Fly Fishing for Rainbows in Alaska

[Fightingirishajf]

Is it hard to fly fish?

[gcollin75]

@Fightingirishajf No, it just takes a lot of practice.

[TheBlister69]

Russian river rainbows are the the strongest, burliest trout there is!

A three or four pounder will take you for a ride.

[lmortimeyer]

I lived in AK for 4-1/2 years and this indeed, is one of my most favorite memories of living and fishing there. It was awesome.

[rickosor]

In Chile we have big rainbows for flyfishing

[CholoFlyfishAK96]

Is that four wieght a little too light for tossing split shot and indicator?

[sawrestler1313]

where did you buy your rod/reel at?

[radlations]

Do you know what rating the rod/reel/line is?

Is it rated as a 6?

[marco21falcon]

Barbless hooks? if so thats impressive

[noclouds111]

Great vid. Those fish are really lively!

[alirkar]

this is a good video with good music 5/5

[alirkar]

@alirkar w00t

[LogiGs]

Nice video! Can't wait till freshwater season starts here in Norway, believe it's next weekend..

[extreeeeeemist]

i always said duides put you on fish but you have to find the big ones yourself and finding a few smallies all day is better than a guid leading the way you know exactly what i mean

[Brutalnemisis]

there are some big rainbows in the Russian and in the kenai.

[matsvis]

my pole is 200euro

[MrErasmie]

Nice fishs!

[fredericrob]

nice video

[grig24x]

Anybody wants to buy a professional hand tied flies? Personal Message me? :) 3 times cheaper then the stores?

[tarapos]

can we see pics?

[fastball484]

Also, good fish handling. No net, You wet your hands first............ Im dying here, we just got 6 inches of snow. Fished up north this past weekend, its done:(

[fastball484]

Beads?

[wyomingflyfishing]

awsome video and nice fishing. ive never caught a rainbow that big on the snake river, or flat creek, or firehole river in yellowstone lol

[robbyguy737]

Must say best fly fish video on youtube

Robby

[ijeet76]

Hi nice video, great outdoors.What do you think about TFO fly rods and how do you rate them.. I am new to flyfishing but i have used their spinning rods and they are good.. can you please help me to choose a fly rod for trout . I will be fishing in small streams for trouts upto 4lbs. Thanks

[tenneseesportsman]

it may come a little late but TFO finesse and i know i spelled that wrong but its the best fly rod i have ever owned not to good for wooly buggers or big streamers but nymphs and droppers for streams and rivers it cant be beat super sensitive and great casting my dad likes mine better than his orvis

[dprice43]

PSSSST.... Your ignorance is showing! Actually you are wrong on this in every aspect. First very rude, which leaves you blocked now, (congratulations)! Second, a study showed that responsible handling of fish reduces the mortality rate associated with nets of catch and release fish from 8% to under 4%. So thanks for trying to spread your ignorance, but we'll go ahead and let you keep it for yourself today. I do hope; though; that somebody thinks that you know what you are talking about.

[scottyvstar650]

Well, I was going to have some fun with you and tease you about not having your net with you and having to use your hands (There have been a time or two that I have forgot my net). But as you can clearly see I read your comment to the above gentlemen and learned something myself. Anyway, thank you for posting this video, I liked it.

May you have beautiful skies and tight lines, God Bless!

[rocklives4ev]

In the russian you cant keep trout if they're above 16 inches and most of the fish in the russian are above 16 inches.

[morleyrox]

what is a russian? a kind of river?

[grig24x]

I strongly dissagree when people let them go. after their 7th yaer of spawns tehy die, and i see like 4 foot of died salmons and stealheads, and trout. so why dont you just take the fish and enjoy it with your familes, by the way salmon spawns over 5,0000 eggs.

[kylepickens]

u see 4 foot of salmon not trout or stealhead the stealhead return to salt water in the spring

[morleyrox]

im not sure about trout but male chinook die after their first spawn i think.

[dprice43]

You are right, but both bucks, and hens die after their spawn.

