In May and early June, kasilof river steelhead fishing trips can be very productive. Before the glacier and run off bring the water levels up fish can be found throughout the whole system.
This week my kasilof river steelhead fishing trips produced not only steelhead but also dolly Varden and king salmon.
This king salmon took a fly on a dead drift and gave us an epic battle on a 10 foot 7 weight.
Here are just a few pictures of some steelhead from this past week.
We have had some beautiful weather this week. The spring fishery will be over soon. Steelhead fishing on the Kenai peninsula will continue in the fall about the middle of September through the month of October.
If pursuing steelhead in Alaska on your vacation is something that you would like to do give us a call anytime and we can talk about timing and setting up a steelhead guide trip with our guide service.
Guided Kenai River Rainbow Trout Fishing Trip,
Scott and Kim Sager
Are you headed to the Kenai Peninsula and in search of a fishing trip this year? An excellent guided trip that we offer is for Kenai River Rainbow Trout Fishing. Choose between the use of Fly or spin in a comfortable drift boat or power boat on the Upper Kenai River, Middle Kenai River, or Lower Kenai river. Take a couple trips and see it all, if the timing is right the rainbow trout fishing can be good in all three sections of the river.
Kenai River Rainbow Trout Fishing
June 11th is the day that the entire Kenai River is open to rainbow trout fishing. We will start our season off fishing the Middle Kenai river in a drift boat until the 15th of June. This allows us to fish in a preferred section of the river that is closed to the use of power boats. Once the river opens up to the use of motors in this section we will then offer guided trips with the power boat. Drift boat trips will still be offered if this is your preferred boat to fish out of or if we are fishing in the Upper Kenai river. Both Boats are effective ways to pursue Kenai river rainbow trout.
Kenai river Rainbow trout fishing will continue to be good through the end of June. In July the rainbow trout fishing tends to tapper off a little but then picks back up again in early August. In August September and October Kenai River rainbow trout fishing will continue to be good. The Kenai river offers excellent opportunities for trophy fish on both fly and light tackle. Our Guide service will supply all tackle, flies, waders (if needed), rain gear (if you do not have your own) and rods needed for your trip. We also will have water, hot coffee, and snacks on board. You will need: sunglasses, extra layers of clothing, a packed lunch, and a valid fishing license for the day.
Along with guided Kenai river rainbow trout fishing trips, we also offer guided king salmon fishing,silver salmon fishing, sockeye salmon fishing, dolly varden fishing, arctic grayling fishing, and steelhead fishing depending on the time of the season. All of these species of fish make for an exciting adventure in Alaska. I fish most every day during the South Central Alaska fishing season and take great pride in showing a quality trip to our guests. Give us a call or contact us here on the site and we will get you lined up on a great fishing trip on the Kenai Peninsula or surrounding areas here in Alaska.
Tight Lines,
Scott Sager
907-382-6808
I will be in the Mat-Su regional medical centers booth helping them promote Men’s health and awareness at the Mat-Su Outdoorsman show. Drifting on the Fly and the Mat-Su regional medical center will be giving away a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a trip on the Kenai or Kasilof river for 1-4 people during the 2013 fishing season, so make sure you stop by. Dates for the trip won are good for any available date during the 2013 fishing season. Don’t miss out on a chance at a free fishing trip and receive some information on how to have a healthier life. Anyone can enter!
Last years winner came on a sockeye salmon fishing trip during the 2012 kenai river fishing season and had a blast!
This is a good opportunity to get out and enjoy looking at what’s new for the upcoming outdoor season as well. There will be a little something for everyone at the show: boats, trailers, atv’s, bikes, outfitters, outdoor retailers and much more.
MARCH 22, 23, & 24th
Friday – noon to 7 pm
Saturday – 10am to 6pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm
ADMISSION – $5.00
KIDS Under 12 – FREE
MILITARY ID – FREE
Directions to the Show:
To find the Menard Sports Center, head west through Wasilla on the Parks Highway and go past Spenard Builders Supply, go 1/4 mile further to the stoplight at Church Road and Mack Road, turn left onto Mack Road and go 1/4 mile to the Complex — the only building on Mack Road.
Hope to see you there
Scott Sager
Headed to the Kenai Peninsula in search of a Guided Kasilof River King Salmon Fishing? Consider the Kasilof River a great option! This fishery is the located 12 mile from Soldotna Alaska and is the sister river to the Kenai River. It is also a drift boat only King Salmon fishery which means there are no motors allowed and pressure is way less than on the Kenai River, though popularity is growing every year.
The Kasilof river has two distinctive runs of King Salmon.
The First run of fish start to show up around the middle of May and usually peaks by the middle of June. These early run Kings will typically run between 20 and 30 pounds with an occasional fish weighing over 30 pounds. During the early season the river is much lower than it is in late June and July. It is still cold in the high country and the runoff isn’t as heavy yet. This is the time to come if you are looking to hook a King Salmon on the fly. As the water rises there is more glacier silt that clouds the river and less bank fishing opportunity to fly fish.
The second run of Kasilof River King Salmon start to show up near the end of June mixing in with the remainder of the first run fish and will keep coming in through the end of King salmon season. July 31st is the last day that we are allowed to target these fish. These fish tend to be quite a bit bigger than the first run of fish, averaging 30-40 pounds and with many fish caught every year reaching 50 pounds or larger.
The Kasilof river offers some great fishing opportunities, chances to see wildlife and is in a very peaceful setting. Sit back, relax and wait for one of these large, hard fighting fish to latch onto your line. If you are interested in a guided King Salmon fishing trip on the Kenai Peninsula I think that the Kasilof river is a great place to fish.
