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Read moreLinks AK. Assassin Standard Salmon Hook
I found this pattern for sale in 2005 and bought a few. I’ve no idea who first tied it and the few I bought were sold in size 4 & 6. I had very little result using them but thought that if they were larger and perhaps had a little ‘bling’ (Crystal Flash) added they [...]
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Read moreLinks A King Salmon being released to propagate future generations.
Although we love to have fresh salmon to eat here at our home I try to be conscious that these are not available in unlimited numbers. Most king salmon are released without ever being removed from the water. I do get some really quick lift and shoot pictures for the sake of showing those who [...]
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Read moreLinks Rainbow Trout Set Free;
A Rianbow / Steelhead Trout is released unharmed, in this area a good fish of this type is 2 foot. I believe this one was right there, I don’t see a great deal of them larger but average trout are often 14 – 18 inch fish and healthy. Two years ago a friend I was fishing [...]
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Read moreLinks Dino with his first salmon;
Late June / early July brings the Chum Salmon to the rivers, while they are not prized for the table, they are great sport on the fly. Dino is another fellow from Colorado who made the trip to fish Alaska. Although we wern’t able to find him any sockeye on our day together, we did run [...]
