Alaska, United States Early Season Fishing Report for ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River, of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
We have had a late start due to Covid19, but we are happy to announce that we are Open for Business ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States July 2023 Fishing Report for ATA Lodge on the Wild Alagnak River of Bristol Bay, Alaska!
July Has Been Epic at ATA Lodge! Of course the Sockeye Salmon start to stream in to the Alag...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States JULY FLY FISHING HAS BEEN A BLAST!
We have had a full house every week, with lots of happy clients catching more fish than they ever imagined possible! The month started out with ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2024 Opening Week Trout Fishing at ATA Lodge!!
June 16, 2024
Weâre Back!!! And back with a vengeance!!!
Welcome to June Trout Fishing at ATA Lodge on the Wild and Sceni...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States ATA Lodge End of 2023 Season Fishing Report on the Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay, Alaska
As the sun sets on the 2023 season at ATA Lodge, we are proud to share our end of season ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States The Land of Giants! Recap of the First 2 weeks of the 2021 Season Opener at ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild and Scenic River!
After a year of uncertainty due to Covid, we are sure glad...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2019 End of Season Report from ATA Lodge on the Fabled Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay, Alaska
Another Great Season in the Books at ATA Lodge!
After browsing through this blog ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States Drama on the Wild Alagnak Riverâ¦.
After a day of wearing ourselves out catching heaps of Big, Beautiful Leopard Rainbow Trout and Grayling, new guy Jon is out fishing at midnigh...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States Wow! What a season! We had a lot to smile about! Time sure flies when you are having fun! And that is what the 2018 season at ATA Lodge seemed to be all about....having fun! Great Gu...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States End of June and July 2024 Season Fishing Report at ATA Lodge
There's no other way to say it....Fishing in June and July at ATA Lodge this season in 2024, was EPIC!
We have had a ve...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States End of June and July 2024 Season Fishing Report at ATA Lodge
There's no other way to say it....Fishing in June and July at ATA Lodge this season in 2024, was EPIC!
We have had a ve...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States You are here. so am I. We are right where we belong...
Together we are strong, like the river, moving forward, forever constant for so long....
(lyrics by Sue McGee)
We are here, ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2017 Fishing Report for Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River.
It Was A Great Year to be at ATA Lodge in 2017! We Had a Blast!
From one extreme to another! Aft...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2018 Opening Week at ATA Lodge in Bristol Bay, Alaska on the Alagnak Wild River!
Jun 17, 2018
THE OPENING WEEK OF THE 2018 SEASON IN BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA HAS JUST FINISHED! AND WHAT...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2019 Opening Week Trout Bonanza at Bristol Bay's ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River!
Jun 21, 2019
OPENING WEEK OF THE 2019 SEASON STARTED WITH A PROMISE OF GREAT THINGS TO COME WIT...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States End of June and July 2024 Season Fishing Report at ATA Lodge
There's no other way to say it....Fishing in June and July at ATA Lodge this season in 2024, was EPIC!
We have had a ve...
King Salmon, Aalaska, United States ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River is Looking forward to the 2023 Season after a Fantastic 2022 Season
Nov 17, 2022
ATA Lodge, situated on the Wild and Scenic Alagnak River of B...
Fd: So tell us, who is ATA Lodge and where is ATA Lodge located? ATA Lodge is a family owned and operated lodge on the fabled Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay, South West Alaska. Wayne (myself) and Jacob (my son) are t...
Fd: Where is the lodge located in Alaska and why has this area become so popular in the fly-fishing world?Our lodge is located in the heart of the famous Bristol Bay watershed. on one of the 5 major rivers, the Alagnak R...
King Salmon, Aalaska, United States June 8-18, 2023 Trout Opener at ATA Lodge
Jun 23, 2023
Well the 2023 season started with a bang! What a great opener we have had this year. June is arguably my personal most fa...
As this year draws to a close, Christmas Carols having filled our homes with strains of Holiday cheer, perhaps you are a bit like me and your mind starts to wander with the anticipation for what the New Year will bring. ...
Rainbow Trout fishing in Alaska enjoys an almost
celebrity status. And those that seek them are passionate about catching
them! For those “in the know” about what Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region has
to offer, you coul...
With only 3 months to go before opening day on the Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay, Alaska; ATA Lodge is looking forward to another great season. It is about this time we start to get that itchy feeling that starts ti...
Fall in Alaska generates mixed emotions for me. By mid September the leaves on the birch trees have begun to turn a vibrant yellow-gold. The berry bushes have changed to various shades of crimson and the quaking aspens...
