rivers

Your Alaskan guides and hosts have chosen to guide on the Alagnak River, American Creek and Moraine Creek, because of three specific reasons. The rivers are clearwater with no glacial silt, they are only accessible by floatplane and they provide a high quality, large variety and quantity of fish.

 Located in Katmai National Park at the foot of the Brooks range, these rivers are consistently clear all summer long. Too many rivers in Alaska are dependent on the weather for prime fishing. These rivers all flow out of lakes which serve as volume controls and filters providing consistency of the river for prime fishing the whole season. Since you will be scheduling your trip in advance, the consistency of the river is of prime importance to everyone.
     
The Moraine

The Moraine is famous for good reason - the large trout that are there for sockeye eggs. This stream always produces the l argest rainbows of th e year. The only drawback is that thefly-out lodges bring clients here every day because of the landing capabilities on the nearby lakes. You will see people on this trip, but we will also float areas that are inaccessible by plane.
     
You will do a lot of sight fishing to very large shadows on the Moraine. Fish are large with most in the 25-30" range. The float is quite a bit less demanding than American Creek, as well. There are many bears feasting on the salmon run nearby with plenty of photo opportunities. We also combine a 3-day float on the Moraine with a 4-day float on the Alagnak for some added variety. The Moraine fishes well in the month of August.

The Alagnak

     You will float about 36 miles of the Alagnak from its headwaters to the end of the "braids." The river is about 60 feet wide at the top and meanders through riffle after

riffle over a beautiful gravel bottom. It is the gravel bottom that makes the river such an ideal salmon spawning grounds which, in turn, support the incredible rainbow trout fishery.
     
The fish in this river are spectacular every week of the season. If you have your heart set on one particular species, we can pinpoint a successful week. If you don't care whether you're catching rainbows, kings or silvers, any day of the season has spectacular fishing. Every day and every stretch of water holds something new. The rainbows are the mainstay o f any trip, and the y range from 10-30" with most fish in the 15-24" range. The fight of a large rainbow is amazing and will surely make you excited to catch more.

The salmon runs on the Alagnak are famous. Kings, sockeye, pinks, chum and silvers all spawn in this river every year. Grayling and Char are an added bonus all season. A float on the Alagnak takes you through prime fly fishing areas that are accessible only by raft.

The American

     The beauty of the American Creek is astounding. If you want to key in on large rainbows and char, experience solitude, see lots of bears,and you don't mind hard work, the American is for you. The sockeye salmon do not spawn in the main rivers like the Alagnak or the Naknek Rivers.They swim through the main drainage into the smaller tributaries like the American to

spawn.The bigger trout from the main river and lakes will follow the sockeye. It is definitely the most scenic of the three rivers.

Occasionally a plane from a lodge will land at the lake, but there is no other access until we reach the

bottom. The downed trees in the twists and turns of the river make access challenging. The rafts will hang up on rocks, and you will all have to work to keep the rafts going. You will work hard to get through, but you will be rewarded with trout and char in the 18-30" range.
     
Only those that are in good physical c ondition should at tempt this trip. August and the first part of September are the prime season for American Creek.

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