Posts Tagged ‘rainbow trout’

June & July ‘10′ Trip Photos

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Here are a few photos from our June & July dry fly and streamer trips. Water levels were incredible consistent for the duration and we landed some great fish on dries, mice and streamers.  June and July weeks are nearly full for next summer already so call or email today for 2011 availability. More to come………………….

Fay Rogers, John & a nice Bristol Bay rainbow

Streamer caught 'bow'

Jeff 'Bear' Andrews and a dry fly caught Alaskan rainbow

Gary 'AK Waterboarder' Leone's solstice trout

Sight caught trout on a caddis

Doc Rupprecht's beautiful rainbow trout

Alaskan rainbow which hammered a 'Loco mouse'

Don Sawyer with the IAFFV and a Leopard Rainbow

"Who says Alaska doesn't have terrestrial fishing"

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AFA Angler of the Day- Russ Chambers

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Russ Chambers of White Lake, MI with a nice Katmai Rainbow

June 26th-July 1st ‘10′- Dry Flies & Streamers for Trophy Rainbow Trout & Arctic Char-$3400pp, all inclusive

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Willie Nelson-the red headed stranger

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Perhaps it should have been, “Alaska on my mind”.  This pattern, which essentially is an articulated egg sucking leech, is best fished on the swing or slowly stripped through slots, holes and tailouts. I like to tie mine with a circle hook as trout generally set themselves when swinging big articulated streamers.

Hook: Gamakatsu 208408 sz. 4 ,attatched via 30lb backing material to any straight eye streamer hook with the hook bend cut off.

Thread: Black 6/0

Tail: Black Rabbit Strip

Body: Crosscut Black Rabbit

Eyes: Spirt River Real-Eyes Plus 7/32″ Nickel Pearl

Head: STS Trilobal Dub Red- tied with a dubbing loop and teased out

Flash: Flashabou Holographic Blue- 6 strands

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Fishing Flesh in SKINNY Water

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Sight Fishing Flesh Flies to Big Rainbows in Skinny Water

    I am still amazed at the tenacity of fall trout gorging on flesh. When the last eggs drift down stream, many trout do a “menu 180″ and begin to solely key in on drifting pieces of salmon flesh. Often these fish will push up into water you would never expect to see a trout. As water levels drop in the fall, carcasses will accumulate in back channels and side braids. Don’t let shallow water scare you. If a trout can keep the top of it’s head under water, it can utilize the water to feed. Watch the water, often you can spot a trout’s spotted, olive back breaking the water surface as it feeds on a salmon carcass. Like a wolf on a winter killed moose, they will tear and shake a carcass to dislodge salmon flesh. Approach these fish slow, present your fly close to the fish and hold on. An 8lb trout in 6 inches of water will explode like a cannon. Hopefully that tippet holds.

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Preparation H

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

As the name so eloquently implies, this pattern has a bit of an irritated rear. This flyis fished exactly as you would a mouse. Shorts, erratic strips with slight pauses. Easy to tie and quite durably, the foam helps keep the pattern afloat when it becomes a little water logged.  It addition to increased boyancy, the foam also aids in keeping the hook angle ideally positioned to hook trout exploding on this fly.

Hook: size 2-4 straight eye salmon hook Daiichi 2151

Thread: Tan 6/0

Body: Spun natural deer body hair trimmed to shape

Butt: Orange Krystal Glo Ball

Head: Tan foam

Legs: Grizzly barred tan rubber legs

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The Gray Wulff

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Here is a video from theweeklyfly.com with Bob Jacklin tying the Gray Wulff. The Gray Wulff is a great pattern for rainbow trout, Arctic char and grayling in the waters we fish. Very bouyant and durable, this famous Wulff pattern is as effective today as it was decades ago.
 
The Gray Wulff

Roy Beaman of Napa, Ca with a nice July rainbow caught on a Gray Wulff

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Articulated Heavy Weight

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

This fly, as the name implies, has a bit of weight on the front. The big cone and articulation gives it a great deal of movement and it fishes extremely well out of a raft in faster water. Short casts coupled with strip-1 second pause-strip-1 second pause-strip, will pull big trout and char out from the banks and from in front of the rocks. This pattern can also be tied in olive, white and natural rabbit strip.

Hook: Gamakatsu C14s size 2.  The fly is tied on any standard streamer hook with the hook bend cut off. Attach the cut front hook to the stinger hook with 30lb backing material.

Thread: Black 8/0

Tail: Black magnum rabbit strip with the tip of the tail tied to the hook. Grizzly hackle, 1 on each side.

Collar: Palmered black rabbit strip followed by black UV ice dub

Throat: Red flashabou

Head: 3/8 oz Nickel cross-eyed cone

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Circa 1950’s Katmai fishing footage

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Here is a great old film shot in the Katmai region back in the 1950’s.

Video courtesy of Costa Del Mar & IGFA

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Little Green Stonefly

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

This is a good early season pattern for rainbow trout and a great pattern for grayling all summer long. Little green stones will hatch throughout the season in variable numbers depending upon altitude and river substrate. Normally they are more abundant during the late spring and early summer, however I’ve seen them coming off the water in February during mid-winter warm ups. Tie up a few as occasionally trout will key in specifically to this vibrantly colored pattern.

Hook: Standard dry fly hook sz. 12

Thread:  Chartreuse 8/0

Tail: Chartreuse super hair

Wing:Underwing Cream sheer wing  Overwing Chartreuse super hair

Body: Light green or chartreuse floss

Hackle: Grizzly dyed chartreuse

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Welcome to AFA’s BLOG & Drunken Humpy/Double Foam Humpy

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

 Well here is the first post of our new BLOG. We will attempt to run the gammut here on content with posts on fishing techniques, fly patterns, trip updates, travel articles, videos, images, photographic how-to, local happenings  and anything else which comes to mind at the time of posting. As many anglers fish more localities than here in Alaska we will include posts on strategies and flies which can also be utilized on your home waters and beyond. Feel free to email ( hohljohn@yahoo.com ) and suggest topics which you like to see posted here or offer your suggestions or comments.

Drunken Humpy

 This is a great searching dry fly pattern here in Alaska. It also is a “go to” pattern when rainbows seem to refuse even the most exact hatch matching pattern. We’ve had fish refuse perfectly presented, beautiful flies  only to move 4 feet to pummel this big, gaudy pattern in one drift. It is fairly easy to tie and has fished well in many localities outside of Alaska, including Patagonia and New Zealand.

Hook:   2X long dry fly hook sz. 6

Thread: Black 8/0

Tail: Natural deer body hair

Body: Black foam pulled over Black UV Ice Dub

Hackle: Grizzly

Posts: White calf tail

Legs: Black rubber legs

  

 

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