Give us a call at (907) 382-6808 or contact us through the site by clicking on the book now link!
Tight Lines,
Scott Sager
This week we are proud to go live with our new Drifting on the fly website. Now the homepage will be directly updated with our blog posts and the content has been made user friendly and easier to find. Just like with our fishing techniques, we strive to stay up to date on our outreach techniques as well.
If you have any question about a fishing trip on the kenai river or other great fisheries in Alaska feel free to contact us anytime!
Tight lines
Scott Sager
One of my favorite things to do on a day off is to hit up the kenai peninsula steelhead fishing. We have a few hours to drive and catch up after a long fishing season and reflect. We arrive in the parking lot and there are a few anglers still out but not many, get our waders on and hit the river. The weather is defiantly colder now and the fishing has been so good. Soon after we start we hit the first fish and another in just a few hours we took a break and talked about how good of a day we were having. We nymph fished all day and between the two of us were able to dredge up almost two dozen fish. In Alaska I have had quit a few days where over a dozen fish were landed in the party but we haven’t had to many days where a couple dozen fish were landed. This is truly a special place and Here are a few pictures of some Kenai peninsula steelhead.
A good high stick will keep less line on the water and your drift drag free. Doing this will bring you more strikes during your fishing trip.
Keeping steady pressure on a fish will give you less chances of the hook falling out.
Scott Sager with a nice kenai peninsula steelhead
Most of our walk and wade steelhead fisheries on the Kenai peninsula close to fishing on nov.1 this year. If you need a last minute fix make sure to give us a call, I would love to share a day like this with you as well.
Tight lines
Scott Sager
October has been great rainbow trout and silver salmon fishing on the Kenai river. Water levels are good and the fish are on the bite. We have picked up a lot of rainbow trout and dolly Varden on flesh flies.
Jody has caught three fish today in the high 20’s and just can’t seem to break the 30 inch mark
Silver salmon (cohoe) fishing on the Kenai river has been very good. We stopped for just a few minutes to cast some streamers on a grass bank and Jody was able to pick up two salmon really fast. We quickly went back to trout fishing but I think we could have picked up a few more.
An Alaska fishing season is very short and I always hate to see freeze up in the near future but it is that time of year. The last few trips will be biter sweet in the way of some of the best rainbow trout and silver salmon fishing of the season but they are the last few trips. I enjoy showing people the rivers I know and if you have ever wanted to fish the Kenai peninsula keep in mind that we will be right back out there next season. Give us a call anytime and we will design a trip for the upcoming fishing season.
Tight lines,
Scott Sager
KENAI RIVER RAINBOW TROUT FISHING!
Water levels are falling on the Kenai river now after this falls 100 year flood. I was able to fish many places today that I had not for the last 10 days. The fish are hungry and we were able to catch and hook many large rainbow trout. I think the next two weeks could prove to be some great Kenai River rainbow trout fishing.
There are days available if you are interested in a last chance fly fishing trip on the Kenai river for the 2012 fishing season, Give us a call soon!!
Much of the food source right now has been washed out with the high water so we concentrated our efforts behind structure where food would be caught up. I like to fish close to deep cut banks with sweepers that can catch caucasus and near back eddies that food can get washed into.
When the mighty Kenai river is flowing higher I prefer to use the power boat where it is legal. This allows us to rework runs with ease
and move around without waisting to much time getting there.
Jody loves Kenai river rainbow trout fishing, he says it is his favorite fishing he has ever done.
Tight lines
Scott Sager
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I’m in Northern Alaska getting fuel for the treacherous drive south later. We came up to the end of the Dalton highway to explore some fall Arctic char fishing and ran into snow and frozen water. Just a little to late for the trip but it was my only shot at getting out for a few days this year. I’ve heard stories of the lake trout fishing in the far north right before freeze up an I really wanted to get my hands on one of those big fish. I wish that it could have been a little different but the drive is absolutely beautiful.
Here are a few pics from the north side of the brooks range.
This picture was taken on the north side of Atigun pass in the brooks range.
Coming into Galbruth Lake from Atigun pass.
Dall sheep are truly awesome! How they live in such a rough climate never seems to amaze me.
Here are some muskox grazing out on a flat just south of Dead Horse.
And of Course a northern Alaska pay at the pump machine!
Though I believe the Kenai peninsula has a little bit of everything seeing other parts of the state is very exciting to me as well.
High water on the Kenai river can cause the Rainbow trout fishing to shut down for a few days. Unfortunately the river is out of its banks and there is no fishing at this time.
I’ll report back in when fishing resumes. It shouldn’t be to long. I’m taking a few days to go up north and explore some new water.
Tight lines
Scott Sager
Www.driftingonthefly.com
In May and early June, kasilof river steelhead fishing trips can be very productive. Before the glacier and run off bring the water levels up fish can be found throughout the whole system.
This week my kasilof river steelhead fishing trips produced not only steelhead but also dolly Varden and king salmon.
This king salmon took a fly on a dead drift and gave us an epic battle on a 10 foot 7 weight.
Here are just a few pictures of some steelhead from this past week.
We have had some beautiful weather this week. The spring fishery will be over soon. Steelhead fishing on the Kenai peninsula will continue in the fall about the middle of September through the month of October.
If pursuing steelhead in Alaska on your vacation is something that you would like to do give us a call anytime and we can talk about timing and setting up a steelhead guide trip with our guide service. 
