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...

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...

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 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...

The River Swale in North Yorkshire is one of the lesser known Yorkshire Dales Rivers however it has everything you might expect....beautiful countryside, wild brown trout and grayling all in stunning scenery and steeped ...

Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italia Buenos dias muchachos ! Les queria comentar en un breve resumen, la pesca en la zona donde vivo del Norte Italiano mas precisamente en las Provincias de Trento y Bolzano al limite con...

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 ...

Polhov Gradec, Central Slovenia, Slovenia âLOCKDOWN FISHINGâ Probably you already know that due to strict lockdown, I'm only allowed to fish in the municipality I live in. That's why I'm searching for fishing ...

March 1st is the New Year to all the fishermen in this part of Croatia since it's the date of the trout fishing season opening. The fisherman's year here lasts until September 30th, when fishermen all across Dalmatia pac...

Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how you got the idea of setting up a fly-fishing guide service? In the beginning my plan was just to open only fly-fishing school. However, in the end I decided to offer my guests a full s...

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 ...

Northwest Territories, Canada HI Kevin â¦.Testimonial text will be below. Chris and I both work at Bow River Troutfitters in Calgary. We fly fish. Thatâs all we do. When Kevin asked us to join him at Aylmer ...

King Salmon, Alaska, United States 2019 Mid-season Fishing Report from ATA Lodge on Bristol Bay's Alagnak Wild River I've heard it said that a picture paints a thousand words! So I thought I'd let some of our photos ...

Hay infinidad de elementos en la pesca con mosca que van desde los grandes escenarios hasta la fauna salvaje que nos acompaña en todo momento, que forman parte importante de cada salida. Sin embargo no podemos engañarn...

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...

Wildalpen, Wildalpen, Austria La tercera temporada en la que nos tocó guiar en el río Salza de Austria comenzó con temperaturas bastante más frescas que en años anteriores. La primavera no se había inst...

Wildalpen, Wildalpen, Austria Our third season guiding on the Salza River in Austria started a bit colder than the previous years. Spring hadn't arrived in the Alps yet and the trout and grayling weren't as active as we ...

Frecuentemente leemos u oímos que las ninfas europeas se lastran para que arrastren por el fondo. Nada mas alejado de la realidad. Se lastran para que bajen rápido a la profundidad de pesca que suele ser algo arriba de...

Las ninfas atadas tipo Jig sin dudas solucionan una serie de problemas que tienen las ninfas atadas de modo convencional aportando una solución que en el agua resulta altamente efectiva. Por ejemplo las ninfas conven...

Lepena and Idrija, GoriÅ¡ka region, Slovenia We couldn't wish for a better start of fly fishing season at the rivers SoÄa, Lepena, Koritnica managed by Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia, and Idrijca managed b...

Bled, Gorenjska region, Slovenia Dear Fly Fisherman... While here in Europe majority of the Fly fishing audience still waits for the main 2019 fly fishing season opens with April 1st, few already tasted the joys of fly r...

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...

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...

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 ...

Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying? I have been fishing since I was six years old, my father always took me along when he went fishing and that is how I got into it. Then, later on in 1996, I took up on...

Stavre, Jämtland, Sweden Ive been fishing in this river for many years and the brown trots just seems to grow bigger and bigger. This years record was over 5 kg:s. Bigger fishes has been sighted though. If you are ...

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 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 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...

Las moscas secas sin hackle en mi opinión son a la peca con secas lo que los perdigones a la pesca con ninfa. Ilusiones minimalistas donde solo incluimos los detalles que parecen ser importantes para los peces, nada ma...

Comentarios: A pesar de que cada día le asignamos mas importancia a la pesca con ninfas en sus diferentes estilos y conocemos bastante acerca de los estadios subacuáticos de mayflies, stoneflies y caddisflies, p...

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...

North Bohemia, Czech Republic My client, Pecos, was a beginner in flyfishing, so we spent some time by improving cast technique and handling the fly. The fish collaborated rather in the morning, because sunshine as a mai...

With it's sail-like dorsal fin, iridescent markings and dotted with spectacular patterns, the Arctic Grayling is one of the most unusual and beautiful fish of Alaska.The Arctic grayling comes in a wonderfully wide array ...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States "A warm January, a cold May." ~Welsh Proverb To date, January has been warm, and what May will yield has yet to be seen. While proverbs portend general truths based on common experience, ...

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. ...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States "Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."~ Benjamin Franklin Make a resolution you can keep this new year. Resolve yourself to spend more time fly fishin...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States "I really can't stay (Baby it's cold outside), I've got to go away (Baby it's cold outside)" - Frank Loesser Sitting by a fire or sliding down a slope are fine traditional winter activit...

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...

North Bohemia, Czech Republic Exceptional trip on small stream with many stubborn brown trouts and some graylings. The water level was high due to unceasing rain, but that rain drove large fish out of hiding! Tiny nymphs...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States âLive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.â â Henry David Thoreau With winter...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States âOurs is the grandest sport. It is an intriguing battle of wits between an angler and a trout; and in addition to appreciating the tradition and grace of the game, we play it in the mag...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦for me, fly fishing is a great puzzle-solving challenge.â â Jennifer Smith The best anglers are always changing their tactics as conditions change from season to se...

Bovec, GoriÅ¡ka region, Slovenia The UÄja enters from Italy and covers 6.1 km before it enters the SoÄa. It is a swift alpine river, but very inaccessible. Access is somewhat easier only at the country border and...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States âMost anglers spend their lives making rules for trout, and trout spend their lives breaking them!â â George Ashton Fly fishers are slaves to rules⦠Rods needs to be ...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦the fisherman fishes. It is at once an act of humility and a small rebellion. And it is something more. To him, his fishing is an island of reality in a world of dream and shadow...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States âPerhaps fishing is, for me, only an excuse to be near rivers. If so, Iâm glad I thought of it.â â Roderick L. Haig-Brown If you are looking for an excuse to be near ...

Bovec, GoriÅ¡ka region, Slovenia The Koritnica River, with a length slightly over 16 kilometers, is a right tributary of the SoÄa River. It flows west through the Log Koritnica Valley (LoÅ¡ka Koritnica) south of M...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States And everything under the sun is in tune. But the sun is eclipsed by the moon. â Pink Floyd If you have not heard, the Sun Valley and Stanley area is in the path of totality for the ...

Ketchum, Idaho, United States âFishing seems awfully insignificant at times, but for those of us who love it, fishing provides opportunitiesâ opportunities to learn, to laugh, and to liveâ¦â â Te...