The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

I have been wanting to post some of the pictures from the Alaska Kisaralik trip but I haven't had much of a chance since I got back. I finally was able to upload some of the pictures tonight. It was a great time and the fishing was fantastic. The rainbows were the biggest I have ever seen that have come out of a river on a consistent basis. The fishing and good weather really helped after the rocky start with the plane crash on the lake. Everyone was ok - but it really made for some tense moments.

Anyway - I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...had a great time.

-Greg
ps - more pictures will be posted later! - there are more and better pics to follow.

Getting our gear ready - Steve Powers of PaPa Bear getting us weighed for the plane:


The Army beaver just before we left:


Not a happy ending on the first flight with Roaddog and Pappy:


Road dog pondering things:


Road dog and Pappy:


Glassy conditions at Kisaralik Lake:


On the water!


Roaddog with a nice silver:


Sangerdave landing a fish:


Sangerdave with fish in hand:


Plenty of rainbows were caught!:


Ed K with a rainbow:


Pappy with a silver:


FlyAwayFrank with a nice silver! :


Great weather and good fires:

Excellent report!
BTW, when did you have time to put this together with all the board action this evening? Nice work, more Karma!

Buzz

Great pics. That glassy lake picture is amazing. I think I would call it more of a mirror lake. You could almost turn it over and trim the land off of it and I bet know one would know.

Beerfly

The glassy lake conditions probably caused the crash - the pilot had a hard time figuring out where the lake was.

-Greg

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Great Pics Greg. Fantastic fish. I must admit that I have always been a bit of an airplane enthusiast. I got hooked early on as my dad was a WWII pilot and we always had planes in the family when I was growing up. When I lived in AK, the Beaver became one of my favorites. I logged many hours (as a passenger). The Beaver was our primary means of transportation to the field.

It was obvious that the owner of that Beaver had a great deal of pride in his aircraft from the fancy Army paint. I can assure you that most AK busk planes don't look anything like that! What a shame to see it upside down in the lake. But the main thing is that no one was hurt and you still had a very nice trip. I bet that is one that will not be forgotten anytime soon!

And by the way.....Outstanding job on the new Board format. It appears to be catching on very fast. Success!

For those that want to see more of them. I'm still uploading pictures - so not all of them are there yet.

http://www.../sets/72157601575738800/

-Greg

Awesome Greg!

Feather Fisher,

That is allegedly the original Army paint job. They bought it out of a museum and put it back in service. One week after the crash, they FLEW it off the lake and down to Anchorage!!!!

Great Plane...

Tight Lines,
Ed K

Those rainbows are outrageous! Incredible size and color.