Fishing on the Kenai

Fishing on the Kenai was....DIFFERENT to say the least! Coming from Georgia fishing small creeks where the mountain laurel hangs over the stream acting as both beautiful scenery and the trout's first line of defense because thats where most of my flies end up when the day is done. During the dawg days of summer, the Georgia heat can sometimes feel like Dante's Inferno and the streams only offer creek chubs and horny heads...etc but when the heat breaks its common to catch rainbows, browns and the occasional brook trout.

The trip to the Kenai River is one I'll never forget...especially the 30 yard close encounter with a sow(female) grizzly and her two cubs but they left us alone this time and settled for a salmon carcass. My buddies and I caught some tasty Red Salmon that we still have in the freezer awaiting their time to shine on the grill out back. Now that winter is on our door step and the northern lights are making apperances, I can't wait for the summer sun to come along so we can make another trip south for the next salmon run!