Itinerary
Where are the words that can sometimes so easily fall into place when
you are all set to describe extraordinary fishing and fish? Quite
possibly they are lost in the myriad glitter and gleam; in the flat,
galvanized light reflected from scale; in that steady gaze that goes
right past you to the infinite. These lost words are cheap when put
against the real thing. Photos rarely proper service to their captives.
So where do we turn when the words wont reveal themselves. We look to
the real thing, to that wonder so carefully grasped and cradled in our
hands. That’s where we find the words, in bent rods and reels ready for
the water bucket, in fish antics screaming for ritalin. So it is with
that in mind we recount this past week. Most of our guest were very
focused on catching silver salmon, which worked out well because the
Nushagak has been on fire. The Nushagak silvers are not the largest,
but what they lack in size they make up in nastiness. All of our guests
went on multiple salmon hops to the Nushagak and were never
disappointed. On one of the rainiest days of the season father and son
team Fred and Jimmy Oss hooked over one hundred silvers before they
decided to call it quits. Closer to home, the Wood River has been a
consistent producer of silvers as well. On Saturday one boat landed all
five species of salmon before lunch, including a 25 pound king.
First-time anglers Don and Connie Pyatt tested the waters of the Upper
Nushagak looking to try fly fishing and reported being surprised that
beginners could hook so many fish in one day, catching dolly varden,
rainbow trout, and grayling until it was time to head home. Jim and
Mary Lande spent the last day of the week on the Upper Togiak chasing
after acrobatic rainbows and catching some weighty char as well,
remarking a when they returned to the lodge that they had never caught
so many fish on the fly. What ever your flavor is, be it salmon or our
resident species they are all available and in good numbers. Thank you
to all of our guest this past week and make it sooner than six years
before you come back to see us again.
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