Alaska Report

[Phil Lilley]

We arrived not to the 70's and 80's everyone's been hearing about up here. I got off the plane in King Salmon is short, tee shirt and sandals and had to run and get a rain jacket from my check on first thing. It was blowing 50 mph, rain and about 50 degrees. It blew all night Saturday.

Sunday was better, Some wind, got up to 60 and some rain. Sockeye are starting to move up through the river and we did well mid day, 2 short of our limit of 16 (4 of us). River was murky from the east wind, mixing up the mouth of the river's water and pulling silt off the bottom. By late Monday it was clear again.

Monday we didn't do as well catching sockeye. Only had 8 but threw back 6 smaller sows, thinking we'd limit with bigger ones. They stopped running and it cut us short of our limit. But we have plenty of time to get enough for the guys to fill a box for home Saturday.

Today we boated to Brooks Camp (google Brooks Camp Katmai). We fished the river from Brooks Lake to Naknek. My guys did well catching small rainbows on Elk Hair Caddis all the way to the falls (3/4 mile) and Chuck caught a 21 inch rainbow on a caddis nymph before the falls. Saw 8 bears and the sockeye we starting to run that river as well. Sunny and 80 - way too hot for up here!!!

Tomorrow back to sockeyes and later hopefully we'll try for some kings down around King Salmon.

[mic]

Phil are you guiding or fishing?

[dtrs5kprs]

That has to be pretty close to long rod paradise, even on a tough day. Safe travels to you.

[Quillback]

No better eating salmon, IMO, than a sockeye. Nice pics, looks like fun!

[DLM84]

good report, I have friends and family that are just about to go up there for a vacation fishing trip!!! I will forward this to them. THANKS!!!