Myth number one is “that Alaskan rainbow trout are larger than their cousins in the lower 48”. Truth is they are not. What natural or human induced factors decide how large a rainbow trout is?… lots of food and warm waters…usually deeper lake systems. In Alaska we have three different “same species” of rainbows. Small […]
Talaheim Lodge is booking up for 2021 fishing. People are coming to Alaska this year as Canada and other foreign destinations are questionable on incoming travel. Please consider Talaheim Lodge as your next “almost” foreign angling destination. Talaheim Lodge has a very unique fishing program for fly fishermen wanting to experience the real Alaska… Pristine […]
I would like to offer every one of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a healthy and prosperous new year. Christmas brings us hope, peace, and a wish for a better new year. Talaheim Lodge this early is booking clients like never before. People can’t travel abroad and Alaska looks quite inviting as it’s almost […]
When it comes to anglers fishing in Alaska, arctic grayling are often ignored. Once prevalent in Michigan and Montana, now are only surviving in Montana in the lower 48. Arctic grayling thrive in clean cold waters throughout the northern regions of Canada and Alaska and in parts of Asia. From my personal experience, the further […]
Do we honestly wish we could buy everything made in the good ole USA? I once was attending a sport show in Massachusetts during an election year. Bush junior was running for president. For some ungodly reason, politics took over our conversation of fishing. This fellow Tom, mentioned that Bush is outsourcing all our products […]
In school during my younger age I remember practicing for an atomic war. We all would get under our desks. How a small wooden desk would save us I still am pondering that tactic. Fall out shelter companies were raking in the bucks. Wouldn’t want to crawl out of one of those places into a […]
For 42 years I’ve been guiding anglers worldwide from our Alaska’s Talaheim Lodge. Twenty-five years ago Talaheim Lodge slowly starting promoting fly fishing and today, almost 90% or more of our anglers’ fly fish. Catching an Alaskan salmon lure so many anglers to Alaska, but all in all, rainbow trout draw most of our clients. […]
Rainbow Trout in Alaska are one of the most sought after fish species in the state, and the Talachulitna River (nicknamed “The Tal” for short) was named one of Alaska’s first catch-and-release rainbow trout fisheries. Ever since the early 70’s, fishermen have been catching these “leopard-spotted” beauties and then saying a long tearful goodbye when […]
I’ve lived in Alaska for over 50 years, long enough to know when it’s time to migrate south. For the last five years my wife and I have been blessed to travel to the Cook Islands for the holidays. We rent a small bungalow, motor bike, and cruise the back country for fresh fruits and […]
During the winter of 1976 I began sledding logs in for the construction of our Alaskan fishing lodge which would eventually be called Talaheim Lodge. (Tal being short for Talachulitna River and heim meaning home in German.) Logs for our walls and lumber were hauled in by snow machine. Traveling through the woods in […]