Re: fishing in Alaska

[KENT C DOWD]

I was up on the Situk last April.  Lots, and I mean Lots of steelies in the river.  Allot of the people use a yarn ball of multi color.  I tried it but had better luck on a weighted egg sucking leach, and sometimes when I wasn't getting any takes I would put on a dropper usually an single egg pattern. It would be best to have weights vary on your flies as the river has a pretty good variety of currents and holes.  Easy to sight fish on this river, the trick is getting out of the boat without sending fish everywhere but where you are. Expect to lose as much as you can tie, but when you run out don't worry, cause you can usually take your choice of flies, and gear along the brush, sticking out from the bank. :}. Prepare for rain, rain, and more rain. I drifted the river in a drift boat, and I've no idea what a jon boat is sorry. That's all I can think of at this moment. Good Luck and Have fun.   Kent Dowd, kc   ----- Original Message ----- From: vpons Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:43 PM To: Washington Fly fishers Subject: fishing in Alaska     I'm planning a fishing trip in Alaska next may. As I saw in the waflyfishers web site, some of the members of the list have fished the Situk. That's exactly where I'm heading. In order to make this trip unforgettable, I just would like to get a few advices. I read that one of the most popular fishing techniques consist on using spit shots and an imitation of egg. Well, that's not what I really like but if it is much more efficient than any other techniques, I'll do that. What I would like to do is sight fishing with classic nymphs. Have you tried classic patterns on these steelies? Should I tie heavy or really heavy flies? How many should I expect to lose everyday? What kind of weather at this moment of the year? We will have a jon boat, is it a nice kind of boat? As I have never been on a boat on a river, should I be scared?????? thanks for any advices, Vincent