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Naknek River

Mar 12 2021

Rapids Camp Lodge: Comfort & Adventure

If you’re planning on visiting Alaska during the 2021 fishing season, Rapids Camp Lodge is a perfect balance of comfort and adventure, nestled in the heart of Bristol Bay and is THE place for your Alaska Fishing Adventure. With a “rigidly flexible” fishing program, Rapids Camp Lodge provides a variety of fishing adventures. Tundra creek…
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Jan 19 2021

Deneki Custom Fly Series: Rapids Camp Smolt

There is a fish phenomenon that happens during the first part of the season at Rapids Camp Lodge during the month of June. The “smolt bust” is where predatory Rainbow Trout swim around the rapids section of the Naknek River and target smolt to eat. You can tell it’s a bust from the smolt and…
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Oct 17 2020

Fall Naknek River Rainbows: The Varsity Game

Fishing for and landing big rainbow trout is a goal for a lot of fly anglers across the world and especially here in Alaska. The Naknek River is a great fishery for rainbow trout in the season from beginning to end. During the month of June, the smolt bust is an exhilarating game where you…
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Aug 17 2020

Swinging for Naknek Rainbows – Video

Spey fishing for Naknek rainbow trout

Fall on the Naknek River, home to our Rapids Camp Lodge, is a trout-spey angler’s dream. In fact, we’d go so far as to say you’d be hard pressed to find a better river to chase trophy-sized resident trout with spey rods anywhere else in the world. How good could it really be you ask?…
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Jul 27 2019

Catching the Rainbow Trout of your Life

Rapids Camp Lodge is located in King Salmon Alaska and is our fly out lodge offering access into the countless backcountry river’s of Bristol Bay.  During the month of September however, it can be difficult to get into the float plane and leave the river that flows right out our backdoor, the famous Naknek. Draining…
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Jul 22 2019

The Naknek Smolt Bust

Following birds and chasing bait isn’t just for the saltwater.  Every June on the Naknek, we have legitimate boils in our home river as trout and seagulls harass fleeing salmon smolt.  This is when we show our guests a different type of “sight fishing”.  We owe it all to one of the greatest animal migrations…
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Oct 03 2018

Nice Fish, Bill!

Bill Anderson with a big rainbow trout from rapids camp lodge

A couple days ago we mentioned that we just wrapped up the last day of our season at Rapids Camp Lodge. However, what we failed to mention was that on that last day of our season, despite some unrelenting weather, our good friend and long time Rapids Camp Lodge guest, Bill Anderson, tied into this…
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Jan 22 2018

“The Heart of Alaska” – Fly Water Travel on Rapids Camp Lodge

Rapids camp lodge by Abe Blair

Ever dream of hopping into a float plane to access some of the most renowned and remote trout and salmon waters in the world? You’re not alone. In fact, aside from being situated on the banks of one of Alaska’s most prolific trout rivers, that’s a huge part of our program at Rapids Camp Lodge….
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Jan 19 2018

Our 5 Favorite Ways to Catch Rainbow Trout

Rowing for trout by Tosh Brown

We love fly fishing for trout. However, targeting trout in Alaska is a bit different than targeting trout in other parts of the world. A high abundance of food within a short growing season makes them more opportunistic than most, allowing us to target them with a bunch of different techniques, some of our favorites…
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Nov 10 2017

Swinging for Naknek Rainbows – Video

Spey fishing for Naknek rainbow trout

Fall on the Naknek River, home to our Rapids Camp Lodge, is a trout-spey angler’s dream. In fact, we’d go so far as to say you’d be hard pressed to find a better river to chase trophy-sized resident trout with spey rods anywhere else in the world. How good could it really be you ask?…
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