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 Dry Fly Fishing For Big Alaskan Rainbows: It's Not Always Eggs And Flesh
Posted by KodiakCommando on Thursday, October 19 @ 15:27:12 PDT
Alaska in the fall can be confusing and frustrating for traditional trout fly fisherman gunning for those huge rainbows Alaska is famous for. Casting beads with lots of split shot on a 7, 8 or even 9 weight rod or a 6 inch flesh fly with a heavy sinking tip is a lot different than what most people think of when they think of trout fishing. But, That is the way it is during the fall and fall is when the biggest rainbows are around. However, in the dog days of summer dry fly fishing can be as good as anywhere in the world. For example I have caught
20 fish between 20 and 27 inches on dries, but it has to be the right time of year! The best time to come for this type of fishing is in early July because the rainbows are done keying on salmon smolt and have yet to begin to feed on salmon eggs or flesh because the salmon have not started to spawn. During this time of the year they don't key on anything and just take what they can get. As far as hatches go we don't have many and they are inconsistent. There are a few caddis and a decent Green drake hatch in early July. The caddis hatches are more frequent but when the green drake hatch is on they are really on. However, the bows are feeding heavy all summer and many dry flies will work when there is no hatch. Elk hair caddis are the best for numbers of fish with stimulators or ants being second. For big fish there is no question a big mouse pattern is tops. It should be noted that smaller rivers are better for dry fly fishing than the real big ones. Generally the small rivers you will fish are so packed with sockeye in the middle of the river that the bows will be pushed close to the bank. Not surprisingly the big boys hang under knarly trees or log jams. If you see one a big mouse is the way to go. So the next time you think about coming to Alaska don't overlook dry fly fishing in the summer, you may not catch those fabled 30 inchers but 20 to 27 inch fish on the dry ain’t so bad!
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