As an Alaska fly fishing guide when I envision Alaska, a wild empty expanse of tundra, empty wilderness, and a vast expanse of rivers and streams teeming with salmon comes to mind. I remember hearing fairytale stories as a kid and throughout my youth about rivers so thick with fish one could literally walk across […]
Alaska King salmon, also called Chinook, are the Pacific’s largest of salmons. A netted King in Alaska was once was recorded over 100 pounds and sport caught fish have reached 80 pounds plus. Kings have five to six-year class which means some return to spawn in just one year (commonly called Jacks) then there are […]
By week six Talaheim was in a holding pattern just waiting for the silver glimmer of our second salmon run. But besides the lone silver salmon that was lost-then-caught on the Talachuitna in week five, Talaheim’s rivers have yet to be home to the 2014 silvers. Instead, by week six, we welcomed the stench of […]
As the king salmon season comes to an end, Talaheim’s Alaska Fishing Lodge delivers one angler an experience of a lifetime. Guests Bill and Barb from Florida were very experienced salt water anglers, but they came to Talaheim to catch a king salmon on a fly in Alaska! Once dialed in with heavy sink tips and […]
The Alaska Fishing Season is Open! It’s a game of inches out there folks! Thirty pounds and thirty-five inches to be exact! So you didn’t make it to Alaska this summer. Well, don’t get your panties in a bunch boys, because this summer Talaheim Lodge is bringing Alaska to you! Play by play. Inch by […]