tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226584171188127272012-02-16T18:18:45.581-08:00Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07248096574833744029noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422658417118812727.post-52768682870300759492007-10-13T00:16:00.000-07:002007-10-13T00:28:42.795-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SkxFaz6yRc/RxBzmZ_XbiI/AAAAAAAAACA/1rzvID0L2uM/s1600-h/DSC03754.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120719879969140258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" height="167" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SkxFaz6yRc/RxBzmZ_XbiI/AAAAAAAAACA/1rzvID0L2uM/s320/DSC03754.JPG" width="168" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Aniak</span> trip during the 3rd week of September was great fishing for Pike. I never thought that Pike can eat like a bear 24/7 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">appetite</span>! In fact, it didn't matter what we threw at them for flies or lures. They ate anything that hit the water. My anticipated fly patterns consisted of black articulated bunny leeches with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a little</span> flash. I learned two very important <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lessons</span> from my father-in-law Dave when it comes to fishing Pike. First, never lean over the side of the boat as your pulling your fly or lure up. I ignored that hint until I was attempting to strip the line in for another cast leaning over to grab the fly to remove grass....wouldn't you know that a damn Pike torpedoed out of the water nearly eating my nose for lunch! Second, never use flies with more than two hooks i.e. stingers or lures with two trebble hooks. What a mistake to think that any Pike caught with more than two hooks is an easy release!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/422658417118812727-5276868287030075949?l=johnsalaskaflyfishingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07248096574833744029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422658417118812727.post-76687099311672340372007-10-12T19:34:00.000-07:002007-12-19T01:12:27.311-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__SkxFaz6yRc/R2jgYDd7KBI/AAAAAAAAADE/T2DJjZUhB_A/s1600-h/93j77MYem1siuxe.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145609278123091986" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__SkxFaz6yRc/R2jgYDd7KBI/AAAAAAAAADE/T2DJjZUhB_A/s320/93j77MYem1siuxe.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SkxFaz6yRc/RxAvfZ_XbXI/AAAAAAAAAAU/JzAkQ_X1vo4/s1600-h/johnsteeleanchor.JPG"></a>My recent trip to the Anchor River north of Homer during the 4th week of September produced some very nice <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Steelhead</span>. My initial <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">query was Silvers. However, that run had pretty much expired with only a few left in the lower section of the river. On the flipside of things Steelhead were arriving in large numbers during the high tide. In the short time of fishing I landed two nice fish with one weighing in approx 14 lbs 37 inches and this one 11 lbs 34 inches. Flies for the time: Beads, Chartruice bunny leeches. </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/422658417118812727-7668709931167234037?l=johnsalaskaflyfishingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07248096574833744029noreply@blogger.com0