[morleyrox]

@dprice43 thanks for the info..... 1 year later aha

[copeman89]

@morleyrox most kings(chinnok) die after spawning...but the strong ones live more years

[dprice43]

Out of those 5,000 eggs, there are 2 salmon that return to the river to spawn. Having said that, I love eating salmon, (smoking some right now). Trout are different, I don't like to keep them. Salmon are going to die anyway, and Alaska's hatcheries take care of the populations. I like to keep salmon, not trout.

[caleb9608]

@dprice43 trout are good eating

[dprice43]

@caleb9608 I never said otherwise, but thanks for your opinion.

[jhatton101]

fishing does more help then hurt you dumb ass...besides the fishermen are the ones who want to see these fish reproduce and continue on the species...if anything at the very least, fishing helps fish survive

[snowboardbum]

@jhatton101 I don't know about that. I agree somewhat, but you and I both know that there is a huge amount of greedy fishermen that just want to catch as many as they can.

[santrackjuggalo]

@snowboardbum Yeah I am a greedy fisherman I caught your mom using my big wang.

[snowboardbum]

@santrackjuggalo Btw, you're a skinny ass little WHITE kid acting like a fucking wannabe gangster. You didn't catch shit with your tiny wang except a gay asian with AIDS.

[santrackjuggalo]

@snowboardbum NO I PUT A PAPER BAG OVER YOUR MOMS HEAD THOUGH, THAT BUCK TOOTHED HILLBILY WHOREBAG!

[177deerhunter]

@jhatton101 well the ones u dont catch to eat...... so they can have more resources instead of dying from lack of resources

[MrHatefullness]

@jhatton101 A big factor in fishing is that some fisherman take as many fish as they please, and fish numbers drop, also "catch and release" fishing can be very harmful to the fish and in some cases, leading to death or extreme pain and mutilation. In some fishing you are correct, but not all fisherman are as caring and eco-friendly as you would hope. Also literal tons of lead are left in the waters around the world from the lead fisherman are using...

[frolixo]

STOP KILLING THE FISH!

hooks cause great damage and after their lips are ripped out they cannot kiss or find a mate to spawn baby fishes. Fishing should be banned.

~frolixo peta member 23762

[dprice43]

Most fish are still around because people like catching them. If we did not like catching fish, who do you think would contribute funds to keep fisheries alive? You? I think not. I am a member of PETA too, (People Eating Tasty Animals)  YUM!

[DikInJar]

Frolixo shut your fuckin trap you useless greenpeace douche bag.. It is amazing how big of an opinion someone who is sooooo god damned uneducated can have...

[faker1Stk]

u dont know what ur talking bout..

[goretoye]

"cannot kiss" wow peta members are a bunch of dimwits.

[KARTRACR61]

WOW! some day :)

[kylepickens]

How long ago was this because for the past couple of years its been fly fishing only no beeds in the russian

[dprice43]

Yeah, this was shot in 2002, I need to shoot a new one with glo bugs, (same thing). Just no time. We have been using beads on that river since about 1991 or so. The technique is not bad as long as you use barbless hooks, and take care when removing them. I have seen allot of lipless fish, because people just don't care, they have the biggest barbs, and just tear them loose when extracting the hook. I think that is why beads were outlawed on this water. Truthfully, yarn can work better!

[rocklives4ev]

a swing and a miss beads must be attached to the hook in fly fish only waters being the russian river and the kenai around the ferry crossing. therefore beads are allowed.

[kylepickens]

does his bead look like its attached to the hook you dumb ass

[rocklives4ev]

fuck you kylepickens I know the fish regs front and back upside down. I'm just stating how some people believe that your bead must be two inches away from your hook or free sliding but fly fish only waters state it must be attached to the hook. BITCH

[kylepickens]

and his bead is not

[rocklives4ev]

Yes I know that but there are some people on here that think on the russian river your bead must be fished 2 inches above the hook or free sliding but the russian being a fly fish on river you must have your beads attached to the hook I am not stating that on this video his beads are being fished differently but I'm just informing anyone that thinks the regs have changed from when this video was made they are wrong beads or attractors must be attached to the hook

[dprice43]

At the time of the shooting of this video, it was LEAGAL to use beads. It is NOT leagal now to use them in this manner now. I hope there is no more confusion on this subject.

