Anchor river king salmon fishing can be crowded so I prefer to fish in the middle of the night. Most anglers are in camp or limited out for the days fishing and that’s when I head out onto the water. Fishing on the Kenai peninsula often means that you will be near other anglers while you are on the stream. …
ALASKA MOUSE PATTERNS
Alaska mouse patterns can be fished in place through out the summer. Rainbow Trout on mouse patterns? This is awesome! Trout need as many calories as they can consume in the short summers of Alaska. I’ve seen 10 inch fish take a size 4 mouse pattern, ferociously. Try dead drifting, swinging, slow or fast strips and you will be sure …
KENAI RIVER DRY FLY FISHING
THERE CAN BE SOME VERY GOOD KENAI RIVER DRY FLY FISHING. June is a great month to be in the middle of some great caddis hatches in Alaska. Smaller rivers and lakes on the Kenai peninsula have been the most productive when I am look for Rainbow trout on dry flies. Also look at the side channels of the Kenai …
KENAI RIVER OVERNIGHT TRIP
A Kenai river overnight trip can be a nice add on for your fishing vacation. Friends of Drifting on the fly sometimes get a chance to send photos of their trip with us. When I am out on the river it is hard to take photos for myself a lot of the time and we appreciate getting photos like these …
KENAI RIVER RAINBOW TROUT
When the river starts to rise with melt off and the Kenai river Rainbow trout season opens (june 11th) don’t hesitate to add a sink tip line into your arsenal. I prefer to fly fish a 250 grain sink tip line and a six weight rod for getting down to those big fish. Leeches, clousers, woolly boogers, and muddler minnows …
BINGS BOAT LANDING
Here are a couple of photos from Bings boat landing this winter. The boat launches along the kenai river don’t get used much during the cold Alaska winters. There will be no rainbow trout fishing on the Kenai River going on here for a couple of months but we are excited to talk about the upcoming fishing season. Give …
TYING FLIES FOR ALASKA
Tying flies for Alaska fishing trips: Tying articulated patterns is time consuming but well worth it when you see the action these flies will give you in the water. Before you connect the back hook to the front hook try adding a couple of beads on to the line. We chose a 4 mil. glass bead for this pattern. This …
WINTER WEATHER
Since Christmas and the first the winter weather here in south central Alaska we’ve been dealing with very cold temperatures. Today on the 14th of Jan. we almost hit 40 degrees in Anchorage! It sounds great, a 60 degree change overnight almost but what we got was glare ice and a lot of accidents. I don’t think it will last …
WINTER WEATHER
With extremely cold winter weather hanging around it is hard to find any moving water at all. I usually can find windows of opportunity to fish year round on the kenai river and this year it is looking like fishing will be over for a while. We saw -25 today at the house in anchorage. burrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I think it is …
Pre Tied Leaders
Pre tied leaders are a must for the serious fisherman. Having them on hand will keep you in the strike zone longer than if you have to tie them on the river. I recommend a pips box for holding my tippets that I tie in the winter each year. It will make you more efficient and you will catch more …