Tommy, John and I hit it up today for a bit of fun on the river. We got into about 50 Dolly’s, a limit of Sockeye and more, some Jack kings, 2 adult Kings, “That were immediately released unharmed”, and a ton of Pink Salmon. It was wet, but fun.

Here are some pics from the day.

Good luck out there,

Flymstr;

Well I don’t usually take pics of Dolly’s, but I did today, and thought why not share them. We did not get any of the big ones today, but quite a few 2 to 4 pounders. They are aggressive little char, with and appetite for spinners. We get them mainly on #3 blue fox spinners in pink or blue body color. Not many that come here to Yakutat Lodge fish for these type of Char, but today I had two of the employees from the lodge that had never even held a fishing pole before, so Dolly’s were the way to go. Here are the pics and a few Sockeye we got also.

Dolly’s

Rainbow

Sockeye

Good luck out there;

Flymstr;

Well the King season is closed, but the jacks are always available. Here on the Situk river, the Jacks are Kings that are 20” or under in length. Most years there is no problem getting these little Kings like crazy. This year had been a bit different. The limit of ten a day has been very tough to near impossible this year. The Jacks seem to know the length restrictions, and have out grown them by an inch or more. We have been using #3 and #4 Blue fox spinners to target these Jacks, and have been catching a lot, but just at 20 1/2” to 26”. Only 2 actual Jacks in the last three days, but tons of 21” to 23” Jacks that are just out of the legal range. With large King fishing closed for the season, it is inevitable that you are going to get some by-catch fish on accident. When we do hook one of these adult Kings, we attempt to slack line them and let them shake it loose, but that does not always work. So we have landed a few good size Kings also that were promptly released unharmed and undisturbed as much as possible. Here are some pics of all the barely over sized Jacks and a few my wife caught yesterday.

Good luck out there,

Flymstr;

Several groups here at the Yakutat Lodge have experienced some of the best and biggest Sockeye in years. We are all getting 10 and 11 pound fish on a daily basis. The counts are not high, but the fish are hanging in the river, and making it a great fishery. Most of the days are seeing the clients getting limits by 10 am and then just having fun with Jack Kings and Dolly Varden throughout the system. The Jack Kings this year are huge, averaging about 4 pounds and exactly 20 inches. Great little kings for sure!. Here are pics from the last 2 weeks. I arrived back from vacation on the 8th of July, and have been on the river since I got off the plane. I will try to update more often from here on out.

The Johnston group:

These two groups are the funnest big groups we have all year. Can’t wait to do it again next season.

The Altman’s:

I can’t say enough of about this father and son’s combo. Absolutely the best of the best clients.

I would have more pics of this group, but one of them kinda deleted all the pics before the last day. Bummer.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Been awhile since I have been able to fish for Summer Steel, but this week I am hitting it hard. I have hooked up with well over 30 this week and here are some of the pics from this week. My camera took a dump somehow, so I only got a few good pics. Hope you like em’.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well not much to say, except that the Steelhead are heading out and the Sockeye are heading in. Not a lot of either at the moment, but still getting into about 20 Steel a day, and the Socks at the bottom of the river. New guide Ian has enter the picture this week, and his first trip was a great success. Ian and I took a trip down the night he came in and we hooked up with about 20 Steelhead and some Socks at the bottom. Great time!!

Ian also joined me and my client for the day for a bit of training. Nice double Steelhead shot they got also.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Just a couple of Bows from this week

Good luck out there

Flymstr;

Well we got into Steel and then Socks today. Was great weather and great fishing. Get ready for some great Sockeye fishing this season. The Yakutat Lodge clients are going to see a great one this year.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well it was tough at first, but when it turned on, it “Turned on!”. I had the chance to go out with the Yakutat Lodge’s photographer (Brian Woobank). We had a great first day, and another good second day with Tommy along for the ride. The season is pretty much over at this time, although there are still Steelhead to be had. I have talked to some others whom have drifted the last couple days, and they said the fishing is still decent. I have a trip tomorrow so I hope I can find something play with. Here are some pics from the floats with Brian.

Good luck out there;

Flymstr;

Tommy and I got out for two days and tore em’ up. We hooked so many fish that we really got too tired to cast the second day. We did 2 16 hour days on the river and boated well over 100 fish in the new Pavati drift boat here at the Yakutat Lodge, with double that hooked up at least. We were hooking fish so fast some times we could not keep up with the net between the two of us. So many fish in the system now it’s stupid fishing if you know how to cast. If you put anything in front of these fish, they are more than willing to fight with you for it. Here are some pics from the fest and also vids to come soon if internet connection allows.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;