GC59 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2018 Nov 1st bow fooled with a #10 pats rubber legs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlatsRoamer 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2018 Pretty fish! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peartree 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2018 Caught this one on a prince nymph this afternoon,right before the weather got ugly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicente 0 Report post Posted November 5, 2018 GC59 does catching all these nice beautiful trout get old? do you ever hope to catch a 6 inch sucker just to mix things up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GC59 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2018 You know vicente its been a long time since I've caught a sucker, decades maybe. Catching trout never gets old. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2018 Fishing the Salmon and Aniak rivers in Alaska The Dollies aren't big here, but they are pretty. The grayling get pretty big (for grayling) and they sure are pretty. This chum salmon hit an egg with milt pattern. A good fight on a 5 wt. The rainbows are sure pretty, they call these ones with all the spots leopard rainbows. This is one of my chunkiest rainbows of the trip. The rainbows here are all catch and release, so we let them all go. I was catching over a hundred fish a day, toward the end of each day we'd keep enough Dollies and grayling for a meal. Caught some Sockeyes too. It was very difficult to get them to bite a fly, most were foul hooked. One of the brightest dollies. We call this one a "real toad" he's so chunky. A char wrapped in bacon. Yum. Sitting in my long johns while I dry my clothes. These chrome-bright cohos are fresh from the ocean. Here's a nice buck. A nice female. What a great trip, scheming another one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2018 Impressive catches, Mark. Outstanding days on the water. I've been to Alaska twice, and have not had the opportunity to fish. Those fish look fun, but in my world ... nothing is worth being cold. I'll stick with my little fish in Florida. Looks like middle-of-the-summer pictures there. If I get the chance to come up during that time of the year, I'll be giving the fishing a try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2018 Impressive catches, Mark. Outstanding days on the water. I've been to Alaska twice, and have not had the opportunity to fish. Those fish look fun, but in my world ... nothing is worth being cold. I'll stick with my little fish in Florida. Looks like middle-of-the-summer pictures there. If I get the chance to come up during that time of the year, I'll be giving the fishing a try. Yes, middle of summer, July. 60 to 80 degrees. You definitely should do it. I can help point you in the right direction if you decide to come up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 Impressive catches, Mark. Outstanding days on the water. I've been to Alaska twice, and have not had the opportunity to fish. Those fish look fun, but in my world ... nothing is worth being cold. I'll stick with my little fish in Florida. Looks like middle-of-the-summer pictures there. If I get the chance to come up during that time of the year, I'll be giving the fishing a try. Yes, middle of summer, July. 60 to 80 degrees. You definitely should do it. I can help point you in the right direction if you decide to come up. Wow nice fish mark- Here in Mass we have landlocked Atlantic salmon, they grow to about 3lbs although my first one was considerably smaller than the average. (yes put him back after the photo) . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 In our local rivers the brook trout are about the size of a dollar bill up to 8" on average. Check out the colors on this guy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 Impressive catches, Mark. Outstanding days on the water. I've been to Alaska twice, and have not had the opportunity to fish. Those fish look fun, but in my world ... nothing is worth being cold. I'll stick with my little fish in Florida. Looks like middle-of-the-summer pictures there. If I get the chance to come up during that time of the year, I'll be giving the fishing a try. Yes, middle of summer, July. 60 to 80 degrees. You definitely should do it. I can help point you in the right direction if you decide to come up. Wow nice fish mark- Here in Mass we have landlocked Atlantic salmon, they grow to about 3lbs although my first one was considerably smaller than the average. (yes put him back after the photo) . Capture.JPG In our local rivers the brook trout are about the size of a dollar bill up to 8" on average. Check out the colors on this guy! We have land locked salmon here too, silvers and kings. That brook trout is gorgeous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2018 An arctic grayling on a moose hair mosquito. An arctic char on a stream-side nymph. The fly was tied with materials I found on the gravel bar near camp. Raven feathers, some odd raptor feathers, a thread from my sock and a wire from my cell phone charger for ribbing. Arctic char are now taxonomically different from dolly varden. It was one of the species I needed for my self impost challenge to catch all of Alaska's game fish on a personal, original fly pattern. Alaska Dept of Fish and Game biologists knew of only 4 or 5 lakes where they were known to exist. On a three week float trip in the Brooks Range in 2016 I found 12 new high mountain lakes that the fish are (now) known to be in. One of my favorite grayling pictures. Happy fishing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlatsRoamer 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2018 WOW!! Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures. I will always prefer the salt, but Alaska is definitely a dream destination. Nicely done! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2018 WOW!! Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures. I will always prefer the salt, but Alaska is definitely a dream destination. Nicely done! Thank you very much. But did you say the "Salt". I would love to see some pictures from the flats, it's a place I've never been to. I'm assuming things like bone fish, tarpon, red fish and such. Le'me see. I really like fishing the salt too, if you like you can see some of my pictures from the salt here. http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=87766 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlatsRoamer 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2018 Heres an example! My dad caught this yesterday (on fly) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites