WebFreeman Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Wow. Those are some thick trout!! Thanks for posting. Keep em coming. “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Visit my web site @ webfreeman.com for information on freelance web design.
jdmidwest Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Thanks for the AK porn, 72 days and counting here. Are the Kings running around there yet? "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted June 9, 2007 Author Root Admin Posted June 9, 2007 No kings... they may be late. Usually they head into the river with high tides around June 15 but our river is still low and cold. We'll see. They have opened commercial fishing as of June 4th but the boats are still in the yards in Nakenk. Town is getting busy with cannery people- lots coming in on planes everyday at King Salmon. Lots of Russian college aged kids the other day when Paul came in. They looked like lost puppies.
jcoberley Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Keep it up! I wish I could have been there! I would have loved to have caught trout that size. I also would have loved to seen the salmon run. And I would really enjoy seeing them whale! You got it going on my friend! Fish slow and easy! Borrowed this one from..........Well you know who! A proud memer of P.E.T.A (People Eating Tasty Animals)
twosets Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Great stuff Phil. Those Northerns on spinning gear must have been awsome. Too bad you have been up there and missed all the great specials that they are running at the Landing and your fly shop. Condos at $100 for the week with free boat, any 5 items from the store for $5. Supplies are running low, however. George "This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
Kansas Fly Fisher Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 You're killing me Phil! Under two weeks now and I don't know if I will survive that long with all your pictures. Save some for me, I'll be there soon! John Born to Fish, Forced to Work KSMEDIC.COM
Zach Bearden Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Lilley what happened to my flies? lol "Its clearly Bree time baby!" Member: 2009 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed Czech Republic. 7th Place Team Member: 2010 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed Slovakia. 4th Place Team Member: 2010 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed The America Cup. 4th Place Team
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted June 10, 2007 Author Root Admin Posted June 10, 2007 Zach... honestly I've fished very little since I've been here. Been trying to get everyone else in fish. Today we went to Brooks and fished the river. Was met by a 6.5 year old female bear roaming the lodge area and beach. One of the guys accidently got within 30 feet... got a good pic anyhow. I know the age cause I asked a ranger. Tons of big rainbows in the river- amazing. The guys working here are not fly guys so I rigged them with spinning gear, a float and a #10 black or olive wooly bugger and they did well. There's quite a few leaches moving thru the rivers and the rainbows and keying in on them and smelt. Nothing huge landed- 20 inches or less. Steve, a friend of Jim's from Anchorage went with us and is experienced on Brooks. He caught a couple dozen rainbows from 18 to 28 inches. I did catch one at the last minute on a dry... a #22 emerger... ran me up and down and finally broke me off 24 inches. So I haven't gotten into my fly box... using swimming minnows and jigs in the lake so far. Will have time to fish more this next week hopefully. If it didn't make national news... go to the Anchorage newspaper and check out the bear that killed and ate 2 moose calves in someone's front yard. Just blocks from where we stayed. Oh yea- here's a nice rainbow Tom caught night before last. It was slow but he did catch one- fish of a lifetime.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted June 10, 2007 Author Root Admin Posted June 10, 2007 Oh yea- here's a nice rainbow Tom caught night before last. It was slow but he did catch one- fish of a lifetime. Oh yea- here's a nice rainbow Tom caught night before last. It was slow but he did catch one- fish of a lifetime.
twosets Posted June 10, 2007 Posted June 10, 2007 Phil In your old age you have started to repeat yourself. "This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
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