Pat, Would like to hear a little more about the reel issue. Size and funtion or the lack there of. Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:54 PM Subject: Alaskan Silvers > There's still some time to catch one of the largest silver runs in history > up in SouthEast AK. I was up there two wks ago and the run is extremely > strong. The locals out of Yakutat were all but shut down for two wks after > the attack, and it really hurt business (I got on literally the first > flight up after the shut down). Some of them are offering 1/2 price to try > and extend the season, so there are some very good deals. Specifically, I > fished with "Hippy" John Matsko on the Akwe, who said he'd charge 1/2 price > thru October. Normally he's around $185 a day for a group of 4 to 8 at his > camp, you bring in your fresh food & cook for yourself...it's "fish camp" > (i.e., not exactly a luxury lodge), but it's great fishing and you have the > river virtually to yourselves. I put together the trip: round trip to > Yakutat on AK Airlines, stayed in town & fished the Situk & Lost for a > couple days with the bears, then flew Gulf Air Taxi down to the Akwe for 3 > day/2night, back to Yak for a day of halibut & ling, then back home. Fished > my brains out, what was left of them. E-mail me if you want details, lodge > names, phone numbers, etc. > > As for Yakutat, two things kind of said it all about this village: first, a > t-shirt that says "YAKUTAT: a quaint little drinking village with a fishing > problem."; and second, the big yellow sign for the Yakutat Lodge (read > airport hotel) that faces the bush planes and DC-3s on the runway and reads > simply: "FOOD, SHELTER, BOOZE". > > Fishing was fabulous on the Akwe, still one of the lesser known and fished > rivers. Hippy John has the only service and camp above the tidal area > (basically the Dangerous, Italio, and Akwe all run out the same general > stretch of beach). He runs you up and down the river timing the spots by > how far in the swarm will be after the last high tide. Just to make you > drool a little, one moring I hooked seven and landed four silvers between > 11 and 17 pounds, and shook off several Dollys and cutts in just under 1 > 1/2 hours. I was using my 8 wt T&T with a versa-tip (hi-d fast sink tip) > and weighted silver-bodied alaskabous. One of those silvers I landed after > the drag on my Ross BG failed (for about the sixth time) using knuckle & > chest as the backup drag! What a blast! > > Pat Bolton > > >
