For some anglers, Chris Beard and Jordan Bunnell, for instance it was their first experience fly-fishing for Arctic Grayling and Dolly Varden Char. The log recorded similar results from the other 2 rafts. On day two Adam Burke and Dave Balducci released 13 Rainbows, some Char & Grayling, and 3 species of salmon from my boat. However the Burke group was comprised largely of anglers with great breadth of fly-fishing experience and creativity so the results from the upper river would have one think that it was the prime water. The South Fork like other Alaskan rivers normally fishes better as one descends toward the more nutrient rich lower river. We hiked upriver across the tundra looking for pool and riffle structures that might hold salmon and were not disappointed. If there was ever a group with strong legs who were eager to explore this is the group. We decided to walk further up the South Fork. Adam released 2 Rainbow Trout and 1 Sockeye Salmon and then we slept in preparation for what was to come tomorrow.įrom the log of July 21, 2010: “Overcast but the river level dropped overnight, water gin clear”. That night we gathered some firewood, set up tents, and put together some fly rods. Air temperature cool and there were few bugs.īefore the week was over I would appreciate what an amazing bunch of anglers and outdoorsmen I was travelling with. Harlequin ducks and Common Mergansers flushed and Arctic Terns greeted us with rasping shrill cries. The log refers to “a little combat rafting” down the creek but the water level was up so “how bad could it have been?” We watched a healthy Brown Bear leave the creek carrying a fish and hustle off to hide from us. Seven strong, young anglers flew west and made a relatively fine afternoon of portaging, dragging, and rowing to the first camp on the South Fork.
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