Leaving, on a jet plane…
Katmai ‘24
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Leaving, on a jet plane…
Hiking into the Middle American river with longtime guide Scott
lots of 22”-23” fish all on drys…with two on the mouse
Tundra chicken were quite common…saw eagles (bald & golden), harrier & peregrine falcons
Char Hole…caught plenty of rainbows here, but not a single Dolly that this spot is named for
Second this.
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Trying to take is easy today, still managed to swing up a bunch of these guys…
Trying to take is easy today, still managed to swing up a bunch of these guys…
You’re on the other end of the lake from where I’m staying at Royal Wolf…Missed you here today. Staying at Kulik but was over on Moraine today. Hope you did well. It’s been tough some days for rainbows. Really good others, especially on fry. Plus all the lakers you care to catch in some spots.
The dry fly fishing has been incredible…Missed you here today
So cool…What sort of dry patterns are you using?
Got a couple on my half chubby in brown & black…a few on a dark EHC, the majority on a 12 parachute adams
How was the Moraine…heard it was windy. A group went there yesterday, mostly grayling, but picked up a 28” bow…Missed you here today
My biggest rainbow was on the Moraine 5 years ago , a pig at 27”…and a belly…
Moraine was good. All bows for me. No grayling. My biggest was at 24-25 inches. Also caught some mediums and a bunch of smalls. I think it could have been better if not for some poor etiquette displayed by one of the lodges fishing it that day. While us and others got out of our rafts and fished runs, they rowed out in front of the pack and back trolled their clients through every run to the takeout…boo to them .
My biggest fish came from the lower American this week though. I’ll post a short report when I get back. Good week overall. Some really solid rainbows, some char and ton of lakers.
. My biggest fish came from the lower American this week though. I’ll post a short report when I get back. Good week overall. Some really solid rainbows, some char and ton of lakers.
Lower American was smoking…a couple in our group got a 28 & a 29…my best bow of the week was a 26…all on dry fliesMoraine was good. All bows for me. No grayling. My biggest was at 24-25 inches. Also caught some mediums and a bunch of smalls. I think it could have been better if not for some poor etiquette displayed by one of the lodges fishing it that day. While us and others got out of our rafts and fished runs, they rowed out in front of the pack and back trolled their clients through every run to the takeout…boo to them
My biggest fish came from the lower American this week though. I’ll post a short report when I get back. Good week overall. Some really solid rainbows, some char and ton of lakers.
