09-23-2008, 04:17 AM
Quartz creek? I guess I've never fished that one. I seem to recall seeing it along the hiway though.
If you get down on the peninsula, dont pass up the Kasiloff river. I'd hope you could get a boat ride down the Kasiloff. It's one of the best kept secrets in AK.
One note of caution on casting in that heavy moving water with a heavy line. (the Kenai or the Russian)
Be careful to keep your line on your own side of the rocks in the river. If the current takes that line around the other side of the Rocks you might just lose your line!
I never liked casting up stream.
I always cast straight out or a bit downstream. Always lead the Rod tip down stream ahead of your line. Like your trying to pull it downstream.
You dont get hung up or snagged as often that way.
Also when the rod is pointed almost to the bank its time to pull the line and the line will be straight out from the tip.
Thats where your trick and fancy backhanded cast to put the line back up-stream will come in handy.
The water may be three feet deep right behind those rocks. The current digs some of the loose stuff out and makes a hole.
I've stopped the boat right up against a rock and peered over the rock to see as many as Five Salmon stacked up, right on the bottom.
The Fish lay or rest just downstream and right up near the rocks. You want the fly to be sunk by the time it goes into the vortex of water at the top of the rock, and the fly will be carried right down into the fish's mouth.
Be ready for the line to stop right at that instant!
After that split second, if you didnt get a bite, pull it up and cast again.
If your in a boat where you can anchor, cast downstream at the top of the rock and let that line drift just past the rock. If you dont see the line stop, re-cast.
If you could see the fish down behind those rocks, you'd see them panting, mouths open, jaws working open n' shut.
For that reason, (some guys say) you should always set the hook if that line stops.
The reason is maybe the line is just in a fish's mouth and he's not intending to grab the hook.
So if you set the hook, you might drag that line through his mouth and get a fish that has a hook in his gill flap or the outside of his jaw.
One last word of caution. If you have found a place where you can fly fish, mostly alone for a few feet, look out for Bears.
They look for those un-inhabited waters too.
One more thing for those who've never fished those Alaskan rivers.
Your probably gonna fall in, slip in, get your feet dragged out from under you, etc.
You'll be so goldanged cold and shocked at the temp you'll just panic.
Eventually you will get back to the beach.
You probably wont find any firewood when you do.
So, first thing to do is memorize your escape route back to the pickup. Make sure you have a set of keys you can get quickly.
If your one of the tough guys. Sit down on a rock, take your boots off, get out of most of your clothes. Ring em' out as best you can and get em' right back on again.
Then get moving. Remember your losing body heat all the time when your wet. Less wet, less body heat loss.
Dont take chances where the water is deep. Like fishing off the top of a big rock into a deep pool below you.
There's all kinds of snags under the surface.
If the current carries you into one of those deep spots, try to stay up on the surface laid out flat. Hopefuly you'll go on through the flat water and get to the rocks again.
The Flat water is deep and that's where the snags hide.
Dryrod's never gonna let me post again. I take up too much space.
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If you get down on the peninsula, dont pass up the Kasiloff river. I'd hope you could get a boat ride down the Kasiloff. It's one of the best kept secrets in AK.
One note of caution on casting in that heavy moving water with a heavy line. (the Kenai or the Russian)
Be careful to keep your line on your own side of the rocks in the river. If the current takes that line around the other side of the Rocks you might just lose your line!
I never liked casting up stream.
I always cast straight out or a bit downstream. Always lead the Rod tip down stream ahead of your line. Like your trying to pull it downstream.
You dont get hung up or snagged as often that way.
Also when the rod is pointed almost to the bank its time to pull the line and the line will be straight out from the tip.
Thats where your trick and fancy backhanded cast to put the line back up-stream will come in handy.
The water may be three feet deep right behind those rocks. The current digs some of the loose stuff out and makes a hole.
I've stopped the boat right up against a rock and peered over the rock to see as many as Five Salmon stacked up, right on the bottom.
The Fish lay or rest just downstream and right up near the rocks. You want the fly to be sunk by the time it goes into the vortex of water at the top of the rock, and the fly will be carried right down into the fish's mouth.
Be ready for the line to stop right at that instant!
After that split second, if you didnt get a bite, pull it up and cast again.
If your in a boat where you can anchor, cast downstream at the top of the rock and let that line drift just past the rock. If you dont see the line stop, re-cast.
If you could see the fish down behind those rocks, you'd see them panting, mouths open, jaws working open n' shut.
For that reason, (some guys say) you should always set the hook if that line stops.
The reason is maybe the line is just in a fish's mouth and he's not intending to grab the hook.
So if you set the hook, you might drag that line through his mouth and get a fish that has a hook in his gill flap or the outside of his jaw.
One last word of caution. If you have found a place where you can fly fish, mostly alone for a few feet, look out for Bears.
They look for those un-inhabited waters too.
One more thing for those who've never fished those Alaskan rivers.
Your probably gonna fall in, slip in, get your feet dragged out from under you, etc.
You'll be so goldanged cold and shocked at the temp you'll just panic.
Eventually you will get back to the beach.
You probably wont find any firewood when you do.
So, first thing to do is memorize your escape route back to the pickup. Make sure you have a set of keys you can get quickly.
If your one of the tough guys. Sit down on a rock, take your boots off, get out of most of your clothes. Ring em' out as best you can and get em' right back on again.
Then get moving. Remember your losing body heat all the time when your wet. Less wet, less body heat loss.
Dont take chances where the water is deep. Like fishing off the top of a big rock into a deep pool below you.
There's all kinds of snags under the surface.
If the current carries you into one of those deep spots, try to stay up on the surface laid out flat. Hopefuly you'll go on through the flat water and get to the rocks again.
The Flat water is deep and that's where the snags hide.
Dryrod's never gonna let me post again. I take up too much space.
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