mems
09-19-2021, 02:50 PM
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Just got back from Alaska. Did a float on the Alagnak river with my son Luke, Guide Ron Doebler and his son Tobias, my friend Dr. Peter Matsuura and his best friend Dr. Tom Togioka. It was Luke's birthday and he got to fly the bush plane. We flew Branch Air, "Best in the Bush".
https://i.imgur.com/Q3luEZDl.jpg
This was Luke's first trip to Alaska. Peter was a new flyfisherman, and caught salmon and trout and even a grayling on a dry fly. Tom was a trout guy from Cali, but had a blast on big salmon.
https://i.imgur.com/4qr5likl.jpg
Landed the float plane on lake Nonvianuk. Set up camp and got a couple of small bows and dollies at the lake behind salmon.
Woke up next morning packed the rafts and headed out on our Alaskan adventure.
https://i.imgur.com/jEsT0y8l.jpg
There were still kings in the system and they put up a good fight.
https://i.imgur.com/1S6FNw2l.jpg
Dollies would hug the bottom, but were very strong.
https://i.imgur.com/3wxfqIJl.jpg
Got to the confluence and got into more kings and our targeted species coho salmon. Good fun on the 6wt.
https://i.imgur.com/0Gccc0Hl.jpg
Luke got in on the action. Ron was a great guide and took care of all the details and made the trip a great success
https://i.imgur.com/JWRpqgPl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oJbahmfl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gbhPoigl.jpg
This was the brightest bow of the trip, looked like a steelhead to me. Most of the bows were in spawning dark green and the males would loose their load when caught. Luckily I like my coffee black.
https://i.imgur.com/PisyKLLl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nfhGTqsl.jpg
Luke and I doubled up on coho and Luke made sure I knew whose was bigger.
https://i.imgur.com/sWc9vwLl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vxQ0Emrl.jpg
We headed down stream and picked up more fish.
https://i.imgur.com/OgPomMxl.jpg
We saw some bears, but no dangerous encounters.
https://i.imgur.com/DGzpvy8l.jpg
But there were constant reminders we were in their environment.
https://i.imgur.com/0qzHVZXl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kfZrESXl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jj9MhWbl.jpg
We got downstream to the beaver pond hole and found more silvers.
We ate fresh fish every night, most agreed lilikoi butter salmon was tough to beat, but grayling is delicious too.
https://i.imgur.com/WGa9zjUl.jpg
A storm rolled in the last day and we had to break cam early but were greeted with this sunrise at take out. The planes arrived and it was back to Anchorage. Next I will share some pics from the Kenai.
Just got back from Alaska. Did a float on the Alagnak river with my son Luke, Guide Ron Doebler and his son Tobias, my friend Dr. Peter Matsuura and his best friend Dr. Tom Togioka. It was Luke's birthday and he got to fly the bush plane. We flew Branch Air, "Best in the Bush".
https://i.imgur.com/Q3luEZDl.jpg
This was Luke's first trip to Alaska. Peter was a new flyfisherman, and caught salmon and trout and even a grayling on a dry fly. Tom was a trout guy from Cali, but had a blast on big salmon.
https://i.imgur.com/4qr5likl.jpg
Landed the float plane on lake Nonvianuk. Set up camp and got a couple of small bows and dollies at the lake behind salmon.
Woke up next morning packed the rafts and headed out on our Alaskan adventure.
https://i.imgur.com/jEsT0y8l.jpg
There were still kings in the system and they put up a good fight.
https://i.imgur.com/1S6FNw2l.jpg
Dollies would hug the bottom, but were very strong.
https://i.imgur.com/3wxfqIJl.jpg
Got to the confluence and got into more kings and our targeted species coho salmon. Good fun on the 6wt.
https://i.imgur.com/0Gccc0Hl.jpg
Luke got in on the action. Ron was a great guide and took care of all the details and made the trip a great success
https://i.imgur.com/JWRpqgPl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oJbahmfl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gbhPoigl.jpg
This was the brightest bow of the trip, looked like a steelhead to me. Most of the bows were in spawning dark green and the males would loose their load when caught. Luckily I like my coffee black.
https://i.imgur.com/PisyKLLl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nfhGTqsl.jpg
Luke and I doubled up on coho and Luke made sure I knew whose was bigger.
https://i.imgur.com/sWc9vwLl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vxQ0Emrl.jpg
We headed down stream and picked up more fish.
https://i.imgur.com/OgPomMxl.jpg
We saw some bears, but no dangerous encounters.
https://i.imgur.com/DGzpvy8l.jpg
But there were constant reminders we were in their environment.
https://i.imgur.com/0qzHVZXl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kfZrESXl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jj9MhWbl.jpg
We got downstream to the beaver pond hole and found more silvers.
We ate fresh fish every night, most agreed lilikoi butter salmon was tough to beat, but grayling is delicious too.
https://i.imgur.com/WGa9zjUl.jpg
A storm rolled in the last day and we had to break cam early but were greeted with this sunrise at take out. The planes arrived and it was back to Anchorage. Next I will share some pics from the Kenai.