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Washington Steelhead Video

I have been reading about Native Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest for some time. I would scroll the web scanning sites and pictures of giant, bright fish, in beautiful settings. Upon returning from a Steelhead trip in November it was difficult to pick up a 5 wt and start casting to the same trout I had been fishing for all summer. Instead I booked a flight to Seattle, WA. The Steelhead itch slowly passed and I was casting to the local trout again, trying to dial into the winter fishing. Fast forward to March and I found myself making the 3 hour drive from Seattle to Forks in search of the fish I have only seen in the hands of other anglers. The glacial rivers were accented by the bright green forests that line their banks and the mountains seemed to come right out of the ocean. Everything that I had read about was now unfolding right in front of me. It was interesting to learn about the gauntlet that these fish have to run through in order to spawn. If they make it past the sea lions, whales and adult salmon, they then might run into nets that are strung across the river by local tribes (which can vary day to day) . From there they are hunted by Bald Eagles and Anglers. This can make it extremely difficult to even find a fish and then you have to put your drift on its nose and hope you get a take. But, when all the variables come together and you get manageable river flows and some cooperating fish the fishing can be great. Instead of trying to figure out the local fishery we fished for two days with two of the hardest working guides I have ever met, Jeff Brazda and Dan “Rooster” Leavens. Day one was a bit slow only hooking 2 fish that both came unbuttoned but the float was remarkable. The raft floated along the

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Alaska Slideshow
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Alaska is a magical place. I was lucky enough to spend 6 summers up there many years ago. The first two were as a state park employee in the largest state park in the country with 1.6 million acres. During those two summers I lived in a cabin on the banks of the Agululpak River. It was basically a paid fishing vacation as I fished the river every night by myself. The following 4 summers were spent as a guide at one of the lodges up there. I got to experience some of the magic of the Alaskan bush there and here are my slides now digitized that show some of what Alaska was when I was up there. It is only a small part of Alaska but it will give you the basic idea.
I spent my time in Bristol Bay between the Togiak and Nushagak rivers. The lodge that I worked for fished about an hour plane ride radius from the lodge and we moved around depending on the time of year and the fishing conditions. When I think of fishing in AK I break it down into salmon and then the freshwater fishing. I will give a breakdown of each of the fishing as it was done in my day. This was pre bead AK.

The Salmon:

In our the Bristol Bay area we had all 5 species present and we fished actively for 4 species; King, Chum, Red and Silver. This is the order of which they appeared in the rivers.

King of Chinook: the largest of the

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Bonefish Slideshow

This fish tale begins in February 2006, when I came here to Guadeloupe for a holiday. As I always do, I brought my fly fishing rod and reel. I stayed in Guadeloupe for one month. After the first week, I had almost made the complete tour of Guadeloupe. I fished each creek, rock bar, beach etc.. and found nothing to be productive. The first day of the second week my girlfriend came from France, thanks to her, I found my first productive spot. Once she arrived, I had to find a place where she could enjoy swimming and take in the sun and I could fly fish. That's what brought us to the flats. These were beautiful places with white sand, turtle grass, reefs and coral. It was on this flat that I hooked my first bonefish. Once I landed it, I almost gott tears in my eyes. It was a memorable moment because it was my first Bonefish ever and I had spent much time in pursuit of this fish. I started fly fishing in saltwater six years ago in Gabon, Africa, so I was use to seek fish in vast areas. True for bonefish, I understood why the are called the "Gray Ghost of the Flats". The first days were hard but thanks to no fishing pressure I could tangle with several bones each day. Later, we traveled to Desirada, a little island off Guadeloupe. Luckily, I found the flats and bonefish within the first couple hours. I saw, hooked and caught bonefish after

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