Larsen Bay Lodge, Kodiak Island, Alaska

Fly Fishing!

World Class Fly Fishing...

Larsen Bay Lodge offers world-class fly-fishing. The Karluk River has been voted repeatedly one of the top ten salmon rivers in the world! Not only is the fishing outstanding, but you won’t

find any crowds. Access is restricted because the Karluk River lies in an area controlled by the native corporation. It is not unusual to raft down the river to the many prime fishing holes and not see another soul! This is quite a contrast to “combat fishing” on the Kenai Peninsula. In addition to the Karluk, we also fish the nearby Dog Salmon River below Frazer Lake. Both rivers are accessed by our floatplane. The Karluk is a five-minute flight and the Frazer is a 15-minute flight.

The Karluk and Dog Salmon River are both wide shallow rivers that are easy to fly fish. Both are lovely streams that flow through beautiful green treeless hills often covered in wildflowers. The Karluk is known for it’s wonderful King Salmon runs. The average catch is 20-25 kings per day. A group last summer had an exceptional day and landed 125 Kings in one day!!! The Karluk also has runs of silver and red salmon while offering dolly varden and a few rainbow trout all summer long. In the fall the Karluk offers superb steelhead fishing!

Larsen Bay Lodge does not provide any fly-fishing gear. Here are some recommendations:

	KING SALMON	RED SALMON	SILVER SALMON	DOLLY VARDEN	STEELHEAD
FLY ROD	10 wgt.	6-8 wgt.	7-8 wgt.	3-5 wgt	7 wgt
LINE TYPE	Sink tip 300 - 400 grain	Sink tip intermediate to 200 grain	Floating or Sink tip 300 to 400	Floating weight forward	12# test floating or sink tip
TIPPET	12 - 20 lb.	10 - 12 lb.	14 lb.	6 - 10 lb.	12 lb.

Recommended Flies

King Salmon Flies


Fat Freddie	Everglow	DH Heavyweight

Silver Salmon Flies


Rupps Hare Bay Leech	Deep Water Minnow	Egg Sucking Leech

Sockeye Salmon Flies


Pearly Bill	Red John	Green Wooly Bugger

Steelhead


Polar Shrimp	Purple Peril	Glow Bug

Mack’s Sporting Goods in Kodiak has all of these flies and anything else you could possibly need. Telephone (907) 486-4276 and ask for Jesse.