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 Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:17:27 AM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  All good things must come to an end. SEE YOU ALL NEXT SEASON!!!
2006 Fishing Reports Season Review

Alaska Adventures staff would like to send out a big thanks to all of our fantastic 2006 clients, families, friends, fly shops, and fly fishing clubs.  The caliber of anglers and their pleasant characters made for an enjoyable and productive fishing season.  The Alagnak River once again stood up to its world class fishing status and we as guides realize how special of a place Katmai National Park is to spend our summers.  Southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay continues to get some of the largest runs of Salmon in the world and the Alagnak River drainage continues to reap the benefits.  The fish are well fed for the long winter and have stores of fish and other aquatic life to keep them healthy throughout.  Migrating up to the lakes and down to the lower braids to deeper waters the trout will wait until next spring to come back towards the braids to spawn and feed on the leftover flesh washed out by the melt and the migrating smolt running to the oceans.  Like the fish yearning for distant seas we too will feel the pull towards the oceans, towards Alaska and to our home on the Alagnak River to do it all over again.  We look forward to seeing you all again next season.

Thanks from Alaska Adventures!!!


 Fri Sep 8, 2006 11:52:59 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Gary W. from NY city with trout and with camp as backdrop
This week marks our final week of fishing for the season. The foliage along the river is turning pale yellow, the moose are starting to call, the bears are thickening for their winter hiatus and the chill of fall hangs in the air; it's about time to go home. But first we have a fantastic week of fishing to enjoy. We have but two guests with us this week, Troy and Gary, who have had our stretch of river all to themselves.

The silvers are still staging in preparation to spawn, every slough is a thick crimson cloud. They're not quite as feisty as they were a month ago but their plenty aggressive and still tasty. We've been having good success with top water presentations, Polywogs in pink and chartreuse have been consistently bringing nice fish to the surface. Subsurface patterns are still dynamite but it's hard to beat a nice coho engulfing a surface fly.

Rainbow fishing is still in full effect, the bows have been gorging on salmon eggs for weeks now and are fat and strong as a result. The fish have begun to congregate in slower water and though we're not having fifty fish days anymore we're still getting lots of nice fish in the pocket-water. The big boys are still taking eggs but their susceptible to flesh patterns as well as the millions of salmon decompose and feed our healthy river.




 Sat Sep 2, 2006 11:24:44 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Jim H. with Silver Salmon caught on pink polywog TOP WATER ACTION !!!
Black Hills Fly Fishing Club out of South Dakota brought a group up and had a wonderful week of fishing the Alagnak.  There where seven species caught in one day by multiple anglers and every day pictures of huge rainbows 25-29 inches where disputed over as being the biggest of the week or the largest gerth There is no dispute that lots of big rainbows where caught this week as well as great silver salmon fishing right around camp with little need to go downriver to tidewater for great silver salmon action.  There was some great top water action with pink polywogs out of what we call the “char hole” and many other backwater and slower eddies of the upper braid section of the Alagnak.  With fall aproaching the fishing only gets better!  


 Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:03:39 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Paul with average size trout caught on small flesh fly with small bead
There are little things that separate good fisherman from great but most of all its just catching and landing fish wherever you are at.  Many of us this week had the pleasure of fishing with guide and manager of The Royal Bighorn Lodge Paul G. this week on the Alagnak and I think we all learned something from him.  Thanks to Cameron at www.troutbeads.com for sending him our way and look forward to you hosting your group from the lodge next year Paul.  The trout fishing was outstanding this week.  Getting the oars out and drifting down the river with beads and strike indicators was a great way to bring em in.  Head guide Don’s boat counted 18 doubles in one day and other anglers did great from land casting to Pink Salmon starting to spawn and drop eggs finding the trout right behind them.   Flesh patterns and beads red hot!!!!


 Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:59:34 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Fresh Silver Salmon spilling in on the tide on the lower Alagnak River. Will never forget this day!!!
Our camp is full once again and so is the river.  The silvers are starting to push up all the way to our dock and the bead fishing is on!  Mid-August brings with it a large push of Coho’s, Pinks by the boatload and even a few Chums still feisty enough to hammer a fly.  Of course the rainbows are right there in the mix, gorging themselves on salmon spawn, sprinkle in a healthy dose of grayling and char and you have late summer on the Alagnak.  

