kodiak Alaska

[Rob]

Well we are here on kodiak Island for 14 days.
Cody and I had a chance to do some fishing for Dally varden on the Buskin river. Fishing was GREAT !!! :D We Landed over 45 fish each in 6hrs . The hardest part was keeping the small ones off the hook long enought to hook the bigger on

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BIG Bear tracks all over!!!

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Cody with a nice Dolly on.

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They run up to 20-25''on the Buskin river.

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[jbird]

Absolutely beautiful! Have fun..be safe...keep posting :)

Jay

[David Lee]

Watch out for large , furry beasties - I hear there's a few up thataway .

David(GREEN w/ envy) :D

[Rob]

We have not seen any Brown Bears yet :D but their foot prints are all over the place . We always make a lot noise when moving from place to place so we do not startle any. :D We are staying at my daughters house here on koadiak and there are even Bear prints and trails across the street.

The scenery is awsome here .

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We fished the Buskin river again last night and landed over 60 Dolly Vardens each . These fish are full of Spunk and hammer a streamer like no other fish I have ever caught. Cody is using a 4 wt and I a 5 and these fish are a hand full. The best fly was a streamer with a plastic Egg in front of it.


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[David Lee]

Rob -

You can bet your boots I'd be making a lot of noise ....... like high-pitched screaming :eek: !!

Sounds like you guys are into 'em - GOOD JOB =D> !!

David :D

[Rob]

This was the fly of choice for the Dally Vardens.
A Minnow streamer with plastic Egg .
The Biggest fish were holding under the brush along the edge.
The faster the retrieve the better.


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[Rob]

I think any streamer with a egg in front would work !!

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[Rob]

Saw these prints today.
Mother and Cub prints . [-X


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[FoothillFlyFisher]

Rob,

Great photo's... Keep them coming. Don't forget to keep in eye out for Yogi and Boo-Boo!

[Rob]

Cody and I tried our luck at the mouth of the Bushin River and hooked a ton of Pink Salmon and a few Chum. It was a blast using 3 and 5 wt rods.
I also hooked a rainbow that was full of spunk and beautiful.

Cody with a pink Salmon.

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A Chum Salmon

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A close up of a Pink Salmon



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The Only Rainbow of any size we landed.

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And Dallin my grand son with a Salmon on . :D :D
He hooked him in the tail . No way we could land him so we had to break him off. :(
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[Katz]

This series of reports is going to be as fun as following the ones from Mexico.

I can't wait til I am the one sending out one of these 2 week long strings of reports.

Thanks so much for making the workday go a little faster :lol:

Kraig

[Rob]

This is fly also worked for the salmon, but not as good as a streamer with a egg in front.
:)

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[jbird]

Very Nice!!!!!!! Way to get your boy hooked on fishing....pun intended. That is a very chrome pink! They are really hard pullers for their size, and one of the most willing to take a fly.


Looking forward to your next post :)

Jay

[Rob]

jbird

You are right about theses Pinks being so willing to take a fly.
They will travel 5-10' to take a fly that they like. We fished around a 1/2 mile from the Ocean and all the fish are very fresh. They are a blast to catch with light tackle. Cody used a 9' 3-4 wt st croix and I used 8.5' 5 wt Cabela's stowaway. I thought we might brake a rod with the beating we are giving them. But both Rods came through with flying colors. We have landed over 200 Doly Vardens ,5 Rainbows ,25-30 Pink Salmon and One Chum in 15 hrs of fishing. This place sure can spoil a person. :D

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[SteelieD]

Great reports Rob! You are right, that place could spoil you for a long time! Keep it up, I'm looking foreward to the next report.

[Rob]

Well today was our last day of fly fishing.
We only fished 45 min. and landed 12 Salmon . The Pink Salmon act like Trout and will take a fly the minute it hits the water.
Today I used the same fly and plastic egg that i used for Dally Varden with a twitch strip retreave and they love it. Kodiak is more beautiful than I thought and Fishing was just awsome. Of the 14 days here in Kodiak Cody and I fished around 30 hrs and laned 200+ Dally Varden and 50+ pink Salmon. Fishing was way to easy :wink: and not really much challenge but still a lot of fun. :D Well back to Utah on Monday where the fish reqiure some skill . :wink:

Thanks for all the kind words and Take care-
Rob and Cody. :thumbsup:

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[sculpin]

I have enjoyed your reports Rob. Have a safe trip home.

Mark

[Rob]

My son-in-law was able to get a boat so we could fish one more time and do some fishing for Halibut. We caught our limit . This place is something else. :D We will return home with 50 lbs of Halibut and smoked Salmon . :thumbsup: Man 14 days goes by way too fast. :cry: :cry:

Take care-
Rob

Here is a photo of Cody with his fish and the rest of our catch.
:D :D
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Our picknic on top of a mountain over looking the Kodiak airport and U.S.C.G. base that my son-in-law is stationed at.
The view from here was awsome !!!!!!!!!! :D :D

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[Rob]

And My favorite Photo Robin Hood ( my grand son )in the forest . :D

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