[the00o0o92]

Great video. Im just wondering out of curiousity, how is the life of fishing in Alaska as a job?

[dprice43]

I don't really know, I have guided there for a short time, (about a month), but have never done it for a long period of time. It was fun for a short time, but all of the full time fly fishing guides were all burned out. I think that I will keep shooting video! Thanks for the post, and have fun fishing!

DP

[mudcrawleer]

tearing it up nive fish

[joejay655]

you no what they say russian to the russian river lets keep the upper to the trout fanatics like myself and all others that want to catch big bows when iwen in middle auguast there wasnt that many people dont try in late june

[VeraDomenico]

very nice video

[dprice43]

Cool, good catch! You should check out fly fishing. It is a sport that you can spend the rest of your life learning, and not know everything. The red things are sockeyes.

[belangercreek]

That one jump was like a steelhead!!

[dprice43]

Yeah it is amazing, but there are no steelhead in this system. Just born and bred native Alaskan bruisers waiting around to brake lines, and hearts!

[kylepickens]

they have been catching a few steelhead in the middle kenai

[dprice43]

Really? How do they know they are steelhead? Are they tracking them?

[jtrenchard1974]

Beautiful river - wish I had one in the UK Midlands like that! In UK people always seem to use nets to land the fish, in US it seems less common. I am definately go to some of these US rivers one day :)

[ownedurmam]

this is a kind of BORING! but thos big fishes arent!

[johnnshepherd]

guide fishing in the gulf in port o connor, texas caught me some huge speckled trout. if you ever go find a guy named tommy ramirez we caught our limit in poor conditions in 2 hours

[hustlerhigh50]

u have fang a 9 kg rainbow trout! I LOVE FLYFISHING

[gjn228]

Thanks for sharing. Been out to Alaska two times, and the russian river is a favorite spot. Last visit, hiked up to the falls which was fantastic. We fished the Anchor river for silvers, first time to catch those super strong fighters.

Dad and I still prefer to catch trout over salmon. Was glad to see fishing for trout on the Russian.

[dprice43]

Thanks for the comment, I love the Anchor. When the silvers are in, start looking for steelhead, (my favorite fish). Very tricky fish.

[giresunlover]

hi from north of anatolia.great vid.thx for sharing.lol

[RiverDog0520]

I grew up in Anchorage. Spent my weekends as a kid at our cabin in Cooper Landing, right off Snug Harbor Road. As soon as the video started playing I could tell it was the Russian River. Small world. If I wasnt fly fishing the Russian, I would be tracking in the back woods out of the crowds on Quartz Creek. Took a 11 lbs Dolly on a pinkie the last time I fished it. I miss Alaska.

[dprice43]

Me too, I am going back in July! Can't wait!

[ewelmcc]

well im of next week to try out my new Orvis rod, new zealand here, we fish head waters up in the native bush, some nice trout to be had, some nice big rtricky brown as well as alot of rainbow's , tight lines all cheers

[dprice43]

Cool! I want to go to New Zealand so bad! Do you want to addopt a yankee?

[DRYFLY0]

A few minutes less of shack nasties for me...thanks for the post.

[dprice43]

What do you mean? You think it should be shorter?

[DRYFLY0]

No, I mean I'm going stir crazy waiting for winter to loose it's grip so I can go fishing...your vid gave me a small reprive.

[dprice43]

The place that we shot this video is great dry fly fishing in early Summer, (I saw your name).

[dprice43]

I am glad that you like it, and thanks for your comment! You should go fishing!

[mountingoat]

Oh man this is giving me a bad case of cabin fever

[gmanak]

any creek that is fly fishing only up here is pretty much that way..its on page 31 of last years regs. bead must be attached to hook to be concidered traditional fly. don't really agree with the law as i have seen way more fish injured by glo-bus and pinkies but i know fish and game is inforcing it cause i saw a guy get a ticket at the confluence of russian and kenai last fall.

[gmanak]

good video shots but you forgot to mention pegging beads on the russian is illegal...opps

[dprice43]

This video was shot before that law was in effect, but it is a good law, secondary to the fishing pressure that this river experiences.

[Rampantmember]

Excellent video!