This has been the toughest Steelhead season I have had the displeasure of fishing in. With several cancellations during the high water event, and then great fishing for a week, and then up with the water again. The last two groups left early today because of water height. Looks like the rain is coming back tomorrow, so we may get one good day on the water before it goes up again. Several trees have clogged the river several times in the last couple weeks, and now with three more big trees across the river the chainsaw will be more important than the fishing rods. I cut a path through yesterday, but now the water is going to drop again and the cutting will have to be done every day until we can clear the way. We have been able to get on the water between storms, and the fishing has been good. Here are some pics from the last couple weeks.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well it’s Alaska at it’s worst this week. The river has gone up to over 1500 CFS in the last 24 hours, we are used to about 150 CFS this time of year. We have seen about 9 inches of rain in the last 2 days and it is not going to stop until sometime tomorrow. We are looking at the river dropping in to shape sometime on Wednesday, and hopefully fishable by then. The fishing was doing good before the rain and it looked like allot of spring fish entering the system. Here are the pics from the last couple trips from me and the other guides. Also the King fishing in the bay has been real good while the river is out of shape.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well it has been a week now since I arrived in Yakutat to guide for Yakutat Lodge again. The lodge is up an running smoothly, and the fishing is very good right now and looking to get even better as the month comes to an end. I have taken 2 sets of clients down the river so far, and they have landed nearly a hundred fish and hooked many more. Bud Gore returned for 5 days of Sun and great fishing. He absolutely killed it this year, with another 40” Spring Steel Buck.

Tommy is also kicking butt with Yakutat Lodge clients in the boat. He has been out every day I have, and the numbers are very good for him also.

We are mainly using float and jigs, or the aeropuff. (Multi colored yarnee). Those two methods are the key to success here. Although other methods do work for some, those methods very often have a learning curve that is to high to teach clients in one day.

If you have any want to catch huge Steelhead by the handfuls, then Yakutat Lodge is the place to be for the next month. We also have Sockeye just around the corner in June, and they are the best fighting Salmon there is.

Ok so here is the fish porn you are waiting for from the best pics of the week.… >>::::::>

Buds big forty incher (= 20LBS)!!!!

Steve with back to back 36 inchers.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;

Well as you all know it has been a bit since my last post. There has been a good reason for it. I needed to keep quiet for awhile to take the heat off the water I was fishing. It did not seem to be all that effective, but at least I tried. So here is the skinny on the fishing.

I have been out everyday but one since my last post, and the fishing has been nothing short of awesome. I don’t really know how many fish my friends and I have hooked the last two weeks, but I know it’s nearly 100. The fish started out nice and fresh, but have now started to get a bit colored up and less dynamic during the fight. We are hoping for another shot of fresh fish to hit the river this week with the bump in water height the last two days.

My best buddy from Colorado, (You all know him as John, one of the best guides I work with in AK, and has been highlighted on this site several times), was here the last 8 days, and we really got into some nice fish. Got some great pics of some big Steelhead John got into.

Summer Steelhead should start to show themselves in the lower rivers also in the next two weeks. The summers are more aggressive and should be very fresh and ready to rumble.

Here are the pics from the last 2 weeks, hope you like em. Also there is a video to come in the next couple days.

Good luck out there,

Flymstr;

Well the local river here in town is still kicking out some great fish. Yesterday I wrangled up another big buck, and a bright native hen. Today we got into 16 fish, and landed 10. I also got another very large bright buck, and this time it was a hatchery fish. We just killed it today. I have not been so happy out fishing in a long time. Here are some great pics and a great video to come tomorrow. We got all the fish on video, above and under water. Hope you like em. All fish were caught again on the aeropuff as you can see.

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;