Blake in Alaska

Back from the land of the north on a cruise, I was able to break away one day for some amazing fishing. This first set of pictures was a fly out fly-fishing trip with Bear Creek Outfitter in Juno. We took off in a small de Havilland Beaver float plane and after a short 15 minute flight we were at the confluence of a small river with the ocean. The day was incredible fishing for pinks and even a few dolly varden. These were my first dollies ever, so I was pretty stoked. One picture this set won't include is the dolly that my guide told me was the biggest dolly he'd ever seen and was a true trophy. Unfortunately there were some bears close by and my wife was taking pictures of them at the time. I did get some good ones and hope you enjoy.


Scenery was unbelievable, a few general shots

A nice humped up pink
Releasing a nice pink


A smaller pink


Even the smaller fish gave me an incredible fight. I'll be icing my shoulder for a week.


A smaller dolly, but beautiful fish.
Releasing a very nice dolly





This is a little fuzzy, but a cool picture of a black bear taking his claim.









I love this last picture in this set. If you blow this picture up you can see the blood on the bear's mouth. What an incredible sites bears are. We saw some grizzlies as well, just didn't get any pictures this time.