It sounds like you had a great trip, thanks for sharing. Dell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa and Jeff Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 10:45 PM Subject: Alaska > I just returned from Big Lake, Alaska, about 2 hours north of > Anchorage. I stayed at a bed and breakfast on Morvro Lake, and flew out > to five different destinations over the course of 7 days. I fished the > Suisitna River drainage. I fished for grayling and large rainbow where > Lake Creek enters Lake Chelatna, for pike at Alexander lake, for sockeye > at the mouth of a creek on Judd Lake, and also for silvers on Indian > Creek, right off the Yetna river. > I caught all species on the fly using various patterns from glo bugs to > mice, from eggsucking leeches to flash flies. It was terrific. The > best fish were the Pike and silvers. The pike were not large. Perhaps > the largest weighed eight pounds, but the take on surface patterns was > incredible. When they struck your fly it was like someone dropped a > bowling ball into the water from ten feet. Water went everywhere and > all hell would break loose. The silvers were 35 miles from the salt, > but where still chrome with all the fight a coho is supposed to have. > They averaged 5-12 pounds with a lot of 7-8 pounders, and gobbled up a > pink, weighted flash fly tied with silver tinsel on a 2/0 hook. Also, a > 2/0 Everglow worked well. I had a great time and will be going back for > Kings and dollies next June. Jeff Hale >
