The following five or six paragraphs are about the Pebble Mine and to summarize, we need your support now more than ever! Even if you don’t have time or desire to read the info, please take a minute and click on the link https://gifts.tu.org/bristolbay to donate to TU and be a part of protecting the last great trout and salmon fishery in the world. PLEASE! As most of you are aware, the battle to protect Read more…
After finishing up the 2018 season at the lodge and having some time to contemplate the lessons learned from this past season and how we would like to improve going forward. We have decided to make a couple of changes for the upcoming 2019 season. In order to offer a couple of single-occupancy rooms we will be reducing the number of guests at the lodge from 12 to 10. This will allow us to offer two Read more…
Looking for Christmas ideas? We know that the internet is full of gift giving lists right now. So instead, here’s a list of companies where you can get some awesome products and feel good about it. Each of these companies are giving back and supporting conservation. If we missed any companies doing good things please let us know in the comments! [smartslider3 slider=18]
Hosted trip 2018 DUBAI Early October I returned home from the lodge and over four months of flying and guiding. I was home five days before getting on a plane for a long ride to Dubai for a day of fishing for queenfish with my son Jack and Mark W. Ocean Active operates a very well run fishing operation right in Dubai, very convenient for the traveler passing through or businessman with a half-day to Read more…
On February 15th-25th John and Kari hosted a trip to Cayo Largo, Cuba to participate in an environmental sustainability program. The program was hosted by Cuban marine biologists and fishing guides focusing on the human ecological footprint, a fly fishing fish counting project and their Marine Park protection plan. They were accompanied by 9 guests from across the US. The trip began in Havana with a city tour and sampling of local culture. Next was Read more…
Alaska is one of those places where you want to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything important. There is no running to the store once you’re at the lodge, you have only what you brought. So before you head to Alaska this summer make sure you’ve got these often overlooked things covered: Sunglasses – Sunglasses are a must for eye protection. I can’t even imagine getting a hook in the eyeball! When packing sunglasses make Read more…
Yes, there is awesome trout fishing in Alaska’s early season! Early season fishing in Alaska has been overshadowed in recent years by the fall salmon egg glut. The invention of bead fishing seems to really have changed people’s idea of what the peak season is. When you talk to people about June fishing they seem to think you can’t catch good trout in Alaska until the salmon spawn and bead fishing is on. Fake news!!! Read more…
Join us in June 2018 for kings and rainbows on the swing If you’ve been looking to fish Alaska with a spey rod…June is the perfect month for it! We will be offering two featured weeks, June 11-18 and June 18-25, where the focus will be swinging flies. In the spring the trout are hungry and aggressive, and will absolutely attack streamers and mice. This offers a great opportunity to work on your technique with Read more…
Lodge owner, John Holman, will be hosting a once-in-a-lifetime fly fishing trip to Alphonse Island, Seychelles and along Zambia’s Lower Zambezi River in Africa. Your journey starts with the tropical paradise of Alphonse Island, situated in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. This legendary fly fishing destination will put your right in the heart of a fishery that is renowned for its density of bonefish, Indo-Pacific Permit and the huge Giant Trevally to name Read more…
Once again Bristol Bay’s incredible salmon runs made a spectacular return with excellent numbers of sockeye, silvers, chum and notable kings in a few rivers. The sockeye run started a little late but made up for the delay with big numbers. According to Alaska Dept of Fish and Game, 56.5 million fish returned to Bristol Bay. The 2nd largest run in the last 20 years. Of those the Kvichak saw 3,163,404 fish, 2,041,824 went up Read more…