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 …
FLY TYING KENAI RIVER
FLY TYING KENAI RIVER PATTERNS: This is just one of the patterns I keep in my box for fishing the kenai river. Often times I will switch my fly every few minutes until I find something that the fish are really keying in on! This particular pattern has landed many fish for me on the kenai river and many …
JIMS LANDING UPPER KENAI RIVER
Here is a couple of photos from Jims Landing upper Kenai river. With the open water you could find a rainbow trout or two, That is if you can keep the ice off your guides long enough for more than one drift. For info on the 2009 fishing season check out www.driftingonthefly.com Tight lines, Scott
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 …
ICE FISHING SKILAK LAKE
We are headed out ice fishing Skilak lake today and Here are a couple of pictures just to the left of the boat launch at Skilak. We launch our boats many days throughout the season here. For those who have been here in the summer you may not recognize Skilak lake in the winter. Now it provides access for ice …
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 …
Happy New Year!
We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a great 2009 kenai river fishing season. I would like to thank everyone for your interest and support from this past season and we look forward to the 2009 season alaksa fishing season. Thanks again and we wish you the best for 2009. Scott Sager www.driftingonthefly.com