catspaw
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We just got back from two weeks of fishing two different rivers. First let me say Alaska is a long way from Connecticut, but well worth the trip. The first week we fished the Nushagak River with Dave Egdorfs Western Alaska Fishing Adventures, a two hour float plane flight north of Dillingham. As some of the earlier posters commented the constant rain the previous three weeks had the river high and dirty but we still caught more fish than anyone needs to. All the young guides there worked their butts off to get us on fish. We ran upriver to get into the smaller clear tribs and had a ball. We caught fish on beads, streamers and dries; rainbows, silvers, sockeye, dollies, and grayling. Just being in a wilderness area so remote was as spectacular as the fishing. Bears, Brown and Black, moose, wolfs (heard not seen) otter, beaver, mink and countless birds all made appearances.
The second week we fished the Aniak River with The Aniak River Lodge outfit. The Aniak was running 4 feet higher than normal and muddy but again the guides got us on even more fish that the previous week. The dollies were smaller and the grayling fewer but we caught silvers in abundance, some places on every cast. Rainbows were caught everyday averaging between 20 and 22 inches. On par with the fishing was the accommodations. How's fresh picked tundra blueberry pancakes for breakfast, or rack of lamb for dinner sound? This is a remote camp tent camp. The logistics of getting the tents, bedding, electricity, cooking facilities, showers, dining supplies and food to these remote areas is mind boggling. Every September the entire upper camp has to be disassembled and moved down river and then in June hauled back up and reassembled. I can't say enough about the effort put in by everyone at both lodges. It was a true wilderness adventure.
The second week we fished the Aniak River with The Aniak River Lodge outfit. The Aniak was running 4 feet higher than normal and muddy but again the guides got us on even more fish that the previous week. The dollies were smaller and the grayling fewer but we caught silvers in abundance, some places on every cast. Rainbows were caught everyday averaging between 20 and 22 inches. On par with the fishing was the accommodations. How's fresh picked tundra blueberry pancakes for breakfast, or rack of lamb for dinner sound? This is a remote camp tent camp. The logistics of getting the tents, bedding, electricity, cooking facilities, showers, dining supplies and food to these remote areas is mind boggling. Every September the entire upper camp has to be disassembled and moved down river and then in June hauled back up and reassembled. I can't say enough about the effort put in by everyone at both lodges. It was a true wilderness adventure.
