On 18-Sep-2007, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:

Last year I had the privilege of spending ten days floating down the
Arolik
River, Alaska, and because we enjoyed our trip we revisited the river
again
this year. I like the river because of the many different species to fish

for in the 45 mile float, but the two fish that are my main intrest are
the
leopard rainbows, and the king salmon.



This year I brought my bamboo fly-rods. I enjoy the feel of the split
cane
5wt when hooking a fish. I also casting it because of the slow and
delicate
presentation of the dry fly, but my 7wt cane rod was used to throw
streamers.

http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Alaska_07_1.jpg



Our adventure started out with a drop off by seaplane onto the Arolik
Lake.
This year we decided not to fish the lake to get a jump on the river,
although last year we took out some pretty big trout out of there.

http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Alaska_07_2.jpg



Since there were only two of us, it took us awhile to assemble the raft
and
load everything up, although we were anxious to get rolling. Once we got
started it felt like we were in a different world, secluded from everyone.

http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Alaska_07_3.jpg

Ditto re 30 Lb fish and the shower scene but a great report and pics

Thanks
Fred