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Fly Fishing for Salmon from a Beach
It’s sunny and warm in Texas and it made me think about beach fishing for salmon on the Alaska Peninsula…
2015 Trip Report from McLellan’s Fly Shop
McLellan’s Fly Shop of Fayetteville, AR hosted their fourth Alaska trip to our SAFARI camp in September of 2015. They’re returning again in 2017… these guys love fly fishing for silvers! Check out the their trip report.
Catch More Fish – part 3
Excellent closeup photos of pink salmon taken in 2015, courtesy of Bill from Arkansas.
Catch More Fish – part 2
Like to catch LOTS of fish or want to hook somebody on fishing? Fish Alaska during the pink salmon run – prime time is mid July to mid (sometimes late) August at our SAFARI camp. Even though they are the …
New Year’s Resolution – Catch More Fish
2015 offered the largest pink salmon run we’ve ever seen and the best silver salmon run we’ve seen in 10 years at our SAFARI camp (see the 2015 season summary for more info). The photo above shows how many fish …
SAFARI Camp in Gray’s Sporting Journal Column
Writer and fly fishing guide, Miles Nolte, shares a great story in Gray’s Sporting Journal 2016 Expeditions & Guides Annual, “Out of Bristol Bay, The Other Side of the Aleutian Peninsula”.
Yes, Grayling do Eat Mice Patterns
Fishermen at our OUTPOST camp are really shocked when they find out grayling in Alaska eat mice patterns as well. In fact, the eat the crap out of them… sometimes enough to provide all day long action.
Grayling in Action
Grayling can put a good bend in a fly rod – often times much bigger than most fishermen expect. But that’s another story… the above is just a cool photo taken last season at our OUTPOST camp.
OUTPOST Camp, Near Sunset
This photo is taken 4 days after the summer solstice, the longest day of the year/summer (in the northern hemisphere). Official sunset time on the solstice is 11:33 pm, but it really doesn’t get “dark” until about 1:30 am. And …
Alaska Fishing Camaraderie
What can separate a good week from a great week, or a mediocre trip from a life-changing experience, is who you’re fishing with – that can mean your guide, the other guests at camp with you, or even your own close friend who you thought might be able to handle fishing in the rain.