Fourth of July Weekend

Sockeyes are on the scene. We have been anxiously awaiting the sockeye run to start after many reports of a banner season for the commercial boats fishing Bristol Bay. Well, as of yesterday our wait is over as the river is filling up with bright shiny sockeye. Fishing not two minutes from the lodge we encountered the first wave of feisty ocean bright sockeyes. There is no need to sort through the fish to pick out the brightest ones for the fillet table as all are fresh and silver from only a week in the river. Sockeye, being the least likely to take a spoon or spinner, are the most fun on a fly rod but we did have great success using the baitcasters and some egg yarn. Time flies and you wonder why your shoulders are sore after fishing until you realize it’s almost midnight and you have been hard at it for hours. We are now enjoying king, chum, sockeye, pike, rainbow, and grayling fishing simultaneously. Part of the fun of fishing here in these rivers is not knowing what you will hook next!