So long, Cordova!

Sadly, we had to say farewell to Cordova, Alaska today. Reilly & I had a great ride fishing the road system from a rental car for the past 8 days. Considering we’d never been there before, we figured things out pretty quickly — a conservative estimate is we hooked 250 to 300 silvers during our trip and, in reality, probably more. The trick was to adapt quickly to the ever-changing water levels. We went from low and clear to 7 inches of rain in two days and then back to low, back to high, etc. You get the picture.

Our final two days were incredible…

Yesterday, we hiked Ibeck Creek for about 8 miles and hooked 40ish silvers — all snow belly chromers like this one Reilly’s holding. The really sweet part was we got to see about 90 percent of the bites.



Then, today, we hit a tiny creek with spinners and hooked another 20-30 fish in perfectly sunny weather.



It was an amazing trip — look for articles coming up in FISH ALASKA Magazine and others. Thanks, Cordova!

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