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smolt bust

Jun 07 2022

Fly Tying: Neil Creek Slider

One of the more awesome things you can see at the beginning of the season in Alaska is a smolt bust. During early summer, large schools of salmon smooth begin their migration down the river to the ocean. It will be obvious when the smolt bust starts, as you’ll see the Arctic Terns doing flybys…
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Feb 12 2021

Rapids Camp Lodge Availability

We at Deneki Outdoors are very fortunate and proud that our team at Rapids Camp Lodge was able to deliver sixteen weeks of fishing trips during the 2020 season without incident.  With a little bit of luck, a lot of diligent hand washing, cleaning, and an amazing cast of angling guests, we had a fantastic…
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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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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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Jun 01 2019

Welcome June!

June first is here which means our crews at Rapids Camp and Alaska West are working on dialing in the last minute details before their seasons get underway!  The month of June at both of our Alaska Lodges are completely booked up and that is for good reason.  Here are 5 reasons why our guests…
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