Sterling Alaska

20120818-122730.jpg 20120818-122747.jpg Beers by the campfire last night in Sterling Alaska. Days are getting shorter but in the middle of August you know that it is still late when the sun goes down.  The dogs are loving it and what a great way to spend an evening.  Being laid back and enjoying good company is living life here in sterling Alaska.  In sterling Alaska there is camping, horseback riding, hiking, conoing, fishing, boating, and many other things to do on vacation.  Troy and lisa have some great trail horses and we are discussing which trail we should go riding on in a few weekends.  The upper end of the swanson river is also accessed through sterling alaska.  If you are planning to conoe the swanson river trail system give us a call.  We have done this trip many times and are willing to give any advice that we can.  Off to work in the early morning so I’d better be heading to bed! Rainbow trout and silver salmon season is here!!  The Kenai river is producing some good first run silver salmon this year and the trout fishing has been epic. Tight lines Scott Sager Driftingonthefly

Sterling Alaska to Seward alaska

I took a few pictures this morning of the drive from Sterling Alaska to Seward Alaska. It’s about a 75 mile trip each way. I’m up early this morning again to go on a saltwater halibut and silver salmon fishing trip with some local clients. This is a rare opportunity for me with the fishing schedule I have on the Kenai River. 20120803-065920.jpg A view on the Sterling Highway at dawn looking towards Cooper Landing. 20120803-070011.jpg 20120803-070042.jpg This is on the Seward Highway just outside of Moose pass headed towards seward. 20120803-070111.jpg   20120803-070154.jpg Fireweed growing beside the seward highway. 20120803-074223.jpg Road construction at Ptarmigan creek just outside of moose pass slowed us up a little this morning.  I always leave at least a half hour early to allow for construction in Alaska.  You can bet with the short season to work on the roads that you will run into some construction at some point on your trip. 20120803-074243.jpg 20120803-074320.jpg   Enjoy and you will not be able to help from seeing beautiful sites like these along the route from sterling Alaska to Seward Alaska

Life in sterling alaska

Life in sterling Alaska along the kenai river is very laid back. After a long 17 hour day fishing for sockeye salmon on the kenai river I was looking forward to hanging with the neighbors by the camp fire. Daylight is almost still around the clock so you can defiantly get a lot done in a day if you’re motivated enough to. Often I’m asked how you even sleep with so much daylight and I answer: ” you have to go hard enough that it doesn’t matter how light it is outside!” Enjoy your vacations here and please be safe. If you’re interested in spending a day on the Kenai chasing salmon or rainbow trout give us a call at 907-382-6808 or check us out on the web at www.driftingonthefly.com 20120728-214539.jpg 20120728-214629.jpg 20120728-214900.jpg

IZAAK WALTON BOAT LAUNCH

DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO IZAAK WALTON BOAT LAUNCH IN STERLING, ALASKA View IZAAK WALTON OR MOOSE RIVER BOAT LAUNCH in a larger map Most trips meet here for Rainbow trout, Silver Salmon and sometimes King salmon fishing trips. Izzak Walton boat launch in located at the moose river bridge in Sterling Alaska. The Izzak walton boat launch and state park has a very nice campground, picnic tables, and outhouses.  This is one of my favorite state park facilities located on the Kenai river.  The Moose river dumps into the Kenai only a short distance from the boat launch.  It is a slow and shallow river and makes it very nice for launching a boat.  There is also some great silver salmon fishing here as well when they are running.  It is a toss up between meeting here or at bings landing.  It usually depends on how busy the boat launch is at bings.  If we are headed up river it takes about 15 minutes to pass bings launch up and head on to skilak lake.  This is worth it if the wait to launch at bings is very long. Guided Kenai River Trip Rate $250 per person *LARGE GROUPS WELCOME *LODGING PACKAGES AVAILABLE *EXCLUSIVE BOAT PACKAGES -2 PERSON EXCLUSIVE STARTING AT $750.00 A DAY -3 PERSON EXCLUSIVE STARTING AT $950.00 A DAY Hope this helps out and we are looking for ward to fishing with you this year! Scott Sager www.driftingonthefly.com scott@driftingonthefly.com (907)382-6808 [mappress mapid=”24″]