Fish the Naknek River Smolt Bust

In Bristol Bay, Alaska

Your boat cruises a flat. Your eyes are glued to the water ahead. You are looking for something …

Naknek River Smolt Bust

A seagull passes by, then another, and another. All of a sudden the water fifty feet ahead starts boiling. Birds start diving. And fish are jumping. You start your cast, and lay a fly on top of the mayhem. Strip, strip, pow!

The reel starts screaming, and a few minutes go by before your leader is near the boat. You expect to see a striped bass or bluefish, but get this instead …

Naknek River Rainbow

A rainbow trout, two feet plus! On the Naknek River, in the heart of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Home of the finest sight fishing opportunity for trout possibly anywhere on Earth.

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Photo credit: Abe Blair

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