Very cool Stam and Dave, nice living there...cheers

Holy Sh*t Stammy!
What a great trip!
I miss those chromers soooooo much


Those photos are the bomb.



Truly one of this joint's greatest assets.
Thank you!

Dave,

Anything I can do to get in on that let me know. I know my pop would love to get back up there and I would love to get there too. Maybe you could kick me down numbers so I work on my dad while I am in Idaho hunting. I have three weeks to do some convincing.

All the pertinent info is here. http://www.katmai.com/

I usually go for a week, but you can choose any number of days you like. Fly outs for truly awesome trout and char fishign are $350 per person.

Thanks, by the way a PM is on the way.

Steve thanks for the Rainshadow Glory shot hope she held up to the abuse! Wow what a trip glad to see there is still a great run there! Did you see many big Red Rocket kings on the Spawn or were they all dried up by then? Did you get to hand feed any bows up in the braids or at the lodge? They love bread and toms not to mention a slice of prime rib LOL! Thanks for sharing!

I'm heading down for a seven day trip on the Polaris Supreme to tangle with some Cow's on the 13th!

Thanks for the posting, it was a great read, with wonderfull pictures.
I want to to be like you guys when I grow up!!

NO SH*T! you and a WHOLE lot of us!

you teasing me...or inviting me?

dream trip, take sunscreen, post many pics upon your triumphant return.

BTW, I did lose one insert on the second guide up on that 1084 (don't know how) do I have to replace the frame and all...or can I pop a new insert in?

Have another rod tip that is wrapped and ready to be epoxied, I can't do it......can you? will you??

stam

Very cool Dave and Stam!

I will be there next year hopefully.

Even with no bikinis........no internet throwdowns..........no frothing at the mouth..........this very well could be the

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Thanks for sharing, Dave and Stam-O-Rama.

Me agree mit Angus..........awesome awesome awesome schtuff doods. Something tells me Dave was snoring like a McCullough with an 18" blade with his maw agape in 1st class............

Stam, you look awfully comfortable with that bugwand in your mitts...............

never said I couldn't use one......just have never had much use for one.

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stam

I just got a call from Dave. he's at the Vancouver airport and just received a call from the Katmai lodge. The Manager approved $400.00! off anyone that wants to come up in the group next year. PM dave with yoru request and he'll get the list assembled.

-Ryley

Ya, that was probably the roughest ride back to the lodge of the year. The closest thing I remember like that was getting peppered duck hunting, but that only lasted for a second......not 30 minuets. Ouch.
Can you say tougher than nails?

KO

Great post stam. I like the one pic of the bend rod, and reel. I thought I was the only person who still has, and uses the old Shimano Bantam mag. That reel was ahead of its time.

Stam,
All kiddin aside, great post, great trip, thanks for lettin me live the trip through you!! OH and Dave too!

Hey Dave - From what I know the lodge is under new ownership/management - how is it? I guided up there in the early 90's under Tony's err (cough cough) um mgt...

BTW...

WOGGING - Pink pollywog - created in 1990 by Ed Ward while guiding out of Katmai Lodge on the Alagnak to see if he could get the Silvers to strike on a surface fly (like skating surface flies for Steelies). The following year he worked on the Alagnak with Dec Hogan and few of the other guides perfecting the fly, the approach, and getting his clients involved with it. Looks like it caught on - LOL. Works best on fresh silvers with the incoming runs down at the mouth of the river as the tide changes to incomming. One of the tricks I used to entice fish to strike was to strip a few times fast from a quarter downstream cast and when you have a fish chasing it let the fly start to drift back down stream for just a couple seconds then strip again. Usually the fish would strike right when the fly stopped or went backwards momentarily.

Josiah came through, sent me this pic today, pretty cool.

That is awesome! I need that to go with my article. I will be calling Si soon.