Equipment

The lodge provides all fishing equipment with the exception of fly rods and reels. We do have a limited number of fly rods, reels, waders, and wading boots, their purpose is to back up the equipment you bring with you. A fully stocked fly-tying bench is provided at the lodge for you to tie flies. If you would like to tie some flies before coming to Alaska, please visit the flies page on our web site for suggestions on what to tie.

Rods, Reels, and Lines

Rainbows, Grayling

Silvers, Chum, Sockeyes, Pinks

Kings:

Leaders:
Level leaders are normal, 10, 12, or 15lb test, for all species.
Tapered leaders with 6 or 8lb tippets are useful when fishing for Rainbows or Grayling with dry flies.

Flies:

Stream fish:

Early season:
For larger fish focus on large streamer patterns.
Sculpin, Marabou Muddler, Zonker, Mataku, Wooly Bugger, and Egg-Sucking Leech patterns tied in olive, black, and purple. Flies should be weighted and tied on size 4 and 6 streamer hooks.

Late July on:
Single egg flies are very effective. Colors should represent salmon spawn (egg colors). Use a floating line with strike indicator.

Late season:
Flesh flies with rabbit strips in decaying salmon colors (cream, ginger, pink, orange).

Dry flies:
Elk hair caddis, Adams, Humphries, Royal Wulff, and Black Gnats.
Deer hair mice can be used to raise large trout.

Kings, Silvers, Chum, Pinks:

General:
Spun marabou flies (e.g. Alaskaboo or Popcicle patterns)
Cerise, pink, orange, and purple weighted and tied on 2-3/0 are a must.
Have both bright and dark patterns.

Dry flies:
Pink or orange Bomber style (best time is mid-July to mid-August), or pink Pollywogs for silvers.

Sockeye:

General:
Small size Comets (6, 8, & 10) and Shad flies tied in chartreuse, blue, and black.

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