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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Naknek River
Nice Fish, Bill!
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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“The Heart of Alaska” – Fly Water Travel on Rapids Camp Lodge
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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Our 5 Favorite Ways to Catch Rainbow Trout
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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Swinging for Naknek Rainbows – Video
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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Swinging for Trout – Naknek Style
The Naknek River is regarded by many anglers as one of the most prolific fisheries for trophy rainbow trout in the world. Feisty, native, resident rainbows exceeding thirty inches aren’t uncommon on the Nak, which is why we’re really lucky to call it our home water at our Rapids Camp Lodge operation. In fact, just…
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Rainbow Trout Flies – Our Favorites at Rapids Camp Lodge
A couple weeks back we presented you with a list of some of our favorite flies for our resident rainbow trout population at Alaska West. However, in case you weren’t already aware, that’s not the only lodge we operate in Alaska! We also run a fantastic fly-out operation called Rapids Camp Lodge, situated on one the world’s…
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Two Is Better Than One
What’s better than landing a fat, wild, Naknek rainbow trout on a surface fly? Landing TWO fat, wild, Nanek rainbow trout on a surface fly. Deneki pal, David Kalinowski, rounds out a double while smolt bustin’ at Rapids Camp Lodge. More on Rainbow Trout Mousing for Trout – 5 Tips Alaska Rainbow Fishing – When to…
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Reason Number One to Fish the Naknek in the Fall
Deneki’s own Mike Sanders closes out our 2016 season at Rapids Camp Lodge with a lesson on why it’s a good idea to fish the Naknek River in the fall. Big, we mean BIG wild Alaskan rainbow trout. Wow. Nice fish, Mike! More from Rapids Camp Lodge Smolt Poppin’ for Rainbows Giants of the Naknek…
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3 Reasons We Love Naknek Rainbows
As a full service fly-out operation, at Rapids Camp Lodge we’re able to target trout in a bunch of really cool, dynamic fisheries around Bristol Bay. However, we’re extremely fortunate to be located on the banks of the Naknek River, home to some of the baddest rainbow trout in Alaska, making for one heck of…
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