Mike C and Tony D came back to spend another year with us along with Dick M and his family. Brothers from South Dakota Less and Dennis R (Black Hills Fly Fishing Club Members) traveled a few thousand miles to celebrate Less’ birthday and Therese baked him a cake that we all got to enjoy.  Vince  brought his grandson-in-law Bracken and his fishing buddy H out from Idaho, a trio with close to a century of fly fishing experience between them.  It was a privilege to have our camp stocked with such high quality fishermen.

Everyone fished the upper river and hooked trout after trout before getting a chance to brave the tidewaters and catch their limit of reel screaming, knuckle busting, tail-walking Slivers.  There was one good knock down, drag out rainstorm but for the most part our weather was civil and as one guest mentioned “who cares if it’s raining when you’re rod’s bent in half”.


 Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:52:49 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Check out this underwater shot!! WOW!!
Our camp quieted down for a midseason breather this week.  We only had three French-Canadian friends staying with us and they had the run of the camp and the river.  The week began fishing trout on the upper river drifting beads and skating mice.  Beading is heating up and both grayling and trout are eager to feed  We caught some nice rainbows and enjoyed some of the best weather of the season; sunshine, broken clouds and  warm weather.  

The second half of the week was spent fishing downriver, for salmon.  The Pinks have moved in steadily and we were hooking up on almost every cast.  We all had a good time wrestling with the humpies and caught a couple in the eight pound range.

Eleven year old William got the opportunity to go fly fishing for the first time with us and he did a spectacular job.  William caught trout on the mouse, tons of pinks and, best of all, he was our first guest to catch a Silver this year.  Yes, the Silvers are here and we could not be more ecstatic.


 Sat Aug 5, 2006 10:36:56 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Owner of The Missulian Angler, Russell Parks with Rainbow caught on MOUSE pattern
This week marked the tail end of the Sockeye run, and the raise of our trout fishing.  To explain that a bit more, when millions of sockeye salmon come up the river the trout get pushed around a bit and move to secondary lies.  It takes a bit more to find them but they are still there!!!  Our crew spent the next few days hooking their limit of the last Reds running upriver; stocking some nice meat in the freezer with a mixed bag of other speices.  The run of Reds dried up by Wednesday evening and everyone decided it was time to switch to casting for big Rainbows.  Once these Montana boys started hooking into these huge Rainbows they were literally hooked and there was no turning back.  

The Chums have started digging their reds and the Bows are beginning to key into it.  The fishing  with mouse patterns skated across the surface produced some big thrills.  Big bows are still looking up and they’re willing to chase a deer hair rodent and explode on it.  Up on the Kukaklek the bead fishing has started to peak.  The two days we spent fishing up near the lake were hot with big fish inhaling beads.


 Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:59:04 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Ed parks with this colorful King Salmon caught on last day of season
The last day of July marks the final day of the King fishing season.  Our week began on a mission to get some use out of those King stamps. Russell Parks owner of the Missoulian Angler brought out his father and brothers for their first taste of angling in Alaska and they each got their first King Salmon on Monday.  We look forward to the shop hosting trips next year and having these great anglers out again! A good time, and several nice fish, were had by all.  To view more pictures from the Missoulian Anglers trip to Alaska Adventures visit:

http://www.missoulianangler.com/PhotoGallery/


 Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:30:43 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  Group Photo
Big thanks from the Alaska Adventures Family to the T. HAWTH. group from Ark.  What steller, top notch group of guys, and not bad fishermen too.  Hope to see you next year guys!!!


 Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:46:03 PM Katmai, Alaska
Click to enlarge Click to enlarge  SOCKEYE!!!
Had to stick this picture in of this big Sockeye Salmon that Randy caught the same day as catching his big 28 1/2 inch Trout (See picture below).  The leaps, runs, and knuckle busting strength of these fish are a spectacle and more often then not hard to land.  Beyond just catching them it’s a sport to just try to net them.  Other anglers downriver of the hooked running fish are pulling in lines to get out of the way, guides are holding nets that look large enough to land a baby whale and still sometimes they get away.  Big this one did not, good job Randy!


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