Plunker,

Blush. Oops! Not having seen the regs, I didn't know that the Baker River was also open. If I wasn't committed to a family trip this weekend I surely would come by and shoot the breeze. Maybe exchange sockeye barbeque receipes.

Fishinfool and Hawk,

I'm an angler who flyfishes, but am not sure why you'd thinnk I'm a "purist." I throw flies at trout, including steelhead, but have been known to drag a cut plug herring for chinook salmon, throw spinners at silvers, and experiment like hell to get sockeye to bite. A smallish green fly works well on the Kenai. Wish I'd known about the wing bobbers.

Darkwon,

A selection of spoons would be preferable, but the only ones I had were a couple nickel ones about 2 and 2 1/2" long that I picked up off the river bottom. Seems to work OK, but I think the size and weight should be adjusted to the water speed and depth - and also the clarity. I've had more experience trailing the red hook off a dark attractor fly pattern, and the hook outfishes every fly I've tried. I never figured out why.

Good luck everybody.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.