Any word on the road getting plowed or opened???????.Any reports?????.Good luck,
SZ

Saw a report yesterday that they are gaining about 1/2 mile a day. Should be there within a week.

Google Situk reports. It was in one of the hits that came up from that search.

THe fly shop blog says DOT says should be done by the end of the weekend. That includes the turn around and parking at 9 mile bridge.

Thanks.Good luck,
SZ

When are you there Stamley? We arrive May 14.

Sore mouth all ya want. there are always more coming.

let vedder follow our path
Looking forward to a little vAcA steelheading!

Jeesh. With so few steelhead and so many anglers, I hope we get a shot at a few!! Tell ya what. You guys stay on the top half and we will stay on the bottom.

I heard that they are flooding into the lower river as I type.

I alway's have liked it on bottom so I'm gonna stay the course.Just sayin...........Good luck,
SZ

What is this, one of those kinky, Bangkok-type sex junkets ?

The best advice is to book the same week Vedder is going. He has a knack
for knowing.

Here is a pic of a Glacier Bear from our trip.
I will post a few more pics later. We didn't catch much.

Dub-
I hope you had a good time and hooked some fish?
I heard the water has been cold with all the snow run off and there is a crap load of fish staging to come in as soon as they get a temperature that they like. Should be soon as the snow is not melting as fast now.

The early April guys did pretty good, but the river did not have all the snow melt then either.

We did have a good time the lodge is nice and people are friendly. We had trouble with the steelhead but it sounds like we weren't the only ones by a long shot. There were people catchin fish though. I did meet CraigO the night before his last day. I am waiting for his report.

I've never been to the Situk, but every pic I've ever seen of that river reminds me of the steelhead rivers I used to fish back in Michigan - a small, slow meandering river, lots of woody debris, and snow everywhere. And lots of steelhead.

But the Situk doesn't have hatchery steelhead and Michigan doesn't have grizzly bears....

Pictures from my trip Base camp at the bridge one of the drier days Gearing up for the float

more fish porn tough to take pics when by yourself

Water conditions came up as you u know decided to go bear hunting and fish the salt 1 small white king

Passed up several smaller brown bears, and had a few blown stalks on the blacks cruising trolling with Bobby emergency repairs glassing the boat before the trip Hubbard Glacier
Gary glassin for Seals to shoot on the ice

We went out in the salt the first day because a storm was coming.
Dad got a 80 and 64. I caught two 35's.


Dad's 64. Don't think he wanted to hold up the 80.


The next day we went down the river guided. It was a cold and rainy day. 2 fish landed.

I have never stuck my hands in 35 degree water before. COLD!



Blanked the 3rd day. Rained all day. Never let up. It was also my first time rowing a drift boat. An interesting experience to say the least. I imagine it is a lot easier than our rivers.


The last day was pretty nice. We were out of our raingear most the day. The river was up over 500cfm though. We did not see many fish and the ones we did see were dark. We each caught one fish but did not get pics.

The first day down the river we did get these pics of a bear I think I posted before.


Overall I enjoyed the trip. It was my first to Alaska. The lodge was great. I hope to make it back soon. You just can't do much about the late winter like we had this year.

Here is the wild and raging Situk Falls.



Don't blink.

There are 3 other videos on the photobucket album. One of the 80lb butt fight. One of the flat straight road to 9 mile and one of random river bank to show some of the logs and shoreline.