Well the angling season is finally upon us. Tomorrow, June 8th, is the trout opener here in the Bristol Bay region. The gear is organized and cleaned, new gear tested out and a half ton of food flown in. We’ll update the blog as often as we can this summer. Plan on weekly trip updates with photos. Prior to the commencement of the season AFA camp manager Jake, my long time friend Kevin and I flew up into the mountains near our house for a spring black bear hunt. 4 days of hunting and 50 gallons of aviation gas later and Jake had a nice spring boar. After his shot a cow moose with two day newborn calves stood up not 40 yds from where the bear had been grazing. He yielded a good amount of meat , some great fly tying material and memories. See you all soon.
Jake Hohl, AFA Camp Manger, and a spring Alaskan black bear
I can’t recommend this new book more. Great subject, writing and photography.
” Farther inland, as the mayhem of commercial fishing commences, a sometimes more subdued-but for the participant just as important ritual occurs. It begins with the sorting of gear, the odor of old fly reel oil and moldering hackle feathers melding with the simple thoughts of sportfishing seasons long past”
“Alaska- It is a strange extreme brew, a disparate whole that produces and attracts eccentrics, where you are likely to meet anyone from a tree-hugging hunter to a roughneck hippie” Dave Atcheson
On a recent husband/wife angling trip to SouthEast Alaska, Dawn and I put a few Mystic rods to the test. (Mystic Rods click here) The 7wts we brought along wrangled in some big steelhead and performed great. We fished the 10′ 3″ 7wt and 9’3″ 7wt. The PIG buck steelhead below was caught on the 10’3″ 7wt. Check them out. www.mysticoutdoors.com
