barb down. $175 ticket!
Those wardens patrol the East Walker with a vengeance. Bummer you got a citation but that said, I am glad they are there. They've busted up some nasty poaching over the years.
WTF -- Your offer is under consideration....
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Brian More
climber
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Aug 28, 2018 - 09:38pm PT
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Bob,
Thank you for the scoop!
I'll search it up in the morning. Love all the photos.
Thanks again!
Brian
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 30, 2018 - 09:50am PT
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Bob... very nice!
If Yvonne ever made a Calendar out of those fish photos... I’d buy one.
And with Stone Nudes making last issue... what will I do for 2020???
???
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Aug 30, 2018 - 10:39am PT
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Fish porn!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 30, 2018 - 11:50am PT
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A new one to ogle every month!!!
“ Look at the Pectoral Fins on this one!! Massive!!”
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Aug 30, 2018 - 01:12pm PT
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Miss August 2018
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 30, 2018 - 01:18pm PT
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About 15 years back I was hiking out from fishing 18 miles in from a road-head in "Deepest Idaho." The stream I had been fishing is a Salmon River tributary & is all catch & release water & barbless hooks. It also has a salmon run, protected Bulltrout, & great fishing for cutthroat trout.
On my way out, my last fly change was to a size 8 salmon fly with a stainless steel hook, which I didn't know I owned. I was getting back into water that day-hikers do "catch & eat" fishing on & I caught nothing. Shortly afterwards, I ran into 3 game wardens hiking in on a narrow stretch of trail, high above the "crick." I politely waited at a wider spot while the older male & two much-younger wardens stopped to chat me up. I reported on my adventure & also mentioned I had ran into two people, who strongly appeared to be doing "catch & eat" fishing. The older warden requested some details, which I furnished, and I also handed over my license & then my rod for fly inspection, to a young woman warden.
She immediately told us all that the barb had not been flattened on my fly. I was aghast, since I had a clear memory of flattening the barb within the last half hour. I flushed-red & haltingly replied that I was sure I had flattened the barb, then offered to show them all the flattened barbs on my other flies.
The older warden calmly told me that it wasn't a problem, but please be more careful in the future. He then turned to the slightly indignant woman warden & said: "The problem with being over 50, is you lose your close-up vision & can't see if you've flattened the barb or not. I am sure he thought the barb was flattened."
When I again addressed bending the barb down on the offending size 8 stainless-steel hook, it took a big amount of hand strength to bend it flat. I had put the usual amount of strength into my first failed attempt at bending the barb & indeed, I'd bent barbs flat enough times, I didn't even try to look at that tiny detail.
Tad! I'd sorry to read that a SOB warden fined you for a barb that wasn’t flat enough to suit him.
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