On Oct 14, 11:58*am, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:11 -0500, Ken Fortenberry



wrote:
Jon wrote:
Do you have any info on such a trip (not in Yellowstone)?

Nope. Not enough water down this way to call a pack trip a fishing
trip (though you might do some fishing on a pack trip). The guys up
north would know more than I, though I recall hearing that the Wind
River range in WY has trips that hit multiple high country lakes.

The trip I've always wanted to take, if I was ever to get
on a friggin' horse again (highly doubtful), is into the
Two Ocean Pass area of the Teton Wilderness just south of
Yellowstone. The cutthroat fishing on the upper Yellowstone
and Thorofare Creek is alleged to be fantastic.

I've thought about a backpacking trip up in there but it's
too long a round trip to be realistic anymore and would
have been quite the challenge even as a youngster. Hmmmm,
I wonder if I could rent a pair of llamas ? That might be
the ticket for the "horse averse".

The Wind Rivers are nice, we did a 10 day backpacking trip
and I caught some decent fish up there but I much prefer
stream fishing to high country lake fishing.

Maybe Obama will promise to take you to Fawn Lake...he could get Axelrod to tote
ya up there in his front-end loader...

HTH,
R

I have a feeling that if Axlerod HAD a front-end loader he'd be busy
with it at Fox "News"

Here's an Alaska suggestion...
Copper River Valley...Gulkana and Klutina Rivers are outstanding.
Plenty of good guides and lodging is reasonable. On road system but
still Alaska feel to the area. Caveat...the Klutina in particular can
be unforgiving. Probably ok with guide. Other rivers less known in
area but worthwhile include Tonsina (South towards Valdez a bit) and
the Tangles River/Lake areas. The drive from Anchortown is 4-5 hours
and then if you were to stay in Glennallen (most central to all these
rivers but not my favorite place)...Caribou Motel used to be decent
and reasonable...you could head off in any of the directions to these
rivers. If you were to focus on the Gulkana and Tangles areas, Paxson
Lodge used to be fine. I am going back 10 years on these experiences.
In addition to salmon and trout there are some nice grayling streams
up in the Tangles Lakes area.

SE Alaska, where I grew up, is an awesome place. However, summer
weather is often cold and rainy, though better than other times of
year. You could easily have a week straight of foul weather. The
guide costs would be more in SE as well due to where you have to get
to for the fishing. Often a float plane trip is involved or a long
boat trip...obviously raising cost quite a bit.

Paul