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Alaska Fishing: Floating & Fishing Alaska's Aniak River

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GentlemenDukes,
Thanks for all the great info and Emails, We had a blast, and Rob at Aniak Air was great. Your video and book is a MUST before attempting this trip or you'll be just wasting time. My book got a little soggy during the week out there (That's what happens when you live in a raft for a week or so). Fished a bunch of spots not on the maps and alot of backwater all but 2 had fish, Got Kings, Reds, Pinks, Rainbows and Chums, saw 6 Bears all together including a Sow with cubs(3) she wasn't too happy to see us floating by and let us know with a big snort before she took off, you are right they are too fast to get a camera on them. Also saw a beautiful cinnamon colored male about the size of a mini van, he didn't seem to care, I guess if you are that big you don't worry much about anything. Him I should have got a picture of but was too busy just watching him, I guess you never really realize how big they get till you get within a few yards of them. I attached
a pic of a King I got from what we affectionately called "The HOG HOLE"
all biggies in there in they must all hang together. Numbered all our stops on the GPS for next time. Thanks again Bob V

Hokey; amateurish; low, low, low production values, etc., etc. But what a kick! All the info you need is right there, reality check about the 'quitos, rain, bears, lodge traffic, and all. It is clear the producer/anglers favor kings and they horse 'em hard to get 'em to jump for the camera, but they cover the river and the runs and native fish well. These DVD's are excellent for the real world demonstration of what its like on river in real time. They can be a bit repetitious but that tends to be because they are shot sequentially as the float progresses-- fish kings at two creeks in succession and that's what you see. The only things missing are the adrenaline 'shakes' between hookups. Oh, and here's an old Eel River "bottom bouncing" trick; instead of cutting up pencil sinkers, pinch a string split shot on a 6 lb. test dropper (or 1/2 test main line) and add or remove to depth desired; a snagged split shot pulls off dropper plus you don't end up with a pocket full of too short pencils.

I have reviewed all four of the videos produced by the Duke Brothers and they are all top quality. They have enough detail to save a person many hours of research and go a long way to ensuring a successful trip. Coordinates are even provided indicating specific areas where the best fishing is to be found, campsites and etc. These videos are designed to provide a great experience while avoiding unnecessary expense.

This video is quite repetiious and very amateurish in it's making. There is no flyfishing in this video only spin fishing for you flyfishers who are considering it.