Well the water has dropped back into fishable shape, and the fish are everywhere. Along with the drop back fall fish, the spring fish are finally showing up, in what seems to be good numbers. I have seen, and clients have caught, about 30 springer's in the last 2 days. We had several reel catastrophes, and an Eagle steal a fish off the line this week, but the bite was so good it did not matter. My two Yakutat Lodge clients were brothers that obviously spend some time together fishing. They were fly rod guys, but not necessarily strictly fly fisherman. We packed their fly lines with weight and went to work. The first day was good, but the next day was great. I believe they hooked nearly 50 fish in the two days we spent together.  Here are some great pics and a pic or two of the thieving eagle.

Tommy and I also got out and cut out some nasty trees today, and after we finished an hour and a half cutting on one tree, we spent about an hour trying out some new gear on the river. Well not new. We used aeropuffs Ha Ha.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well the water is the highest for this time of year since 1997. Can’t hold on anchor, can’t run plugs, side drifting almost impossible, but drown a clown fart with 7 number 4 splits, and you can find at least one down there willing to move, and bite, in this mud pit we are calling the Situk River right now. Never thought I would see the day when I had to saw out trees in the month of May. I was looking for Silvers and pinks today, thinking “there is no way this is Steelhead season”. We got one out of 6 to the boat, but it was so worth it for that one fish. Dan was the lucky one to hook and land this Steelhead that was only minutes from the salt. It was his first Steelhead ever and it was something to see. We had to drag this 38” beauty down river about 200 yards to a soft spot where we could get a handle on the fight. The river is so fast right now that if you don’t have a slower spot to pull over, landing these fish is impossible. Here is the pic of this great fish.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

These are pics from the past and of the new cabins on the bay. Fully stocked and ready to go now.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Tommy and I hit it up today with the new Pavati. The fishing was good, and the new boat was great. Hopefully the spring fish are coming in now, but the ones we got today were fairly small. Could be a good sign????

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Got the new boat up and ready for action today. It’s going to be awesome!!! Here are some pics. I will get pics with it’s first fish this week.

Good luck out there

Flymstr;