{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Alaska in Late August

These are good suggestions, but I am curious if you fished quartz in september.  It was my experience that while there were tons of fish there in july to mid august, the fish disapeared in both quartz and crescent by september.  They were absolutely loaded with fish in early august.

Not that you don't need to watch for them everywhere, but watch for bears on the russian.  That is the only place i got remotely close to a grizzly.  It was too busy catching salmon to bother with me, but a guy got his face ripped off a couple days before i was there.  

On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:08:25 PM UTC-4, Nick Bowler wrote:

I lived in Alaska for 18 months, and I have been back a couple of times.  If I was there in August for just one day I would do one of three things:

1.  Drive north towards Denali and fish either the Little Willow or Montana creeks.  Both have parking areas where the road crosses the river.  For both, you can walk and fish down the river.  For both the confluence with the Susitna river is the hot spot, that will have silvers milling around in the clear water.  Both rivers will be crowded.  (General fishing tip -- fish where the people are, as that's where the bears aren't).  You will be fishing for silver salmon, but will have older chum salmon and pink salmon available.  If you fish the creeks there will be trout and dolly varden available.

2.  Drive south to the Kenai and do a float of the Kenai from Coopers Landing.  You can do a 1/2 day float and then do option 3.  You will be fishing beads for trout and dolly varden unless you ask to do otherwise.

3.  Drive south to the Kenai, and stop at Quartz Creek.  Fish for dolly varden behind the spawning sockeye salmon.  Then drive to the Russian River and fish for trout and dolly varden.  There may be some early silvers or late sockeyes you can cast too as well.  The trout fishing in the Russian River can be spectacular.  The fish aren't huge -- but you can catch 2lb football rainbows until your arms drop off, once you figure out the technique (the rainbows will be in the fast water where you think no fish would be.  Use egg patterns, nymphs, and flesh flies)

Options 1 and 3 don't require a guide.

On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 12:05:50 AM UTC+10, Scott S wrote:

I'm going to be in Alaska for a week at the end of August, beginning of September. It's not a fishing trip, but I will get a day of fishing - August 31st. I'm looking at guiding services that are reasonably close to Anchorage. The ones I'm considering are:

D-Ray Personal Guide Service

Alaska's Angling Addiction

Great Alaska International Adventures

Does anyone have any experience with any of them? If not, can anyone reccommend other outfits to check out?

Thanks!

--Scott

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