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Rashah McChesney
These flies tied by Dr. David Wartinbee, Kenai Peninsula College professor of biology, imitate chronomid pupae. The patters that have a brassy bead on them mimic the emerging pupa of a black fly and the small pocket of air it creates just before taking flight. Wartinbee said the pattern can be very effective for trout fishing on lakes in the spring and throughout the summer.

Tiny chironomid pupae, big trout bite

Chironomids don't seem to have the same impact in a fishermen's fly box that they do in nature, at least on the Kenai Peninsula.

by Brian Smith
Fishing

Spring trout fishing warms up, closures ahead

Rainbow trout fishing action on the upper Kenai River is beginning to pick up as fish make their annual migration out of Kenai and Skilak lakes and into the main stem of the river, and up the Russian River, for spawning.
by Staff Report
Fishing

35.10-pound king salmon wins tournament

For a day that started with clouds, Saturday ended up with bright sunshine. It was even brighter for Anchorage angler Leszek Kuligowski, winner of the 2013 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. For reeling in the largest fish in the...
by McKibben Jackinsky
Fishing

2013 Trustworthy Ice Fishing Derby results

■ Nicholas McConnell - 4.12 lb. rainbow ■ Jacob McConnell - 2.58 lb. dolly ■ Ryder Hackett - 1.89 lb. kokanee ■ Anthony Perzchino - 11.82 lb. lake trout ■ Cayden Copenhaver - 3.26 lb. pike ■ Avery Powell - .49 lb. grayling ■ Rick Tondre -...
Fishing

Sharing fishing secrets should be an angler's pleasure, duty

What's a secret? Seriously, tell me - preferably one that'll put a big rainbow trout on the end of my line.
by Brian Smith
Fishing

Flyology: Experts share advice for young tiers

Much like fly fishing itself, the art of learning to tie flies requires about five minutes for the basics, but much, much longer to master.
by Brian Smith
Fishing

Rainbows gorging, silvers pulsing [+ video]

Rainbow trout gorging themselves on eggs and flesh from the Kenai River’s large sockeye run this year will provide anglers with plenty of opportunity this weekend. And if the trout aren’t there, the silvers might be tucked in...
by Brian Smith
Fishing

The wild rules — lessons learned near season’s end

As water began to fill my waders, I gasped for air and something to grab. I asked myself what, if anything, I could learn from this. Scrambling up the rocks, I stood and felt the hold of river water dump from my waist belt into...
by Brian Smith
Fishing

Trout hoppin’ as silvers yet to dance [+video]

A few silvers, an increasing trout bite and a load of humpies — that’s what anglers headed to fish the Kenai River can expect this weekend. Joe Connors of Big Sky Charter and Fishcamp said batches of silvers are hanging in the...
by Brian Smith
Fishing

Minn. girl reels up, releases 88-inch halibut

Three years ago, Kate Curtis, a 16-year-old from Hastings, Minn. caught a 50-inch muskie after just 20 minutes of fishing. Family and friends might have thought the trophy fish was a fluke — beginner’s luck for a girl who never...
by Brian Smith
Fishing

Seek rainbows, discover cohos [+video]

It’s last call for sockeye fishermen and a first chance for coho chasers on the Kenai River this weekend. Jason Pawluk, assistant area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said fishing should also be...
by Brian Smith

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Spring trout fishing warms up, closures ahead

Tiny chironomid pupae, big trout bite

Friday, April 5, 2013

35.10-pound king salmon wins tournament

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Sharing fishing secrets should be an angler's pleasure, duty

2013 Trustworthy Ice Fishing Derby results

Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

Flyology: Experts share advice for young tiers

Thursday, Aug 30, 2012

The wild rules — lessons learned near season’s end

Rainbows gorging, silvers pulsing [+ video]

Thursday, Aug 23, 2012

Trout hoppin’ as silvers yet to dance [+video]

Minn. girl reels up, releases 88-inch halibut

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