Long overdue report, been a busy few weeks after. Had a backcountry river float on the Goodnews River in late August/early September. SW Alaska had been getting hammered with rain. We showed up and learned no flights had gone out for two days which led to seeing way more of Bethel than we hoped. Got lucky and were able to jump the queue due to location of our float with only a day of delay to our trip of seven days.
Had a break in the weather and got to start with clear skies, sun, and good spirits.
Found some stinky rotten pinks right out of the lake and they provided side action for much of the trip.
Got in to some nice rainbows late on the first day and early second and hopes were high.
Got to a slow non-fishy stretch of river and decided to pick up the pace and cover some ground to make up time. Turns out we should have spent more time up high where we found some nice bows. Saw plenty of wildlife though and missed a pic of the wolf we saw.
To be continued….
Had a break in the weather and got to start with clear skies, sun, and good spirits.
Found some stinky rotten pinks right out of the lake and they provided side action for much of the trip.
Got in to some nice rainbows late on the first day and early second and hopes were high.
Got to a slow non-fishy stretch of river and decided to pick up the pace and cover some ground to make up time. Turns out we should have spent more time up high where we found some nice bows. Saw plenty of wildlife though and missed a pic of the wolf we saw.
To be continued….
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