A nice Dolly

Just a nice Dolly I thought I would throw up here. I missed out on catching one of those really clowned up Dollies that look like a Brook Trout wearing drag.

Well this was a fun night. We have been having really warm weather for a Wisconsin October. My buddy and I went out and after a few hours of no action the bass just started hitting poppers. The action was almost every cast! Here is Smanz with a nice little Large Mouth.

My girlfriend Andi and I Headed Up to Hayward, WI to fly fish for Muskies. She hooked into the first Musky right at the put in and had it up against the boat but it would seem our guide did a poor job of having the net ready...pretty basic if you ask me. We had 7 follows a few strikes but went home only landing one pike. Oh well thats Musky fishing.

Lake Notagonnatellya Pike

Took the float tube out on a spring fed lake I like. Got into a nice pike using an EP fly. These fish really get my heart pumping. I was alone and on the float tube so the photo sucks. I am working on my camera skills....it's a work in progress.

More AK Pics

Just thought I would post some more pics from Alaska.

too long

Well i am back. It's been a long 3 months in bush Alaska but the trip paid off. Internet connectivity was sketchy so I have not been able to post for the past month or so. We had a limited amount of data usage so uploading photos was not an option anymore.
Fishing was great. I caught lots of silvers and loaded up on all 5 species of pacific salmon. Char were plentyful and always eager to bite and the rainbow fishing was nothing short of awesome.

take down of camp was smooth and I had a blast cooking for 6 guys including the 3 rafters who ended their trip short due to "bad weather" ok so it was not that bad but these guys just could not handle it....it really blew their minds to be rafting for 4 days eating dehydrated meals and then saunter into our camp only to be treated to a steak and salmon dinner complete with fresh vegies.

Our flight out of Quinhagak was a little behind schedule as the driving winds decided to really pick it up the morning of the 7th. I can't even describe the feeling as our caravan soared into the low cloud ceiling andI knew I was on my way home to the great state of Wisconsin, to family, and loved ones.

hear from you soon!

News From Lake Kagati

Well I have not been all the way up to the lake yet but last night I went up to the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge for the first time. We drove up river and floated down. I got into three rainbows all of decent size for these parts, but back home these things would classify as trophies.
Saw my first bear up close in personal a few nights ago. It was me, Mike, and a guide named Whitney. We were floating down hammerfing big bows on mice and as we pulled up to a gravel bar a 600-700 lb bear wandered out onto the gravel one bar below ours. From a distance of roughly 50 yard he did not seem overly large but when sized up to the surrounding bushes, it was a large critter and made fishing mice through the bush only that more intense.

Throwing mice is no easy chore and much harder I am finding to throwing a large bass bug.
These large wind resistant flies with trailing hooks don't take kindly to be hurled through the air in the first place and then the minute they hit the water the current rips them into snags and the technique to getting a real "natural" mouse presentation is something I have not mastered yet.
I did manage to move a few fish and hook into one nice one.

Well I also came upo here with the intention of checking a few species off my list. I have since been into a nice Dolly or two, a bunch of Grayling, Sockeye, Pink Salmon, King Salmon, and Dog Salmon.

Hope you all are well and fishing hard.
Don't worry about me up here as things are good, the work is tough, but the fishing is good. Hope to have more pics up soon. Here is to screaming reels.

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