I was up early this morning working on yesterday’s blog and editing photos. It was hard to work however due to an absolutely stunning sunrise. I had to keep walking out on the Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge dock to watch the colors unfold. Even the employees of Gangler’s were ticking off photos with their … Read more
Great trips go by in a blink of an eye. This adventure with Midnight Sun Trophy Pike Adventures is no different. I feel like I was packing a minute ago and now the trip is over. But we ended with a bang. Sammy got his sixth 47” of the week, Steve tied his week record … Read more
The weather continues to test us here in Alaska’s Yukon Drainage while fishing with the Midnight Sun. Though the rain let up in time for fishing, it was freezing. It’s the damp cold. The kind of cold that penetrates through your bones. But, we layered up with all we have, left the Patriot Mothership and … Read more
I had a great night sleep on the Midnight Sun Patriot Catamaran here in the Yukon River drainage of Alaska. My bed, the cool temperature in our room and the fact that I was exhausted from the travel to get here helped. And then of course we fished a full day till 9 PM yesterday. … Read more
Time is flying. I got home last Friday from two weeks of projects with a week to kill and catch up on things. It seemed like I had tons of time to spare. But no, the week whipped by and here I am at the Salt Lake Airport waiting for a flight to Anchorage, Alaska. … Read more
Scott Smith, Josh Gallivan and I squeezed out a few early hours fly fishing for pike today before our long drive back home. My luck continued and I landed two more nice pike including a hefty 37”. Its been a magnificent little jaunt to say the least and great times with two friends. While … Read more
We awoke to clouds and cooler temperatures this morning. No doubt however, we can’t complain. It was still above freezing and with the excitement of trying to land a few pike on our minds it could have been far worse out and we’d not have felt it. We launched the boat nearly right from … Read more
The weather gods are shining over us this week. Scott Smith, Josh Gallivan and I are camping and fly fishing for northern pike in November and there wasn’t even a frost this morning. When I lit my stove and started my coffee water it had to be 40°. Then as the sun rose over my … Read more
When Scott Smith, Josh Gallivan and I made plans to head north with heaps of huge flies to chase northern pike in early November, we weren’t so sure the trip would take place. Normal late fall weather in the Rockies can be exceptionally windy and frigid cold. But we all had a hunch Mother Nature … Read more