Daily Reel...AFF Summer Camp At McKenzie River Lodge

Via AFF:

We had the good fortune of opening the fishing season with the guides from McKenzie River Lodge. It did not disappoint! Lake trout, landlocked salmon, massive brook trout, and pike; small streams, wider rivers, and lakes; long days, short nights, and plenty of fishing hours. This video only captures a fraction of the epic enjoyment!

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...'Blue Halo Unicorns'

Blue Halo Unicorns from Blue Halo on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

TenakAlaska Trailer

Last Summer the Tenkara Rod Co. guys decided it was time to really test the strength and versatility of their Tenkara rods. So what better place to go than AK. They managed to find some big rainbows, salmon, and good times in the last frontier. (no rods were harmed in the filming of this movie).

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...'Fly Fishing on the Last Frontier'

Flyfishing On The Last Frontier from FirstLightGear on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

Sunday Double Reel...'Change of Pace'

Change of Pace from sosflyfishing on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...'BAM!'

BAM! from OutsmartingFish on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

TLTFF Trip Report: Kenai River Alaska

The excitement of being invited to Alaska to check out a few airplanes was overshadowed by the fact that I had two days to plan both my work trip and a fishing trip before it was time to depart. I spent a large portion of Friday and Saturday working out trip details to get me in and out of Anchorage, a quick search for Alaska Trout in the Anchorage area lead me to read about the Kenai peninsula about 2.5 hours South Anchorage. Located within the Chugach National Forrest the town of Cooper Landing has plenty of guides and hotels in the area. With the  best part of the season beginning, I thought that sounded just about perfect.  I emailed several guides and being the busy season and a last minute request, I got back a lot of “sorry no room” messages  from lodges, hotels and guides.

I was lucky enough to hear back from Kyle from Keen eye anglers. Turns out he had a cancellation and could fit me in for a day of fishing. I traded several emails with him and departed for Anchorage without any confirmed fishing trips or hotels. When I finally confirmed a hotel and spoke to Kyle directly on Tuesday afternoon I was satisfied with my last minute arrangements and looking forward to fishing on Thursday.  Up until that point I was having a phenomenal trip. Having visited Deadhorse Alaska, taken a flight tour of the Tundra, flown over the Artic Ocean, and Geocached above the artic circle. Seven flights in the three days made for some killer days with a lot of mileage covered.  Had my fishing trip been a bust I would have had no room to complain. Fortunately, I was due for a smooth trip after the many nightmares I have had on the road.  

Grand Slams...of the Fishing Sorts

So there are a lot of different "Grand Slams" out there when it comes to fishing. I figured, hey, why not educate a bit and drop some knowledge for all of you out there wondering what a fishing grand slam is and how its done. So here we go... A grand slam is usually when you catch 3 out of 4 fish in grand slam category in a 24 hour period. There are many types of grand slams depending on the region your in and some vary by having 5 fish in a category in which only 3 still need to be caught. The most popular is the Caribbean Grand Slam also known as the Southeastern Grand Slam (see below). For fly fisherman the Caribbean Grand Slam slightly varies, theres only 3 fish to be caught, according to some. A "Super Grand Slam is when you catch all 4 fish in the category (or 4 out of the 5 for some). They're all crazy no matter what you say and the first two below are absolutely on my bucketlist. Here's all the grand slams I could think of/find online...


Southeastern Grand Slam: Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish, Snook (3 bold fish are the fly fishing ones).


Northeastern Grand Slam: Striped Bass, Bluefish, False Albacore, Bonito.


Alaskan Grand Slam: Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Coho (Silver) Salmon, Arctic Grayling.


Costa Rican (Billfish) Grand Slam: Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin, Sailfish, Swordfish.


Midwest Grand Slam: Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Walleye, Arctic Grayling.


Reef Grand Slam: Coral Trout, Smallmouth Nannygai, Largemouth Nannygai, Red Emporer.


Trout Grand Slam: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Golden (Palomino) Rainbow, Tiger Trout, Hybrid (Brook/Brown) Trout.


I'm sure there's plenty more out there but this is all I could remember/find. Check it out for yourself on a Google search or simply make up your own based on what you have in your region (I made the "Trout" one up on my own based on the Breeches and the Gunpowder). My wife and I are headed to the Keys now for our summer vacation so lookout Southeastern Grand Slam, I got my eyes on you...


P.s. Check out the new poll on the Right-Hand side and vote for what Grand Slam would mean most to you!

Grand Slam from Brady Crouch on Vimeo.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Daily Reel...Faceless Fly Fishing

For those of you wondering what a Dolly Varden is, read a book (or wikipedia)... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout

Tight Lines...Morgan