Fishing 2016 was the year of the chum salmon and silver salmon – the chum run was truly impressive and we had another strong silver run. The pink salmon run was very light and the Dolly Varden fishing was excellent …

Fishing Overall, 2016 was another incredibly strong season of fly fishing in Bristol Bay at our Alaska Wilderness OUTPOST camp. In late June and early July, the rainbow trout fishing was exceptionally strong in our home creek – a notch …

Remember… kneel down in shallow water when handling a fish for a photo. If you do drop it the fish doesn’t have far to fall, and the cushion of some water is way better than a head dive onto the …

It’s sunny and warm in Texas and it made me think about beach fishing for salmon on the Alaska Peninsula…

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 …

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 …

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.

2015 was the year of the pinks and silvers… we had the best silver salmon run in a decade or more, and without question, witnessed by far the largest pink salmon run we’ve ever seen.

Without question, 2015 was another incredibly strong season of fly fishing in Bristol Bay at our OUTPOST camp. It’s hard to believe, but it was perhaps even better than our 2014 season.

Throw any of these patterns anywhere you might find rainbow trout – slack water, back eddies, deep pools, cut banks, staged below salmon… even working them across fast-moving riffles can draw explosive top-water strikes!