My trip to Alaska proved to indeed be one of those once in a life time dreams come true. I spent seven days fishing the waters of a great state....and yes it is bigger than Texas and the "red" fish that came out of the little streams (we would call'em creeks) were unreal. I have to admit I've never seen a Texas redfish, completely empty a reel of 180yds of 30lb mono and still be headed toward the sea!
We left Houston on Friday, arrived in Anchorage about 3am (it was still light!).
Saturday afternoon found myself and two others of our group of 18 crammed into a small bush plane headed to Lake Marie Lodge. We flew inland for about a hundred miles and landed on what appeared to be an East Texas logging road. We were welcomed Alaska style....mosquito's singing in our ears!
After checking in we were served a meal fit for a 5 star hotel and for the next 7 days, breakfast and dinner were things we waited for. We were served on a gigantic table that seated all 18 of us...it was made from a single tree!
It took a little to get adjusted to the time zone...three hours difference, but the big problem was it never really got dark. The sun sat around 1am and rose around 4am.
On Saturday night we picked our teams and guides. I fished with Damon Ankenman, Larry Gray, and Bill Carpenter. Our guides were Eric Neunhoffer and Drew Hatter. Eric was a Texas boy from Kerrville and a follower of TexasBowhunter.com, user name TC. We were the only team of 4. After we became acquainted, we were told where we would fish the next day. This was our evening routine for the next week. We had our choice of using spinning gear or flyrods. I opted for both!There was not much sleep on Saturday night with what we knew was going to be an exciting fun filled fishing trip. How little we knew about the adventures that were in store.
We left Houston on Friday, arrived in Anchorage about 3am (it was still light!).
Saturday afternoon found myself and two others of our group of 18 crammed into a small bush plane headed to Lake Marie Lodge. We flew inland for about a hundred miles and landed on what appeared to be an East Texas logging road. We were welcomed Alaska style....mosquito's singing in our ears!
After checking in we were served a meal fit for a 5 star hotel and for the next 7 days, breakfast and dinner were things we waited for. We were served on a gigantic table that seated all 18 of us...it was made from a single tree!
It took a little to get adjusted to the time zone...three hours difference, but the big problem was it never really got dark. The sun sat around 1am and rose around 4am.
On Saturday night we picked our teams and guides. I fished with Damon Ankenman, Larry Gray, and Bill Carpenter. Our guides were Eric Neunhoffer and Drew Hatter. Eric was a Texas boy from Kerrville and a follower of TexasBowhunter.com, user name TC. We were the only team of 4. After we became acquainted, we were told where we would fish the next day. This was our evening routine for the next week. We had our choice of using spinning gear or flyrods. I opted for both!There was not much sleep on Saturday night with what we knew was going to be an exciting fun filled fishing trip. How little we knew about the adventures that were in store.
I will continue to update on a day to day basis of our GREAT ALASKAN ADVENTURE!
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