Bristol Bay is a 40,000-square mile watershed with nine rivers and it is one of the last unspoiled areas on Earth.The Pebble deposit is a massive storehouse of gold, copper and molybdemum, located in the headwaters of th...
Bristol Bay, Alaska is home to one of the last great salmon fisheries on the planet. The salmon, wildlife, people and fishing jobs of this beautiful and productive region are threatened by the proposed Pebble (gold and c...
June 8th sees the opening of this fabled river to fishing, and it is one of our favorite times of the year to be on the river. The resident fish have overwintered with limited food available and no fishing pressure for ...
Kenai, Alaska, United States The Fishing
A couple weeks ago it worked out that I was able to go visit one of our newest outfitters in Alaska. I had just finished my season of guiding in Bristol Bay and had some time t...
Kenai, Alaska, United States King Salmon
Pre-season forecasts were dismal for king salmon runs here on the Kenai peninsula and for much of the state. While few would call the 2019 King Salmon fishery as excellent, it wa...
Agency proposes mining restrictions in Bristol Bay to protect salmon, world-class angling and 14,000 American jobs.ANCHORAGE, AK – Sportsmen around the country applaud the EPA’s release of its draft determination ...
Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States The weather on the Kenai Peninsula is steadily improving with average daily high temperatures above freezing. This prompts the time of year up here known as "break up" with lots of ...
Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States The Kenai River is on the verge of excellent fishing. Cold temperatures have brought the river down significantly and the fish should fall into their normal patterns! Flesh is ever...
Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States The first few weeks of the fishing season have been great, The Nushagak River saw a strong run of King Salmon during June and into July with some 95,000 fish returning as of th...
It is North America's most productive wild salmon region. It provides over 14,000 fish-based jobs. Its remote, quiet, clean rivers offer the opportunity for the catch of a lifetime. There are an abundance of wildlife and...
Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States An overview of the guide season in Bristol Bay
I recently finished up my season in Alaska and wanted to reach out to everyone and give a report on my experiences guiding in Bristol B...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States Looking back the summer of 2016 will go into the books as a special year for trout fishing and another incredible sockeye return. The enormous salmon run of 2015 did exactly as predict...
In a surprise move, today the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will suspend the withdraw of the 2014 Clean Water Act Proposed Determination for Southwest Alaska. Following years of extensive scientific a...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields? Bob: I’m probably a bit older than most of the other members of Fly dreamers, certainly older than the...
King Salmon, AK, United States by Michael Bales â Alaska fishing Guide
Itâs the time of year when many guests are trying to decide when they will visit Alaska during the 2015 season. Certainly,this is a ver...
On the fly fishing map of the world, Russia is still mostly a white spot. This is especially true of the Russian Far East: this vast region (the size of the North American coast from Mexico to Alaska) is not well known a...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States Fishing the late season in Bristol Bay Alaska and Katmai National Park.
April 9, 2015 by michael bales
In our last few BLOGs we have moved through the fishing season in Bristol Ba...
The film Eastern Rises (2009) introduced the greater flyfishing world to the mouse crushing antics of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula rainbows. It has since become a cult classic and, much like earlier Felt Soul Media pro...
Your clients cancel at the midnight hour, the weather forecast is dismal, the river is rising and turning to mud and you find yourself with a day off, so what do you do? Well if you’re Paul Jacobs and Adam Hope you put...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields? Both fishing and art were things I did not really choose, they are just a part of who I am. In terms of...
Jim Teeny is one of the most innovative fly fishermen. His famous Teeny nymph and his series of fly lines have changed the sport forever, becoming a must for every fly angler. Jim has held ten IGFA world records, and his...
Bristol Bay, Alaska is home to one of the last great salmon fisheries on the planet. The salmon, wildlife, people and fishing jobs of this beautiful and productive region are threatened by the proposed Pebble gold and co...
Invading
species: DIDYMO
Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known
as didymo or rock
snot, is a species of diatom that grows in warm and shallow water. If it overgrows, it can form large mats on the
bottom of la...
A Special Bamboo Rod Story:
An interesting episode of my fly fishing life is the unexpected story of
a bamboo rod and how it all came about thanks to serendipity.
Late in 2003 I visited my friend Marcelo Calv...
Fd: Can you tell us how the idea of setting up fly-fishing operations in Russian territories came up? Being in commercial adventure business since early 90-s as an owner of adventure agency in St Petersburg I offered a d...
Noah Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CAIt was Tuesday September 2nd and I was in the middle of the last shooting day of the feature filmBand of Robbers (a modern day telling of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults) when the email ...