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Fishing Reports
My Alaska Fly Out Trip
August 24, 2006
Posted by Stan Wright
Email: stanwright@hawaii.rr.com
Current Report
It was raining. How can we
fly out to a remote lake in
weather like this? But
float planes loaded with
tourist from the cruise
ships were taking off every
minute. Those on a
flight/seeing trip to Misty
Fjords today would defiantly
see lots of mist.
You haven't experienced
Alaska unless you include a
float plane trip to some
remote fishing spot. Our
guide, Dan, was waiting at
the lake with a boat to take
us up the river in search of
Cutthroat Trout. The Hook
Up fly shop who arranged our
trip described this place
as "nonstop cutthroat
action". That turned out to
be an understatement.
Due to all the rain the
water was a little high and
a dark stained color. With
out the sun it was hard to
see the fish. So we just
blind cast into likely spots
and watched as our fly
vanished with a splash. A
sharp tug on the line was
instantly followed by a wild
jumping trout. Frisky
doesn't really describe
these wild beautiful fish.
The action was so good we
tried different flys, just
to see what all they would
hit.
In one spot where a large
still pool empties into a
stretch of rapids, my
brother Lynn made 7 casts
with a Madam-X and landed 7
fish. The fishing was that
good.
This was the first trout
fishing trip for my son
Chris. He took right to it,
listening to Dan's advice
and coaching, Chris was
catching way more fish than
the rest of us put together.
Trout in this area feed on
small mice and shrews.
The "mouse fly" looks real
enough to frighten an
elephant. You just cast it
up and accross the current
and kind of skitter it
slowly along as it drifts
down stream. Talk about
wild surface strikes. You'd
think the mouse would only
attract larger fish, but
one little trout wasn't much
longer than the tail of the
mouse. LOL
Finally I had to take a
break. As my brother and I
sat on a rock eating our
sandwiches in the driving
rain, Chris came splashing
up with a big grin on his
face and said, " Woooo
Daddy, ain't we having fun."
Yea, I'd go fishing there
again, in a heart beat.
Aloha,
Stan
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